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...Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, the former Libyan intelligence officer convicted of murdering 270 people when a bomb he planted on Pan-Am Flight 103 blew up over Lockerbie, Scotland, on Dec. 21, 1988, has been released from prison after serving eight years of a life sentence...
Often seen swathed in animal skins and surrounded by a posse of virgin female bodyguards, the colorful leader has become as well known for his unusual personality as for his controversial political moves, the latest of which included celebrating convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi's return to Libya. Never one to stray far from the limelight, Gaddafi marks his 40th year in power on Sept. 1 - a milestone that makes him the third longest serving head of state in the world after King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand and Britain's Queen Elizabeth II. (See a gallery...
...city." - Michael Wildes, mayor of Englewood, N.J., reacting to Gaddafi's plans to erect a tent in the town while he addresses the U.N. General Assembly in mid-September, a move that has been criticized in light of Gaddafi's alleged welcoming of released Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi. (Reuters...
...Before television, few would have noticed Nixon's perspiration problem, or his basset-hound jowls, whose stubble shadow always read five o'clock. He had a pitchman's handsome baritone voice, and relied on it to counterfeit intimacy, but his oily modulations couldn't erase the public's suspicion of phoniness; a salesman can't close the deal if his prospective customers know what they're hearing is just a pitch. On TV, his stabs at an intimate geniality showed the effort more than the effect, as if invisible wires were pulling his mouth into a smile. This...
...Anna McDonald. Princeton responded quickly when freshman forward Charissa Stadnyk scored a power-play goal to cut Harvard’s lead to 2-1.Bassett added her second score, a powerful shot from the left side of the net, with the Crimson playing shorthanded nine minutes later. At 16:05 Basset and senior forward Sarah Wilson combined following a faceoff to set up another Ryabkina goal.Early in the third period, Harvard scored two power-play goals, taking a 6-1 lead. Wilson notched her first of the game at 7:13 and Ryabkina completed her hat trick at 8:54.The Tigers...