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...came to a standstill. Some defied the ban on entering Sind for the funeral rites. Said Malik Mohammed Qasim, secretary-general of one faction of the Pakistan Muslim League: "To attend a funeral is the basic right of a citizen, and to prevent a Muslim from doing so is un-Islamic." The struggle between Zia and the Bhutto family is evidently far from over...
...Baader-Meinhof gang, which terrorized West Germany in the 1970s with a series of politically inspired murders, kidnapings and armed robberies. Only last month West German Federal Prosecutor Kurt Rebmann called the R.A.F. "the most dangerous organization in West Germany." He described its potential for terror as "un-diminished and acute." West German authorities say that since last December the group and allied gangs have carried out 156 bombing and arson attacks...
...have perceived him as a bit too elitist. "I was viewed as the populist," says Suarez, who happens to be a Harvard-educated lawyer. He scored heavily among Cuban and other Hispanic voters and also took a majority of Anglo ballots. Shouted a supporter at his inauguration: "ˇUn alcalde para to-dos!"--A mayor for everybody. CULTS "I Never Want to Return...
Perhaps you’ve seen them too, as you wandered up the cafeteria stairs of Quincy House to get yourself yet another typical brain break meal of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. They are a distinctly un-preppy, counter-Harvard-culture (un-Harvard might not be specific enough) set of musicians, who hang out by the mailboxes either with an acoustic guitar in hand, a drumstick behind each ear, or a plastic pick, pinched between two pierced lips...
...country where women are not allowed to drive, let alone vote, Saudi Arabia's top religious leader took one small step toward gender equality last week when he banned the practice of forcing women to marry against their will. Calling such coercion "un-Islamic" and "a major injustice," the kingdom's Grand Mufti, Sheik Abdul Aziz al-Asheik, proclaimed that fathers and male guardians who try to force their daughters into wedlock should be thrown in jail until the men change their minds. He made it clear that forced marriages originated as a pre-Islamic custom and are antithetical...