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...keep records," says Tobon. "I don't ask questions. I just make sure these people who have been used by the mafiosi are brought to a funeral home, get a Mass and a Christian burial. If we can find their families, I arrange to send them home." He adds, "Each case is a tragedy...
...freight costs of about $700. "It would be cheaper to cremate them, but some older priests won't do a Mass if there is a cremation," Tobon says. He raises the money through appeals on two local radio stations. "Sometimes people will know the family or the village and send a donation. There is never enough." The money goes straight to the funeral home. He still owes for the last 15 funerals...
...helped bail out the strapped Russian Space Agency, which NASA wants to keep as a major player in the upcoming International Space Station. But the Russian-American partnership is in trouble on Capitol Hill, and only last week presidential science adviser John Gibbons re-emphasized that a decision to send Foale's replacement up in late September won't be made until it's clear Mir has enough electricity for the slate of microgravity experiments planned by NASA. Says Gibbons: "If they can't get the power up, then [sending another American] is a real question...
...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...
...terror suspects directly, the Israeli government issued an arrest warrant for 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...