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...Please accept my profound apologies for the terrible inconvenience that I have caused over the past weeks.' BERNIE MADOFF, the Wall Street broker accused of operating a $50 billion Ponzi scheme, in a letter to his neighbors published a day before a federal judge allowed him to remain free on bail...
Wickrematunge could not accept that kind of thinking. Even a wartime government, he believed, ought to be held accountable to its citizens. Stories in the Sunday Leader raised questions about who benefited from military aircraft contracts, needled Sri Lankan Cabinet officials for extravagant trips abroad and, in one infamous exclusive, accused the Defense Minister of arranging false travel documents for a former LTTE leader who is now part of the government. The Defense Ministry has denied any involvement...
Gawande and Pronovost agree that checklists can be faulty and that they need to be studied carefully before and during implementation. "Safety should be a patient's right," says Pronovost. "If you are going to ask doctors to give up their autonomy and accept these standards, they have to be based on sound science and implemented wisely...
...Hamas leader speaking in Cairo, Salah Bardaweel, insists that the Islamists aren't budging from their initial demands: "We will accept nothing less than a ceasefire, the complete withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza, and the lifting of the [18-month long] Israeli siege on Gaza." It isn't clear yet how close the Egyptian proposal mirrored Hamas' demands for a cease-fire in the 19 day-old conflict. When the assault started, Palestinians accused Egypt of catering to Israel (Cairo had just played host to Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni). The Hamas source commented pessimistically, "We're 100% sure...
...next step is getting the Israelis to accept. Israeli officials say a bitter feud has erupted between Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and his Defense Minister Ehud Barak over how long to prolong the Gaza assault. Barak says he is ready for a truce, arguing that Hamas has suffered a punishing blow from the Israeli blitzkrieg and the next step - sending troops into Gaza City's crowded streets - could raise the casualty figures far higher among Palestinian civilians and Israeli soldiers. But Olmert wants to press on until Hamas' leadership and 15,OOO to 20,000 fighters are weakened even more...