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Across Muslim world, attacks and aftermath leave profoundly mixed emotions about America By LAURA KING AP Special Correspondent JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) _ From half a world away they watched, mesmerized by televised images of the soaring twin towers of the World Trade Center disintegrating into pillars of smoke, dust and ash. Nearly a year later, a group of doe-eyed, headscarved teen-age girls _ students at a strict Islamic boarding school on the steamy outskirts of the Indonesian capital _ recalled their emotions, blurting them out in the hectic, headlong manner of adolescents everywhere. ``Scared! I was so scared!’’ said one. ``Was I dreaming?’’ asked another.
``All those people dying, what sorrow,’’ murmured a third. And through
the hubbub came a girl’s clear piping voice: ``I was happy!’’ ``Yes, me
too _ happy!’’ echoed another, before their teacher cut them off with
a sharp warning shake of the head. Group says immigrant workers suffered since September attacks AP - AP Wire Service By KWASI KPODO Associated Press Writer ACCRA, Ghana (AP) _ Ghanaians have begun filing statements and complaints to a national reconciliation commission set up to address the wrongs of decades of military regimes and unstable civilian governments. The first complaints were filed Tuesday, with around 60 people submitting statements in the West African nation’s capital, Accra. Offices for the National Reconciliation Commission were also opened in other major cities and towns. Kweku Etru Amua-Sekyi, a retired judge and head of the commission, said
the complaints mainly dealt with confiscation of property, torture and
unlawful detention between 1966 and 1985. |
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