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...July 3, 2002, after the Vivendi board accepted his resignation, Jean-Marie Messier left for New York to join his family. How did he travel? A) On Vivendi's private jet, even though he no longer worked for the group B) On Air France, economy class C) On a freighter ship, since he now has the time D) Swimming, because this man knows no fear Yes, of course, the correct answer is "A." Meaning: We'll be seeing him again soon. He's incorrigible...
Israeli commandos capture a freighter laden with close to 50 tons of smuggled weapons allegedly destined for the Palestinians...
Arafat at first denied that the Palestinian Authority had any connection to the guns Israel took off the Tongan-registered freighter Karine A. Then, pressured by the U.S. and the European Union, he ordered an inquiry that blamed three Palestinian officials. That the P.A. was involved was no shock, given the Authority's established record of smuggling arms. But the Iranian angle is something new. Last week senior Israeli officials detailed to TIME their evidence of an Iranian connection to the Karine A. If indeed Iran sent arms to the P.A.--which Iran emphatically denied--Arafat would appear...
...Arafat at first denied that the Palestinian Authority had any connection to the guns Israel took off the Tongan-registered freighter Karine A. Then, pressured by the U.S. and the European Union, he ordered an inquiry that blamed three Palestinian officials. That the P.A. was involved was no shock, given the Authority's established record of smuggling arms. But the Iranian angle is something new. Last week senior Israeli officials detailed to Time their evidence of an Iranian connection to the Karine A. If indeed Iran sent arms to the P.A.--which Iran emphatically denied--Arafat would appear...
...ZEALAND A Refuge at Last As the Australian Parliament passed a package of measures designed to stem the flow of asylum seekers, neighboring New Zealand received 140 Afghan refugees. The Afghans, mainly women and children, were among the 433 rescued by the Norwegian freighter Tampa more than a month...