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Most of these auctions are arranged by Southern Star Auctioneers, a Georgia company run by Dion Abadi, who has faced a number of official complaints and fines in recent years in multiple states. At one so-called Madoff auction held this fall in West Palm Beach, Fla. - a community hard hit by Madoff, who once owned houses and other property in nearby Palm Beach and who is now serving a 150-year prison sentence for his massive Ponzi scheme - many potential bidders exited fuming. "They all thought it was Madoff stuff, and it's not; it's from all over...
...London, the protesters say that if one of them dies, others will replace them. "I will continue my hunger strike until my family and friends are protected," says Khalil Abadi, a middle-aged man speaking breathlessly as he hangs on to a podium to address supporters on his 44th day without food. Someone helps him walk slowly back to his cot, and he lies down again, facing the U.S. embassy. Whether or not the strikers continue to go hungry, Camp Ashraf's fate depends on who has more influence on Iraq: the U.S. or Iran. And that's a contest...
...rasped that Tehran was part of an "axis of evil." But the European Union's moderating stance has done it few favors in the wake of last month's disputed Iranian elections. On Wednesday, Iran's military chief of staff, Major General Hassan Firouz-Abadi, accused the E.U. of "interference in the postelection riots." He said that, as a result, the E.U. had "lost its qualification" to hold talks on Iran's controversial nuclear program, and he demanded an apology for its "huge mistakes...
...country. Displaying political dexterity, he persuaded a nervous Iraqi government to sign on to the Sons of Iraq program, which turned thousands of insurgents into neighborhood-watch groups. If Petraeus gets credit for ushering in the surge, it was Odierno who "made it work," says Lieut. General Nasier Abadi, deputy chief of staff of the Iraqi joint forces...
...agreement reflects a consensus in Baghdad and Washington that the U.S. footprint must be greatly reduced. Abadi, the Iraqi general, would like to have U.S. forces backstopping his men. But he believes the worst is over. Odierno, for his part, is determined that troop withdrawals be done in a "deliberate way" so as not to give up the gains of the past year...