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With military helicopters unsuccessfully fanning through the countryside for a sign of him, Honasan proved that even in hiding he can send jitters through Manila. The city's booming stock exchanges opened for the first time since the coup attempt and fell sharply. Hearing rumors of new revolts and troop movements, Congress nervously adjourned. Officials fear that Honasan may continue to discomfort the government simply by leaking wild tales to the city's circulation-mad newspapers. Late last week Honasan released a taped message calling the mutiny's toll "regrettable and inexcusable" but claiming that the rebels had pulled their...
...cigarettes worked the crowd. Late in the afternoon, armored personnel carriers began advancing down the boulevard toward the camp, firing shells at the rebel-held buildings and sending the civilians scurrying for + cover. The crowd was rooting for the government forces, and a cheer went up when the troop carriers moved cautiously through Camp Aguinaldo's front gate. The cheering stopped when an errant shell exploded in the middle of a small crowd. The limp bodies of two civilians were hastily dragged away...
While ultimately the most attractive course to take, reducing our troop levels in Europe is not a quick fix. Withdrawals would have to occur gradually, in conjunction with careful negotiations with our allies, so they can replace our forces with their...
...fighting stops and the rebels are disarmed, Jayewardene could regain some support. But as India's 3,000 troops arrived in the Jaffna area last week, J.N. Dixit, the Indian High Commissioner in Colombo, heightened Sinhalese fears that India might be aiming at more than a temporary stay. When the troop deployment was announced, Colombo promised that the units would be under Sri Lankan command. Sounding a bit like a proconsul, Dixit told a Colombo news conference that the troops would answer to him. The next day Dixit retreated, saying the Indian troops were ultimately under Jayewardene's authority...
Some of the solutions under consideration are vaguely reminiscent of the 18th century, when the English crowded thousands of prisoners into the hulks of abandoned ships. New York State, for example, hopes to be the successful bidder this month on the 870-passenger F.A.B. Pursuivant, a British troop barge. State officials want to use the vessel as a prison for 700 minimum- security offenders. The potential savings are considerable: as much as 70% over a comparable building, which would cost $50 million to construct. New York City's floating detention centers, says Ruby Ryles, a city corrections department official...