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...mountains of Kargil on the Indian side of the Line of Control (LOC). Moreover Musharraf's announcements of a crackdown on the militants ring more than a touch hollow. While five insurgent groups have been banned and bank accounts have been frozen, some of the arrested leaders have been freed, the bank accounts are reported to have been emptied before they were closed and the incursions and attacks inside Indian territory continue, including a December attack on Parliament in New Delhi in which 14 people died...
Once Arafat was freed, negotiations over Bethlehem did pick up. At a May 3 meeting in Ramallah, Arafat's Cabinet ministers questioned his willingness to accede to U.S. and British proposals that some of the men inside the church be deported. "What can I do? This is what the Americans want," Arafat complained. "I can't continue saying no to the Americans. You should show some understanding of my situation...
...whopper; this Buddha is believed to measure up to 200 m long (the upright ones were just 55 m and 38 m high). According to meticulous records kept by Xuanzang, a Chinese Buddhist pilgrim who trekked to Bamiyan in the 7th century, the Buddha is shown reclining?and dying; freed from his body, he achieves nirvana, or enlightenment...
...When village leader Phandari describes the Maoist system of execution, he speaks with the ease of a man freed from the burden of conscience. First, he says, a villager will lodge a complaint about a person to the People's Militia, a group of seven to 12 cadres that patrols the village. "We do not execute them immediately," he says. "The militia gives notice to the person that they must reform. We can give three ultimatums. But if they do not change, then we execute them. Sometimes, we use torture?it depends on the interests of the people." The village...
...Democracy (NLD), Suu Kyi's political party, was jammed with more than 200 members. Dozens of journalists, rarely granted access to the country by the military government, had been invited in. As TIME went to press, what had been strongly rumored for days?that Suu Kyi would be freed, and details of an agreement between her and the junta announced?had yet to occur. But all the signs pointed to a breakthrough delayed, not denied. "We are certain she will be released," said NLD vice chairman Tin Oo, "but we can't say when...