Word: afternoon
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...afternoon of Aug. 21, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge approved concert promoter AEG Live's plan for touring Jackson mementos in three yet-to-be-identified cities. The move came despite objections by Michael's mother Katherine Jackson, who did not attend the hearing. "We are bit confused as to why Mrs. Jackson objected. We didn't agree with the objection," says Howard Weitzman, the attorney for the administrators of Jackson's estate (who are, in accordance with his 2002 will, John Branca, an entertainment lawyer and friend of the superstar, and John McClain, a music executive). The estate...
...back in Grammatikos, few are convinced. On Sunday afternoon, Christos Chrysinas, a local farmer, angrily confronted the police and firefighters who were keeping watch near where the fire began. About 200 of his olive trees were destroyed, and he nearly lost his house. But what angered him the most was the damage to the once beautiful forests and hills. (See pictures of Greece in flames...
...tanks full of chemicals and projectiles? One likely reason: they were assembled in Baghdad itself. Another detail enhanced the inside-job theories: the parking lot across from the Foreign Ministry, where the largest blast occured, is off limits to trucks. But security has been so lax that, just the afternoon before the attack, ordinary vehicles were not being inspected for explosives. (See pictures of the August 2009 truck-bombings of Baghdad...
...speaker of parliament and the defense and security committee of the legislature. Parliament is technically in recess and on holiday until the end of Ramadan (Sept. 19); only two dozen legislators were on hand. But the session, which started at 10 a.m. and lasted past lunch and into the afternoon, was so contentious the deputy speaker asked parliament security to drag journalists out even as MPs of the Sadrist bloc demanded they remain as witnesses for the Iraqi people. (How the recent bombings in Iraq have made America an election issue...
...There were some bright spots. Turnout in the northern provinces was extremely high - some districts were reporting 100% turnout by mid-afternoon. Residents of Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand province, which is at the center of the Taliban insurgency, defied a Taliban directive not to vote and turned out by the hundreds, according to a voter reached by phone. "Yes, the Taliban has told us that if we vote, they will cut off our fingers, but I don't care," says Assadullah, 24. Fellow voter Golalai Khan, 29, agrees, saying, "We need to vote, as it says...