Word: sundays
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...were torched. The Roman Catholic humanitarian agency Caritas said "a large part" of the 40-member Caritas team, "has been murdered." Some 200,000 people--about a quarter of the population--have fled the territory. By the end of the week, the militias seemed to be withdrawing, and on Sunday evening, amid boiling international pressure, Indonesian President B.J. Habibie agreed to allow U.N. peacekeepers into East Timor. A U.N. team had visited the town on Saturday and gave the world some inkling of what to expect: hundreds of thousands of refugees and a moonscape of devastation...
...ultimatum to Jakarta: permit such a force or it will be sent in uninvited. A failure to permit peacekeepers into a killing zone like East Timor, he warned Jakarta, was perilously close to a crime against humanity. When Habibie called Annan at home in New York at 7:45 Sunday morning to announce his change of heart--Annan told aides he was "relieved" to get the call--the President said there would be no conditions. East Timor could have it's violently won freedom...
...salesworthy as its predecessor. So far, the first two Harry Potter books have sold almost 2 million copies in Britain and more than 5 million in the U.S. The novels have been translated into 28 languages, including Icelandic and Serbo-Croatian. The best-seller chart in last Sunday's New York Times Book Review ranks The Sorcerer's Stone, in its 38th week on the list, as the No. 1-selling hardback novel and The Chamber of Secrets, in its 13th week...
...Finally, take a moment this Sunday to say a little prayer for Tim Couch, who will spend most of his day flat on his back taking smack from the Tennessee Titans defensive line, which has got to be humiliating. Afterward, make sure to pick the TITANS, even giving up 16, to make the Browns' eyes blue...
...Mean" Josie Greene After beating the new Browns senseless last Sunday, the Steelers will slide past the erstwhile Browns in a much closer game. Kordell will actually get a run for his money this week, but look for him to hold on tight for a 2-0 record. RAVENS QB Scott Mitchell is not playing well at all, and if the Steelers can ignite just a little spark in their defense, they should be just fine and pull...