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...point of view, Feinberg's ability to help claimants is limited. A few of the fund's more controversial regulations--the litigation waiver; life insurance must be deducted from any potential payout--were designed by Congress. But how much each family receives is at Feinberg's discretion. Claimants can appeal Feinberg's decision--to Feinberg or to one of 30 specially appointed hearing examiners--or they can reject it and sue, although Congress has stacked the deck against any lawsuit's succeeding. Congress also neglected to put a cap on how much Feinberg can give the families. (Feinberg expects...
...eliminate the Taliban's leading opponent before he could help the anticipated U.S. counterattack. Muslim scholars and clerics around the world were expected to call the faithful to unite in jihad against the impious American army storming the Islamic land of Afghanistan. They had, after all, made a similar appeal in the 1980s after the Soviet invasion...
...party, was convicted of corruption and sentenced to three years in jail. Tandjung was convicted of using $5 million of state funds, earmarked for poverty relief, to finance the 1999 election campaigns of the Golkar party and the President at the time, B.J. Habibie. Although Tandjung said he will appeal, political analysts believe the conviction is likely to dent Tandjung's chances?and Golkar's?in the 2004 legislative and presidential elections...
...York Times notes, "refocus attention on the company - and away from Ms. Stewart's legal troubles." Hmmm. Still, as her millions of fans will attest, Martha isn't solely the sum of her allegations. For an excellent assessment of why our favorite domesticatrix has such a fundamental appeal, see Caitlin Flanagan's fine piece in this month's Atlantic Monthly...
...severity of the current crackdown is unprecedented. Scores of illegal immigrants have been arrested; some have been sentenced to caning and lengthy prison terms. The harsh treatment has ignited a political and diplomatic firestorm. Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo phoned Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad to make a personal appeal for a moratorium on deportations of Filipinos. Amien Rais, speaker of the Indonesian Parliament, warned that Malaysia was "playing with fire" by mistreating foreign workers...