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...survivor of a land-mine incident in Goma, Zaire, in October 1995, I believe it's time that President Clinton listen to the voice of Americans regarding the use of mines. Mines are not weapons of defense, as some military types would have us believe, but weapons of genocide and terrorism. It is time that the U.S stop manufacturing, distributing and using these diabolical weapons that kill women, children and other nonaggressive people worldwide. Perhaps those who continue to support the deployment of these weapons would feel different if they had experienced what I did when a land mine blasted...
Trevor Rees-Jones, Ritz employee, professional bodyguard and car-crash survivor, will speak to French officials from his hospital bed in Paris for the first time Friday. No word yet on whether he can fill in the blanks on Princess Diana's last night, or if he can even remember anything from that fateful drive ? but the world waits on tenterhooks...
...follows the example of most such investigations, the French inquiry into the accident will take two months. British authorities are also expected to open a probe. For now, Rees-Jones, the only survivor, is too badly injured to speak. No one knows what he will be able to remember, or if, as an employee of the Fayeds, he can be counted on to recall any events of that night that might prove embarrassing to the family. Even then, there is one question no investigation may be able to answer: Why did Dodi or Diana think it necessary...
...Daily) ... China's Hong Kong chief can't convince Washington it's business as usual in former British colony (TIME Daily) ... Retail sales figures released Friday by the Commerce Department are good news on inflation (Money Daily) ... Bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones is not yet aware he is the sole survivor of the Paris car crash that killed Princess Diana (People Daily) ... The Safety and Freedom Through Encryption Act will likely open the backdoor of all encryption technology to the feds, following yesterday's vote by the House Intelligence Committee (Netly News) ... And disgruntled Baptists may seek police help to dethrone...
...give his sons space to deal with their mother's death. "The last thing they need is to face a blast of flashguns," said a palace spokeswoman. Meanwhile, mourners continue their pilgrimage to Buckingham Palace; Sunday's crowd appeared to be the largest of the week. The only survivor of the deadly crash, bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones, has emerged from his coma, but police say it will be some time before he can talk to them...