Category: New York Daily News
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INGREDIENTS FOR GENOCIDE: Burundi seems headed for same fate as Rwanda
by MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writer BUJUMBURA, Burundi–The driver’s father was a Hutu, but his mother was a Tutsi, and that ethnic mix is a recipe for murder in this country–where all the ingredients of a Rwandan-like bloodbath are beginning to boil. Afraid he was a marked man, Selemani Hakizimana drove fast and…
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AFRICAN EPILOGUE: Dreams of Death
by MICHAEL O. ALLEN Amidst lesser mountains, Kilimanjaro sat mysteriously in the distance, its brooding, mammoth expanse shrouded by clouds that streaked the rising sun. It was barely dawn at this wildlife reserve, and the elephants were headed out to the swamps. I must confess that the burden I had carried in my heart to…
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City Urged to Scrap Homeless Shelter Plan By MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writer
March 21, 2002 Opponents of a proposed 400-bed homeless shelter in Williamsburg rallied against the plan last night, calling on Mayor Bloomberg to cancel it. “What they’re creating is a warehouse for homeless men,” said Jose Leon. Opening the East Williamsburg Industrial Park facility, at an old factory at 89 Porter Ave., is the first…
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Finding MIA’s Kin Stumps U.S. Army By MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writer
Sunday, May 13, 2001 The United States government believes that Charles Arce of Brooklyn kept faith with his country. He went to Korea with the Army more than half a century ago and almost certainly died there. Now, his country would like to keep faith with his memory and his family. But it isn’t easy…
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HIGH-TECH BOOST FOR COLLEGE Kingsboro gets 425G By MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writer
Sunday, May 6, 2001 Kingsborough Community College students will soon be learning in the “smart” high-technology classrooms of the future. Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-Brooklyn, Queens) secured the initial $425,000 in a federal appropriation for the equipment — high-resolution plasma screens — and recently went to the campus for a demonstration. “This essentially allows the boundaries…
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Drowned Girl’s Dad Asks, Why? By MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writer
Sunday, May 06, 2001 Wilner Jean Paul held the photograph of his daughter and tried to fathom the rest of his life without her. “I’m lost. I’m lost,” he said inside his Brooklyn home. “I have to find out the reason Sheila died.” A day had passed since Sheila Jean Paul, 13, and a 12-year-old…
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Teach Them to Be The Bravest — Green By MICHAEL O. ALLEN and MICHAEL R. BLOOD, Daily News Staff Writers
Friday, May 04, 2001 Public Advocate Mark Green urged the city yesterday to establish educational programs for firefighting at two high schools and two community colleges to increase the number of minority group members in the FDNY. In a city where minority groups now represent the majority of the population, the Fire Department remains overwhelmingly…