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...international embarrassment for Damascus. A Turkish court has reportedly issued an arrest warrant for a Syrian diplomat accused of ordering the murder of a Jordanian diplomat in 1985. In addition, Austrian and Italian authorities investigating last December's airport massacres in Vienna and Rome are seeking indications of Syrian involvement...
...Nelson's flagship at Trafalgar were Americans, that the Syrian general Nicator fainted at the sound of a flute, that the 1883 explosion of the Krakatoa volcano was the loudest sound ever heard on earth -- it was clearly noted 2,058 miles away in Ceylon -- that the Spanish Steps, Rome's great gathering place for tourists, are actually owned by France and leased to Italy for an annual fee of one lira (about .07 cent)? Where else can it be learned that Henry VII's Queen Elizabeth was the original model for the four queens in a deck of playing...
...real positive about ourselves. We believe in order to do the impossible, you must see the invisible." Right. But even so, the identical hunks should be quite visible in coming months. Having already done bit flexing in D.C. Cab and The Flamingo Kid, the Pauls are back from Rome, where they shot a caveman fantasy called (what else?) The Barbarians. They will also appear in the soon-to-be-released Better Than One, which Peter describes as a comedy about brotherly love. It is safe to assume that loincloths will remain their strong suit. The pair has already been signed...
Nonetheless, the President was worried enough about what might happen during her absence that she asked Jaime Cardinal Sin, leader of the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines, to delay a trip to Rome until she returned. Sin played a crucial role during the February uprising that toppled former President Ferdinand Marcos when he turned a church-run radio station over to the opposition and urged people to go into the streets in protest. Aquino told the Cardinal last week, "I'm not here, you're not here. Pity our poor people...
Europe: Christopher Redman London: Christopher Ogden, Steven Holmes Paris: Jordan Bonfante, B. J. Phillips, Adam Zagorin Bonn: William McWhirter, John Kohan Rome: Sam Allis, Erik Amfitheatrof Eastern Europe: Kenneth W. Banta Moscow: James O. Jackson Jerusalem: Roland Flamini Cairo: Dean Fischer, David S. Jackson Nairobi: James Wilde Johannesburg: Bruce W. Nelan New Delhi: Ross H. Munro Bangkok: James Willwerth Peking: Richard Hornik Hong Kong: William Stewart, Bing W. Wong Tokyo: Barry Hillenbrand, Yukinori Ishikawa Melbourne: John Dunn Ottawa: Peter Stoler Caribbean: Bernard Diederich Mexico City: John Borrell, John Moody Managua: Laura Lopez Rio de Janeiro: Gavin Scott...