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...definite timetable for U.S. withdrawal. "The message we heard from Iraq's leaders is that they're ready to do more and they want to take more responsibility for their country," Obama said. "I believe that the best way to support Iraqi sovereignty and encourage the Iraqis to stand up is through the responsible redeployment of our combat brigades...
...true that Italy still often seems splintered by regional allegiances. But "from the Alps to Sicily," as Mameli put it, many Italians are united in wondering what plans Umberto Bossi has next for a country he has pledged to serve but can barely stand...
...Franciscan eye batted while the makers of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home used a hidden camera to record man-in-the-street reaction to Kirk's glowing wine-red suit or Spock's white robe and ear- covering headband. Just didn't seem strange enough to stand out in the city by the bay. ''One lady even approached me after watching the shoot,'' reports Leonard Nimoy (Spock), ''and said, 'I thought you were a monk or a priest.' '' In the latest, $23 million installment of the TV-turned-movie series, slated for December release, the whole Enterprise gang...
...still have authority as the occupying powers in the Western part of the city. Some embassies even ordered their diplomats to take a circuitous route to West Berlin in order to avoid confrontations with the East German border guards. Last week the East Germans climbed down from their original stand. The Foreign Ministry announced that diplomats in East Berlin would receive new identity cards that are to be shown when the officials cross between Soviet- occupied East Berlin and the Western sector. The government insisted that there had been a misunderstanding and that the passport requirement had been only...
...attention on the victims of political persecution and torture around the world. Staged by Amnesty International to mark its 25th anniversary, the ''Conspiracy of Hope'' tour hopscotched across America by chartered 707 jet with the aforementioned lot, plus Sting and Canadian Rocker Bryan Adams, along with assorted one-night stand-ins including Bob Dylan and Bob Geldof. Very nice crew indeed, but really, aren't benefit concerts wearing a trifle thin? ''Everyone wanted us to go away after Live Aid,'' concedes Bono, an unquenchable Irishman. ''The music industry would be delighted to get back to packaging us like perfume commercials...