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...confused--I could have sworn the Texas Rangers were demoted to the minor leagues. But I stand corrected. The Rangers, from Texas, are still playing in the major leagues, and--miracle of miracles--they are vying for first place in their division...
...however, they were joined by two truckloads of armed soldiers. The next thing they knew, Arturo Tolentino, Marcos' vice-presidential running mate in last February's elections, was reading out a letter from Marcos asking him to take over as the country's "Acting President," and was having himself sworn...
...Nicaraguan woman from Esteli, in a sworn affadavit, stated, "[the Contras] had gang raped me every day. When my vagina couldn't take it anymore, they raped me through my rectum. I calculate that in 5 days they raped me 60 times." Imagine this woman were your mother, your girlfriend, your sister, or you. Would you support the "right" of these men to speak in an attempt not merely to express their opinion, but to gather public support for money to continue these and other equally ghastly actions? How much more carnage and suffering must we watch before drastic tactics...
Though acclaimed as President, Aquino is technically head of a provisional government. According to Enrile, it was he who suggested that Aquino be sworn in even before it was clear that Marcos would leave Malacanang. "I took the initiative because we did not anticipate that the President would get out," he said. "He had the constitution. But we had the people with us." The scheme worked, but it left Aquino presiding over a government that is legally outside the constitution. Thus early this week she is expected to ask the Batasang Pambansa, or National Assembly, to nullify...
...streets to protest years of oppression under the Duvalier dynasty, the people of Uganda last week welcomed a new government that promised a sharp break with that country's brutal past. Thousands of Ugandans gathered outside the cream-colored Parliament building to watch as Rebel Leader Yoweri Museveni was sworn in as President just three days after his insurgents routed the forces of the military government that had seized power in a coup only six months earlier. A hush fell over the crowd as Museveni, dressed in the unadorned fatigues of an army private, took the oath of office from...