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...more than a decade, M-19 has plagued Colombia with kidnapings, bombings and hostage-taking incidents. Last week's operation was the most violent of all. Its apparent purpose: to "denounce" the government for "betraying" a 1984 government-guerrilla truce that was abandoned by M-19 last June. But the rebels failed to anticipate the ruthlessness of Colombian authorities...
...soldiers set two explosive charges that destroyed large sections of the Justice building, sent 30-foot flames shooting into the air and may have killed many of the 100 siege victims. Early the next morning, the terrorists released Justice Reinaldo Arcienagas with a proposal for a cease-fire and truce. The government refused. The surviving guerrillas apparently realized that their situation was hopeless and reportedly began shooting the judges in cold blood...
...Eisenhower had to find a way to bring that war to a conclusion. The truce talks had gone on for two years. During the talking at Panmunjom, tens of thousands of people were being killed. He had said, 'I will go to Korea,' in our campaign, and he was one of those new politicians who believed he had to keep a promise. Mark Clark was in command. Clark, knowing that Eisenhower did not want to get involved in an expanded ground war in Korea, understood that the only option for breaking the logjam was nuclear weapons...
...Fragile Truce MIDDLE EAST Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon called a commitment by the main Palestinian militant groups to extend a temporary cease-fire until the end of the year "a positive first step." Israel earlier handed over the West Bank town of Jericho to the Palestinian Authority, a move that could be followed by the transfer of four other towns to Palestinian security control...
...fired in front of the studio, 50’s entourage quickly escorted him out of the building through a side door. An associate of The Game suffered a non-fatal gunshot wound. 50, who took nine bullets in 2000, avoided injury. Now the rappers have called for a truce. Oh, the drama...