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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...case was due to reconvene in Miami on July 13, but an eleventh-hour temporary reprieve was granted over the weekend, with a U.S. federal court postponing the ruling until Aug. 3 to allow both countries to negotiate a settlement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. vs. UBS: A Fight Over Secret Swiss Bank Accounts | 7/15/2009 | See Source »

...believe Italians can do better. They can do better than Silvio Berlusconi, better than the Lega Nord (a xenophobic political party that is currently part of the coalition that forms the government), and better than the new anti-immigration laws, which criminalize illegal immigration, allow citizen brigades to comb the streets for illegals, and harshly penalize renting a room to an undocumented individual. They can certainly do better than a tasteless calendar of Il Duce, a celebration of one of Italy’s darkest moments. The question is: will they...

Author: By Sofia E. Groopman | Title: In Search of Italy’s Glory Days | 7/15/2009 | See Source »

...infamous comments that she hoped a "wise Latina woman, with the richness of her experiences, would more often than not reach a better conclusion" than a white male. "First," Sessions demanded, "I'd like to know, do you think there's any circumstance in which a judge should allow their prejudices to impact their decision-making...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sotomayor Keeps Her Cool on the Senate Hot Seat | 7/15/2009 | See Source »

...that expression about people sleeping their way to the top? I've been failing myself laterally for about 15 years now. My career is going in an almost perfectly sideways direction. Flying under the radar gives you a little more freedom. But at the same time, fame and popularity allow you to do what you want to do. It's a little bit paradoxical. I actually don't know anyone who wants to be famous for fame's sake, at least not anyone I respect. But you need to have a certain amount of power in order to be able...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Comedian Michael Ian Black | 7/14/2009 | See Source »

...What if the people in the north want a model of governance that's somewhat different from the rest of the country? That I will not allow. The whole country must have a system. You can't have one system for the north and one for the east...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Man Who Tamed the Tamil Tigers | 7/13/2009 | See Source »

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