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...Even as the authorities announced an inquiry, theories were quickly floated as to the causes of the unrest. Without specifying by whom, Gusmao, Alkatiri and the U.N., which maintains peacekeepers in East Timor, all declared that the students had been provoked to riot. That's possible. East Timor's diverse ex-guerrilla groups used to be united in the fight against Indonesia's military. But now they are falling out over who should run the country and how, not least because many former rebels are jobless and disenfranchised, and feel cheated by the new government. Recent weeks have seen...
...Minister Maria Teresa Costa Machado that Silvino procured children for a ring of top people including diplomats, journalists and society figures. Machado said she drew police attention to the allegations in 1982 but the investigation was dropped in 1987, with evidence and statements from alleged victims destroyed. BELGIUM Race Riot Police charged Dyab Abu Jahjah, the head of an Arab militant group, with conspiracy to cause disorder, criminal damage and wounding a police officer during rioting in Antwerp. Police also held 20 youths of North African descent after two nights of rioting in the country's second city. The violence...
...Britain to Australia had the impossible task of warning citizens about the danger while urging them to live normally. German authorities debated how to improve security at streetside Christmas markets, fearing an attack similar to one foiled in Strasbourg last year; rather than spook people with armed police in riot gear, officials in Cologne decided to train plainclothesmen to guard the city's famous holiday market. Officials were especially jittery at the NATO summit in Prague, after two attempts to derail commuter trains ahead of the meeting. The unknown saboteurs were amateurish - they parked a car on the tracks...
...years since their last studio album and 72 live albums later, Pearl Jam is back with its seventh studio album, Riot Act. Going on 40 now, these dogs are not very interested in new tricks and so much the better for all concerned. Riot Act plays to all of Pearl Jam’s strengths, in particular Ed Vedder’s majestic voice, which goes from leonine rumble on the lead single “I Am Mine” to vulpine howl on “Save You.” Matt Cameron, the longest standing drummer Pearl...
Some might have expected a more polemical outing from Pearl Jam given the current political climate. The intention of Riot Act is more understated. Vedder, who has created so many empathetic alter-egos in songs like “Daughter” and “Jeremy” is finally singing as himself. Less dramatic, the album is also more unified than others and finds Vedder putting his shaky faith in love, realising that there may not be much alternative, “But I try / To run on / Towards / All or none?...