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...wealth didn't bring security to the family, which numbered 10 children. In 1966, Arkom was shot dead in what was believed to be a business dispute. The case remains unsolved. Thirteen years later, Suwapee was shot and wounded in another unsolved case. Her oldest daughter Kusuma was slain while collecting rents in 1982. Her uncle and two nieces were convicted of plotting the murder, but later they were released by the Supreme Court. Suwapee died of cancer in 1990. Disputes over her wills sparked 50 lawsuits among family members. Not long after Suwapee's death, daughter Naiyana was found...
...stopped, period. Umberto Bossi, leader of the far-right Northern League, which is part of Silvio Berlusconi's governing coalition, said earlier this month that housing in Milan should go to native Italians "and not to the first 'bingo bongo' who comes along." In Rotterdam, the party started by slain anti-immigration politician Pim Fortuyn now controls the municipal council of a city in which more than half the population is of non-Dutch origin. Two weeks ago its leaders said the city would start demanding that newcomers speak decent Dutch and have a job paying 20% more than...
...victims, it turns out, are not always the worst of Saddam's brutes. According to former intelligence officers, some of those who have been slain by vigilantes were low-level bureaucrats. Most of the two dozen or so Baathists killed recently in Basra were teachers. Some teachers had senior positions in the old regime, but many others had joined the Baath Party just to further their careers. An abandoned lot near the Education Ministry's building in Basra has become a dumping ground for bodies that sometimes show up with letters identifying them as Baath Party members...
...story of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Danny Pearl was sold last week to Warner Bros. It's the latest in a growing list of journo movies...
...Sunday, said Hamid, a complete reading of the Koran in honor of the slain men will begin at the mosque in Owja. The last thing the Coalition Forces want is for the memory of these men and their final shootout to become a rallying cry for the resistance. No doubt, they're hoping it will now all be quietly laid to rest...