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...dispatch 3,000 Korean soldiers to Iraq, but one of his citizens was murdered after being taken hostage there. From this example, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo learned a lesson [Aug. 9]. Her decision to pull out our peacekeepers from Iraq in order to save a kidnapped Philippine truck driver may have been against the wishes and plans of Washington and other allies, but her actions saved a life. Dionne Lee Esteban Caytiles Quezon City, the Philippines...
...court and charged under South Africa's Regulation of Foreign Military Assistance Act. The day's final insult came while Thatcher was waiting for his hearing at which he promised to post bail of $300,000: other prisoners reportedly stole his shoes and cell phone. A onetime race-car driver who famously lost his way in a 1982 rally across the Sahara, causing his Iron Lady mother to weep, Thatcher has had what Margaret Thatcher's authorized biographer describes as a "chiaroscuro business career." He was accused of having links to the international arms trade, allegedly profiting from a multi...
...Aziz must also act firmly to restore law and order to Pakistan, ideally starting with the country's largest city and main economic driver, Karachi. This cannot be done merely by deploying troops and paramilitary forces whenever the killing gets out of hand. It will require substantial, long-overdue investment in our courts and police. Otherwise, Pakistan will remain a country that drives its own middle class into exile, and one where officials, elected or not, habitually abuse their powers...
...brassiness is an asset when he's confronting crooked pols on 60 Minutes. But when MIKE WALLACE challenged some New York City cops who were questioning his double-parked limo driver last week, the newsman got arrested for disorderly conduct. The police claimed Wallace, 86, lunged at them. "I find it difficult to lunge into bed," says CBS's gray inquisitor, who was picking up a takeout dinner at the time. But Wallace, who heads to court Oct. 7, got something good from the evening: "The meat loaf was superb...
...driver who noticed something suspicious. According to school officials, a driver for Blaine High School in northwestern Washington State thought something was strange about students' carrying unusually full bags to school and then never taking them back home. He alerted U.S. authorities, who boarded the bus on the morning of Feb. 20 and allegedly found 8 lbs. of marijuana, valued at $25,000, hidden inside a teenage girl's backpack. Prosecutors allege that the minor, 16, was getting paid $300 a trip to work as a drug mule for smugglers moving marijuana into the U.S. from Canada. The teen...