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ALGIERS: A European Union delegation began talks with Algeria Tuesday, prodded by a growing suspicion that government hardliners are complicit in the slaughter of as many as 1,100 civilians there in the past month. Allegations of government involvement were amplified last week when two Algerian policemen told a British newspaper they had participated, under orders, in massacres of civilians...
Yeltsin's Fuzziest Home Videos The Russian goverment swears Yeltsin's healthy as a, well, Russian bear, and they're releasing the video to prove it. But the suspiciously fuzzy shots fuel suspicion that all is not well...
...Diana Crash Theory More suspicion hangs over the investigation into Princess Diana's fatal smash. The car was going much slower than we thought, says one investigator...
...Mars this summer as NASA's Pathfinder lander and its Sojourner rover beamed home spectacular pictures of the Red Planet and introduced Earthlings to rocks with names like Casper and Scooby Doo. Sniffing out the chemistry of both the rocks and the soil, the rover helped confirm scientists' suspicion that Mars was once a warm, wet place, possibly able to support life. After four months of work, the lander and rover succumbed to Mars' punishing cold. Now and then, however, when the sun is high in the Martian sky, the rover may stir, toddling aimlessly as it waits for earthly...
Many in Ball's family protested the project. "You're going to dig up my grandfather and hang him!" shrieked one cousin. Blacks met Ball with suspicion, sometimes with anger. "The name Ball meant enemy," says Charlotte Dunn, whose rebel slave great-grandmother barely escaped murderous Ball pursuers. Blacks, left with few documents or oral information, can rarely trace their lineage more than a few generations. Ball's discoveries took them back to first contact. The exchange was painful, with stories of stolen 10-year-olds or slaves beaten or killed. "I came bearing terrible tales," Ball sighs...