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...same time, the hijackers demanded to see Amal Leader Nabih Berri, representatives of the United Nations and the Red Cross, and the ambassadors of France, Spain and Britain; they later agreed that such a meeting could be held at Berri's residence, where he would act as their representative. The terrorists' repeated emphasis on seeing officials of Amal, the mainstream Shi'ite organization, suggested not only that they were seeking a negotiated settlement but that their motivation may have been essentially political rather than ideological...
...officials, based on the other side of the "green line" in Christian-dominated East Beirut, were unable to retrieve it for 24 hours. Not until Sunday morning did a State Department spokesman announce that the body was at last on its way to a U.S. air base in Spain for identification. Used first as proof of the hijackers' resolve, the stranded corpse had thus become a symbol of the obstacles and divisions that afflict the terrorists' homeland...
...however, the doctor was beginning to feel the pressure of his past. Spotted that year by an Auschwitz survivor, he left Freiburg, making his way to Italy and from there through Spain to Argentina. In Buenos Aires, he was assured of a warm reception: President Juan Domingo Peron was known to be tolerant of former Nazis and had promised to protect them...
...planned as a day of celebration, with West European dignitaries, including seven Prime Ministers, present to witness the signing ceremonies for Spain's entry into the European Community. But before the festivities began, the day was marred by Basque terrorist attacks that left four dead and eight injured. The violence was believed to be an attempt by the terrorist group ETA to publicize its goal of independence for the semiautonomous Basque region. In a wave of assaults over the past six weeks, ETA has murdered 14 people and wounded...
...walked with kings--with [Spain's King] Juan Carlos, with [Vice President George] Bush at the Olympic and with Presidential candidate [the Rev.] Jesse Jackson," Russell told me last winter. "And still I like to keep touch with the common people...