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...conflict. Though he initially rebuffed the idea, Goldstone said his opinion was swayed by two factors: the encouragement of his wife and a personal phone call from then-South African president Nelson Mandela, who told him he had already informed UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali that Goldstone would accept the position...
...that may have gotten Biden in trouble. During a September 7 appearance on Meet the Press, moderator Tom Brokaw asked Biden to answer the question "When does life begin?" From a Catholic standpoint, the Democratic candidate started off well, telling Brokaw, "As a Roman Catholic, I'm prepared to accept the teachings of my church - I'm prepared as a matter of faith to accept that life begins at the moment of conception...
...When a person is accustomed to viewing history as a process that is out of his or her control, that person can easily accept a political or religious leader who plays the role of God on earth," said Andres Perez Baltodano, a Nicaraguan political science professor at the University of Western Ontario...
...secret of the family's power is hidden somewhere in the world. In Grace's will, each member of the family has been given a choice: either accept a legacy of a million dollars and walk away, no questions asked, or compete in a global scavenger hunt to find and claim the secret. Of course Amy, who's 14, and Dan, who's 11, take Door No. 2. So do six other teams of Cahills. All scamper off in search of the titular 39 clues, aiding and double-crossing and feuding with each other all the while. The hunt leads...
...Samak's food fetish looked like it would cost him his premiership when the nation's constitutional court found him guilty of conflict of interest for having hosted several episodes of a commercial T.V. cooking show earlier this year. According to the Thai constitution, the P.M. may not accept compensation from a private company while in office. The Thai company, Face Media, that made the shows, says it paid Samak around $2,300 for several appearances, an amount that the 73-year-old Premier maintains was used to buy ingredients and cover transportation costs. But the court didn...