Word: rule
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Before Tobon began his work, mules who died were usually buried in potter's field, the city's burial ground for the unknown. As a rule they carry false papers, know no one at their destination and live in terrifying isolation. The lure: up to $5,000 a trip. "They are not bad people," says Tobon. "They are just desperate. In the papers of Colombia, the drug lords advertise for and take only good people who are likely to pass through customs without problems. They come because they are poor and have no choice. They are not responsible...
...free on bond until an October sentencing that could send him to prison for up to three years, though six months is more likely. But can he serve his constituents while serving time? Yes, he can. There is no rule that removes members of Congress for misdemeanor convictions. The House Ethics Commitee, which would review the case if a complaint were filed, won't be taking new cases until mid-September. Looks like Kim could set a whole new precedent for lawbreaking lawmakers...
...Palestinian police chief Ghazi Jabali, whom the Israelis accuse of inciting an attack on a Jewish settlement in the West Bank last month. Most ominously, Netanyahu's government warned that if Arafat didn't neutralize activists, Israel would send its forces back into areas now under Palestinian self-rule to do the job. That would be a blatant violation of the Israeli-Palestinian accords. "You're not going to see tanks or columns of soldiers going inside," says a senior Israeli officer in the West Bank. "We'll go in only if we have very good intelligence on someone...
...puppets manipulated by the Israelis, and the time has come to stop this apologetic policy." Yet Arafat, according to one of his associates, is terrified that the Islamists will carry out more bombings, prompting a dramatic response by Israel that will bring an end to self-rule...
Arafat may not see much to gain by bowing to Israel's demands, since he does not trust Netanyahu to proceed with expanding self-rule in return. Says an Arafat confidant: "He basically thinks nothing is possible with Netanyahu." The feeling, of course, is mutual. Even under the Labor Party, which reached the Oslo accords with Arafat, mutual violations of the provisions were common. But then the two leaderships had a solid relationship, providing a base more valuable than the written documents for peace to grow. Now it's gone...