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...region in key positions of authority, and it might even be one of them who decides that the clan's survival is more important than Saddam's. In addition, two of his longtime associates appear to have more power than other members of the ruling circle: Deputy Prime Minister Taha Yassin Ramadan and Revolutionary Command Council Deputy Chairman Izzat Ibrahim. So far, neither has seemed ambitious enough to seize power for its own sake...
...Everything is done to break our spirit," says Mutawakel Taha, 30, a journalist from Khalkilya. "We are completely isolated from everyone," says Raji Saalim, 28, who used to live in the Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza. Newspapers are rare at Ansar 3, books -- except the Qur'an -- and radios are unavailable. Few of the prisoners at Ansar 3 have seen any relatives, not even those who are detained in another section of the camp. The army responds that family visits to the prison have been prevented by "activist Palestinians," who intimidate relatives. The families complain about the cost, the long...
...were mandated, like amputating the right hands of thieves. Islamic economic laws were introduced, including the banning of interest charges. Many Sudanese opposed the laws, particularly Christians and animists in the south who are still fighting government troops. Early this year Nimeiri ordered the execution of one rival, Mahmoud Taha, 76. But among the few who supported Islamization were members of the Muslim Brotherhood, a militant fundamentalist sect banned in many parts of the Arab world. Last week Nimeiri, fearing the Brotherhood's growing power, unexpectedly cracked down on the group, jailing about 150 of its members, including its leader...
...London, Palestinians tossed a hand grenade beneath the limousine of Iraqi Ambassador Taha Ahmed Daoud outside his embassy in Kensington. Daoud, luckily, was inside the embassy, bidding his staff farewell before leaving for reassignment in Saudi Arabia. London police arrested two Palestinian grenade tossers, a man and a woman...
...makes his speech unintelligible and his gestures childlike at times, say visitors to Peking, but Chairman Mao Tse-tung, 81, still rises to the occasion when it comes time to pose with guests like Thailand's Prime Minister Kukrit Pramoj and Iraq's Vice President Taha Moheddin Maruf. More mobile, obviously, is the Chairman's wife, Chiang Ching, 61, who surfaced last week in Shansi province to make her first public speech since the chaotic days of the Cultural Revolution more than five years ago. After addressing a conference on Chinese agriculture, Mme. Mao then showed...