Word: rulers
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...right, then somebody messed up. By all accounts, Genghis Khan wanted his tomb to remain hidden. Even his demise was a secret for a while: he died during a military campaign, and no one was told until the enemy ruler surrendered weeks later. Then a funeral procession made its way north to the Mongolian steppe, a route that took several more weeks. According to Marco Polo, who arrived in Mongolia about 60 years later, soldiers accompanying the procession killed everyone they encountered, as well as some 2,000 servants, who were allegedly buried with the Khan. Later the soldiers themselves...
...forces on the island, meanwhile, increased to 6,000, including about 1,800 Marines who moved ashore at Cap-Haitien in the north. BTW: A U.S. official confirmed to the Associated Press that American commandos had been in Haiti for weeks, set to kidnap Haiti's de facto ruler, Lieut. General Raoul Cedras, during an invasion...
Striking members of Nigeria's powerful oil unions, whose leaders have been in hiding after the country's ruler, General Sani Abacha, ordered their removal two weeks ago, stated in a newspaper advertisement that they would remain loyal to their union executives and continue the struggle for democracy. The declaration, carried in full-page newspaper ads in Lagos, came amid rumors that Washington is considering a trade embargo and a freeze of Nigeria's assets...
...something like a common market is beginning to glimmer over the sands of the Middle East. Peace between Israel and most of its Arab neighbors now seems inevitable. But to be truly stable, the process must include Syria, the hostile power to Israel's north and the de facto ruler of Lebanon. The crucial next decision is up to Syrian President Hafez Assad, who sits brooding in Damascus as the self-proclaimed embodiment of Arab nationalism. Will he join the trend or try to resist...
North Korean ruler Kim Il Sung died of a heart attack at age 82. The world's most durable communist leader, he had ruled his country since 1948. His death came just as U.S. and North Korean negotiators were meeting in Geneva to resume discussions over North Korea's nuclear program. Kim's heir apparent is his son Kim Jong Il, 53, known as "Dear Leader...