Shin Bet fights to save its skin

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Shin Bet, Israel's security service, has been widely criticised for failing to prevent the assassination of Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, especially after it was revealed that it had received information about a possible assassination attempt some months previously. It is now keen to point out that it did not have the name of a potential assassin, and could not therefore have been expected to find the person concerned. However, critics point out that further interrogation of the person who reported plans for the assassination would have revealed the name of the suspect.

Israel, Secret police, Assassination, Heads of state

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Pope upsets Ukraine by beatifying priests with Nazi links

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Controversy surrounding the beatification by Pope John Paul II of 28 Greek Catholics is discussed. Of these, 27 are seen as martyrs for their faith under the Soviet Union when the Greek Catholic Church was forced underground.

International relations, Public opinion, John Paul II, Pope, Soviet foreign relations, Catholic Church

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Headless corpse in Ukraine still a mystery as DNA tests queried

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The investigation into the disappearance of Ukrainian investigative journalist Georgy Gongadze in Sep 2000 is discussed. It has been established that a headless corpse found at Tarashcha, Ukraine, is not that of Gongadze.

Investigations, Missing persons, Gongadze, Georgy

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