Jonestown Massacre – Stephan Jones
The Jonestown massacre is one of the most notorious mass suicides in history. More than 900 people died there. The quasi-socialist spiritual utopia turned hell on earth was founded by the Reverend Jim Jones. Stephan Jones, son to Reverend Jim Jones, talks about religion, drug addiction, and even wanting to murder his father. Stephan Jones did not take part in the suicide as he was away, playing basketball with the People’s Temple Basketball team.
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French Finance Min: Basel II To Test US Readiness To Reform (Nasdaq)
PARIS -(Dow Jones)- The litmus test of the U.S. financial sector’s willingness to embrace reforms will be its readiness to apply the Basel II accords, French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde said in an interview to be broadcast Friday evening on television channel LCI.
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