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...ensconced in the South Korean embassy in Beijing. Waller notes that there is a more telling signal to watch for: "If his close relatives cut short trips, that's a clear sign that Deng has indeed died." It's unlikely that the government would keep Deng's death a secret, Waller says. While the government guards Deng's medical condition closely, Chinese custom is to announce deaths quickly. Waller adds that Deng, who has not been seen in public since 1994, has long since transferred power to other leaders and divested himself of all formal titles. U.S. officials hope that...
...ensconced in the South Korean embassy in Beijing. Waller notes that there is a more telling signal to watch for: "If his close relatives cut short trips, that's a clear sign that Deng has indeed died." It's unlikely that the government would keep Deng's death a secret, Waller says. While the government guards Deng's medical condition closely, Chinese custom is to announce deaths quickly. Waller adds that Deng, who has not been seen in public since 1994, has long since transferred power to other leaders and divested himself of all formal titles. U.S. officials hope that...
...government in Beijing has made little secret of the fact that it regards the exiles as wanted criminals or illegal immigrants, and will not allow them to remain in Hong Kong. Officials there have chastised Hong Kong for admitting dissidents and have demanded Western cooperation in "returning them to justice." More recently Beijing has demanded that the colonial government hand over the list of dissidents still in Hong Kong. Says Albert Ho, a democratic legislator in the colony: "It is obvious these people will not be tolerated after the handover. They must disappear by the change in sovereignty or face...
...until now this program remained a closely held secret within the community of American and U.N. officials who administer Haiti's billion-dollar reconstruction effort. But what has not been a secret is the fact that a disturbing number of Haiti's U.S.-trained cops are thugs. Last month a Human Rights Watch/Americas report offered a shocking account of indiscipline and incompetence among the 5,000-strong force. The report cited dozens of cases of beatings, torture and murder. It also highlighted the inadequate training the officers received, and drew attention to the failure of the Haitian government to prosecute...
...book will be bought for the parts on Sinatra and Allen. She and Sinatra were happiest in the beginning when they were goofily in love and their relationship was largely secret. But then came the squabbles with paparazzi and "the interminable Vegas nights," when Frank was drunk and petulant. Farrow started making films in distant locations; divorce followed shortly after...