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...region," says Malek Mrowa, a businessman and friend of Kassir's. The next morning, the 45-year-old Kassir, a university lecturer and columnist for Lebanon's An-Nahar newspaper, was dead, blown to pieces by a bomb planted beneath the driver's seat of his gray Alfa Romeo. It was the first assassination in Lebanon since the murder of former Premier Rafiq Hariri in February, which sparked huge anti-Syrian demonstrations and finally compelled Damascus to disengage from its neighbor at the end of April. Why was Kassir targeted? He was the most outspoken critic of Syria's stranglehold...
Even Shakespeare’s Romeo did not master the art of kissing at first. His reviews from Juliet after their first encounter: “You kiss by th’ book” (I, v, 107). Though some may interpret this as a positive attribute for our young lover, my kiss-doctor interpretation is instead that he lacked creativity. Romeo had something to learn about smooching. Be patient. It takes time...
Thursday, April 28. Romeo Dallaire discusses “Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda.” 6 p.m. Free. Kennedy School of Government...
...unable to contain that situation. While it may be true that the mandate is the same, the AU forces on the ground are more than uniformed journalists. These troops protect aid convoys ensuring that they get to the refugees. More importantly, as noted by Lt. Gen. Romeo Dallaire, commander of the UN mission in Rwanda, there is respect for uniformed soldiers in the field. He recalls when militias would turn away when ordered to do so by the UN blue berets, proving that UN peacekeepers were helpful in Rwanda. Therefore, simply having soldiers in the Sudan would significantly slow...
...white bulletproof Alfa Romeo carrying Antonio Cassar, 38, the head of Palermo's homicide squad, turned into the courtyard of the housing complex, Laura Cassar waved to her husband from their apartment window. Cassar and his two escorts sprinted up the steps leading to the building, but before the policeman could turn the doorknob, three Kalashnikov submachine guns sprayed a flood of bullets from the windows of three floors of a building across the street. Cassar and one of his bodyguards died in the fusillade...