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...Entebbe and West Germany's 1977 rescue operation at Mogadishu, Somalia, may have inflated expectations. The fact is that such methods heighten the risk to hostages. According to a 1977 study by the California-based Rand Corp., 79% of all hostage deaths in terrorist situations occur during rescues. Says Uri Ra'anan, a professor at Tufts University's Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy: "The most difficult and risky type of operation is a rescue mission. It is the most likely to lead to loss of life...
...those players, freshman Sam Lissner, emerged as a promising member of the squad and a worthy No. 2 to Hynes for next year. His 34th-place finish at the URI Spring Invitational was the third best score on the team...
...worsened as a result of South Korea's opposition to the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004 passed by the U.S. Congress. The law earmarks the spending of $24 million a year to improve human rights in the repressive country. But many South Koreans, including lawmakers in the Uri Party, which supports Roh, see the legislation as an attempt to destabilize North Korea?which happens to be exactly the way Pyongyang reads the law. Seoul's decision in April to abstain from a vote on the North's human-rights record at the U.N. Commission on Human Rights...
Harvard went through five pitchers as URI pounded 15 hits to score 16 runs, all of them earned. Freshman Max Warren made the first start of his collegiate career and his third appearance of the season, pitching the first two innings. He was able to hold the Rams to one run in the first inning, but couldn’t stop Rhode Island’s explosive offense in the second...
...Such provocation notwithstanding, the surge of Japan-bashing may stem more from domestic politics rather than any serious external threat. South Korea's Uri Party, which supports Roh, faces a critical by-election at the end of this month?and with Korea's economy sputtering, fanning regional hatreds might help to bring out the nationalist vote. Roh may have had this strategy in mind last month when he suggested that Japan pay further reparations to Koreans mistreated during the Japanese occupation of the Korean peninsula from 1910 to 1945, and that Tokyo must make a "genuine" apology. Diplomatic ties between...