ANOTHER WALL FALLS AS RUSSIA OPENS ONCE-HOSTILE SKIES
Sixteen years ago, a leery Soviet military spotted Korean Air Lines Flight 007 invading its airspace on its way from Anchorage to Seoul. With the Cold War at its zenith...
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CASTRO’S COMPROMISE
Just a short walk toward the sea from a Hemingway hangout called La Floridita, the sounds of the metaphorical phoenix begin to rise and its feathers become apparent. A stroll...
MASTERING THE ART OF MULTIPLE BORDER CROSSINGS
Border crossings in Central America are like hangovers: full of headaches and a bit disorienting. You're hot, thirsty and thinking: If I can just get through this one. And with...
BETWEEN HEAVEN AND HELL ON THE PAN-AM HIGHWAY
Like a procession of ancient shamans carefully picking their way single-file on stony soil, a band of tourists walked slowly in the black of night and gaped as blood-red lines...
U.S. TO EASE SOME RESTRICTIONS ON CUBA
President Clinton plans to announce a major easing of travel restrictions and other contacts with Cuba on Friday but will try to placate critics by providing more money and staff...
THATCHER: PARTY VOTE UP IN THE AIR
Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher said Thursday that she "wouldn't like to bet" on the outcome of next week's voting for Conservative Party leadership, despite her successor John Major's...
CUBAN GUNBOATS ATTACK REFUGEE VESSEL
Seven Cuban refugees were wounded Saturday when Cuban gunboats raked a hijacked escape vessel with machine-gun fire for four hours as they fled their homeland for Florida. Andres Sanchez, who...
FBI CHARGES 2ND SUSPECT IN N.Y. BOMBING
A chemical engineer who federal authorities say shared a bank account with a key suspect in the World Trade Center bombing was charged Wednesday with aiding and abetting the blast....
FBI EXPECTING MORE ARRESTS IN N.Y. BOMB INVESTIGATION
The FBI said Monday that several more suspects in the World Trade Center explosion could be arrested this week in a widening probe into the $1 billion bombing. James Fox,...
IN BOMBING’S WAKE, MUSLIMS FIGHT SUSPICION
The hunks of lead pipe that were hurled through the windows of the modest third-floor mosque over the weekend didn't really worry Ahmet Moustafa. He expected that much after the...