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One commentator suggested that "the culprits may well have deliberately targeted the Japanese knowing that Japan places top priority on human lives in settling [hostage] cases.
When Spain and Portugal remained loyal to Catholicism, and expanded their empires by settling in South America, Central America, the Caribbean Islands, and parts of North America, the rest of Europe looked on very disapprovingly.
But the NYT , which ran hard with stories raising suspicions about Lee earlier this year, is rather measured about where this leaves things, settling for "the bureau does not yet have any new suspects."
Asked later about the program's future, Harley said it is only now settling in to its expanded service area and seeking continuing partnerships with the private bar and various agencies.
Secretary-General Kofi Annan--which would suspend the bombing in exchange for partial compliance with NATO's demands and would put the United Nations, rather than NATO, in charge of settling the conflict--suggest there will ultimately be a compromise.