 |  | | About-Face On Terror |  ON July 18, 1994, a van filled with explosives blew up outside the Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires, killing 85 people and injuring hundreds. It was the worst terrorist attack ever in Argentina, which has Latin America's largest Jewish population, and one of the ... |
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| |  | | Poison Pill Politics |  THE deadline has passed. The sequester is in effect. And Congress is not in session. We now know that our political system is broken beyond anything even remotely resembling a functional government. The ridiculous bill was designed as a poison pill, but Republicans popped it like a Pez. Now the body politic ... |
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| | | Freed Swiss hostage thanks Qatar SYLVIA ABRAHAT, a 33-year-old Swiss language teacher, has thanked Qatar for its efforts in securing her release, after a year-long Al Qaeda captivity in Yemen. Ralph Hiknr of the Swiss Foreign Ministry, said that Qatar played a key role in getting the Swiss citizen freed, pointing out that, for several months, Qatar engaged in negotiations with the abductors without paying any ransom. (PG 2) |
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