Turbulent globe

International | Terrorism, financial crisis, and attacks on the freedom of Christian worship make headlines around the world in 1997 | Mindy Belz

In November the U.S. State Department took the unusual step of issuing a statement of "Worldwide Caution" to American citizens traveling or living abroad. Normally confining public warnings to countries in turmoil, the department's concern about "the possibility of random acts of anti-American violence" in all parts of the globe reflects this dichotomy: The growth of the economy and peace at home are no bulwark against rumblings of trouble abroad.

The warning for Americans "to exercise greater than usual caution" came after four American businessmen were gunned down in Karachi, Pakistan. Their deaths were in "retaliation" for the lawful convictions of two Muslim terrorists in the United States. A Virginia jury recommended the death penalty for Mir Aimal Kasi, a Pakistani, after finding him guilty of killing two CIA workers in 1993. A federal jury in New York on Nov. 12 convicted Ramzi Yousef of masterminding the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.

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