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DIED. LUIS FERRE, 99, ex-Governor of Puerto Rico who championed statehood; in San Juan. A powerful political and cultural force for half a century, he helped produce Puerto Rico's 1952 constitution and founded the pro-statehood New Progressive Party, arguing until he died that without statehood the island would be forever hampered by "colonial" status...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Nov. 3, 2003 | 11/3/2003 | See Source »

...DIED. ALIJA IZETBEGOVIC, 78, former Bosnian President who steered his country to independence?provoking a 43-month war, which left 250,000 people dead or missing?but couldn't stop the later fragmentation of Bosnia and Herzegovina; in Sarajevo. Izetbegovic was a devout Muslim who backed Bosnian statehood after Croatia, Slovenia and Macedonia declared independence from Yugoslavia in 1991. A spokesperson for the International Criminal Tribunal for war crimes said an investigation into possible war crimes by Izetbegovic ended with his death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 10/27/2003 | See Source »

...added value" will kick in when he tours states like New York, Illinois and Florida next January to recruit the large number of Puerto Rican voters for his chosen candidate. Who's on McClintock's short list? The Senator says he likes Dean, who as Governor supported Puerto Rican statehood. But McClintock notes that when General Wesley Clark headed the U.S. Southern Command in 1997, he helped begin the relocation of its Army component from Panama to San Juan. That, says McClintock, "would make him popular here." --By Douglas Waller

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Democrats Go Island Hopping | 10/20/2003 | See Source »

Hertzberg was a friend of David Ben Gurion, Israel’s first prime minister, but drew the ire of later Israeli leaders as a result of his longtime support for Palestinian statehood...

Author: By Daniel J. Hemel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Rabbi Calls for Israeli Withdrawal From West Bank | 10/17/2003 | See Source »

Guang He, a student in the MPA-International Development program, said that while he supported Palestinian statehood, he thought the school had made the correct choice in excluding the flag...

Author: By Elisabeth S. Theodore, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Students Blast Prohibition of Palestinian Flag Display | 9/29/2003 | See Source »

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