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...public attempt at suicide in the streets.' MAHMOUD DARWISH, preeminent Palestinian poet, describing the fighting between Fatah and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Darwish was speaking in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, his first public engagement in the city of his birth in over 30 years...
...last year that rape, victim and assailant were among the words that could not be uttered in a rape trial, after the defense argued they were "unfairly inflammatory." More neutral terms like sex were allowed. The first trial ended in a hung jury, and on July 12 the second attempt was declared a mistrial because of the case's newfound publicity, driven in part by the outraged plaintiff, Tory Bowen, who says, "What happened to me was rape...
...frenzy is deal jumping. In the past, such a tactic was rare in the private-equity club. Historically, going-private transactions were bumped only when a strategic buyer jumped in, such as Whirlpool Corp. against Ripplewood in the Maytag contest, or Building Materials Corp. of America's attempt to bust up the Carlyle Group's buyout of ElkCorp. For PE investors deal jumping was considered a faux pas. "It has long been suspected that there is an unwritten gentleman's agreement among private-equity firms to refrain from jumping each other's deals," said Chris Young, director...
Ahmed said today that the arrest of Hasina is proof that no one is above the law. But the arrest and this week's announcement that elections will be held in December 2008, might also be something of an attempt to recapture the honeymoon period the caretaker government enjoyed in its first few months. With a year and a half still to go before the promised elections, there's a lot the caretaker government can do to set Bangladesh on the path to a rosier future. But Bangladeshis now know the country's temporary rulers can also...
...also a strong supporter of Bulgaria thanks to its vociferous backing for U.S. operations in Iraq and elsewhere. (President Bush has called for the nurses' release.) But Western countries are also especially eager to smooth over any lingering problems with Gaddafi. Libya remains 'exhibit A' in the Western attempt to convince the world and notably Iran that giving up nuclear weapons' ambitions has its rewards. New oil deals with British and American oil companies are also being inked. On the same day that the judicial proceedings against the nurses ended this week, Washington took another important step towards reestablishing full...