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JORDAN The government is concerned that a U.S. attack on Iraq could cause a revolt among Palestinians living in Jordan. Still, King Abdullah II is not likely to follow the precedent of his father Hussein, who refused to back the war against Saddam in 1991. Privately, officials wish the U.S. would just get on with...
...centuries later, the island palace was called upon for sanctuary again. During an Indian revolt against the British in 1857, dozens of European women and children took refuge under its graceful domes. Today the Jagmandir remains a retreat, if from nothing more threatening than the bustle of a sweltering Udaipur afternoon. A motorboat from the City Palace jetty ($3 a person for the round trip) will take you to the island's small pier, which is guarded by eight life-size marble elephants. The newly opened Darikhana Restaurant serves alfresco Indian and continental feasts for about $8 per head...
...party faithful this week, Saddam insisted that cooperation with the inspectors was vital to protect ordinary Iraqis from war. But he also signaled that this may only be a temporary tactical move: "Your patience, brothers and comrades, and that of the Iraqi people, is noteworthy; but your anger and revolt are also great when the situation calls for it," Saddam said. "However, for every situation there is an answer, for every phase there is a certain behavior, and for every action there is a reaction." In other words, the time for challenging the inspectors might come later...
...there were a political version of the color-coded terrorism-alert system, Senate Republican leader Trent Lott would have gone to orange last week as he braced for an emergency Republican caucus. Several G.O.P. Senators were in revolt over news that House Republicans had tinkered with legislation creating a Homeland Security Department, slipping in provisions that had little to do with making the country safer but a lot to do with making special-interest groups happy. Lott figured he could get House leaders to delete the most egregious items when Congress returns in January, so he had his staff hang...
...That?s Grand as in Guignol. Subway Cinema?s last big series, ?Asian Films Are Go!!!?, featured a couple of hard-edged sex-and-violence Japanese entries. This time, though, nearly every movie is designed to leave a lump of revolt in your gut. Revolt and, if ITMFG gets to you, an aching premonition. For beyond the gore is the void. We are all facing death, these movies say, and when we smell its fetid breath we have only two choices. Laugh and fight, as Samo does. Or scream and fight, as Lily Chung does against her super-subhuman attacker...