MIDDLE EAST: Terror, and a Frail Hint of Peace

The gray Renault had been parked near the Science Faculty of the University of Paris all night. Its owner, Algerian Playwright Mohammed Boudia, 41, had spent the night with a woman who lived near by. Shortly before noon, Boudia emerged from the apartment house, passed several children playing in the street, and walked up to his automobile. As he stepped inside, a bomb that had been placed under the front seat exploded, killing him instantly. Boudia was suspected of being Black September's European headman and was wanted for questioning by police in...

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