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Sheriff Fraker, along with others in the area, assumed that the family's dire economic circumstances had pushed Kirk over the edge. It seemed to be yet one more tragic testament to the desperation of so many of the country's debt- burdened family farmers. Said the Rev. Wilburn Steward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Auguries Of Innocence | 10/19/1987 | See Source »

The summer's violence has continued into the fall. The army recently occupied Raboteau, a large shantytown in the city of Gonaives. They arrested, detained and beat several people and terrorized Raboteau residents. Recently, Haitians in the countryside, fed up with army abuses and the lack of protection, have begun...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Haiti A Rumbling in the Belly of the Beast | 10/19/1987 | See Source »

Honasan was linked to the murdered leftist in at least one respect: Aquino has appointed special task forces both to pursue the elusive colonel and investigate the Alejandro assassination. Meanwhile, leftist groups were planning mass protests to accompany this week's memorial service for their latest martyr. That event is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines Rebels Left and Right | 10/5/1987 | See Source »

The ancient Hindu rite of suttee, requiring a woman to immolate herself on the funeral pyre of her husband, was abolished in British India in 1829. But early this month, when her young husband died suddenly of gastroenteritis, Roop Kanwar, 18, a bride of just eight months, declared her intention...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India Fire and Faith | 9/28/1987 | See Source »

Then the Pope sped on to New Orleans, where he was greeted on arrival with -- surprise! -- a chorus of When the Saints Go Marching In by the Olympia Brass and Funeral Band. Despite that lively welcome, the crowds that viewed the Pontiff were smaller than expected. After paying tribute at...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: I Come as a Pilgrim | 9/21/1987 | See Source »

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