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...Controversial Death The armed forces of the Philippines welcome the candid reporting in Anthony Spaeth's "Under the Gun" [May 9]. However, we are troubled by Mr. Spaeth's unfair use of the memory of the late Lieut. Colonel Dennis Villaneuva, a fine gentleman-officer. The article quips that Villaneuva's death is a "mystery worth pursuing," and asks, "Was Dennis Villaneuva a casualty of his employer's shoddiness?" Zeroing in on the facts, the cause of death was a heart attack secondary to massive organ malfunction due to severe loss of blood and/or bodily fluids. He died after...
...slogged through mud to deliver body bags and lime to cover decomposing corpses awaiting burial. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has suspended all logging and promised severe punishment for lawbreakers, in the face of yet another reminder of how hazardous it is to fool around with Mother Nature. - By Anthony Spaeth; Reported by Nelly Sindayen Early Poll PORTUGAL Socialist President Jorge Sampaio announced he will dissolve Parliament and call early elections. He said he no longer had confidence in the four-month-old administration of Social Democrat Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes, who assumed power in July when former...
...Downsizing an asian institution By Anthony Spaeth...
...What Hong Kong Wants Re Anthony Spaeth's essay on Hong Kong's legislative-council elections, in which the development of democracy was a key issue [Sept. 13]: What is the definition of true democracy? If it is universal suffrage, a policy of one man, one vote, then true democracy is not practiced even in the U.S. or Britain. Democracy in U.S. presidential elections stops at the level of the Electoral College, which is empowered to make the final decision. British Prime Minister Tony Blair was put into his present position by members of the Labour Party. Economic affluence...
...delivered a joint statement saying their talk had been "constructive and frank" and that they discussed Kashmir, the major issue dividing the two nations. Singh quoted a wise and encouraging Urdu couplet that goes: "For mistakes of the moment, generations may have to pay the price." By Anthony Spaeth...