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More than five years after being brought to Guantánamo Bay, Australian David Hicks last week became the first Guantánamo inmate to be convicted of a crime after agreeing to a plea bargain. His surprising sentence includes nine months in prison, a one-year prohibition against speaking to the press, and an agreement not to press charges against U.S. government. Officials at Guantánamo have faced increasing pressure—and Supreme Court orders—to try the individuals being held. This first trial, however, is hardly reassuring; rather, it highlights the government?...
...summer, grownups gladly pay to see what used to be considered kids' stuff. (Ever heard of Pirates of the Caribbean, Spider-Man or Shrek?) TRANSFORMERS, those '80s playthings, are getting an adult makeover. Exhibit A is the new Bumble Bee, right, once a toy, but in action director Michael Bay's hands, a much more looming presence. And this one's a good...
...lying country that faces the sea and drains 92% of the snowmelt from the vast Himalayan mountain range, Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable places on the earth to global warming. Already, sea levels are rising in the Bay of Bengal and pushing salty water inland, lowering the productivity of rice cultivation in the south of the country. Farmers are adapting by switching land over to prawn farming, which tolerates saltier water...
Despite hailing from the Bay Area, I rejected popular hometown options such as Stanford, Cal, and Santa Clara, opting instead for the greener pastures of College Park, Md. Though I had to suffer through years of Duke’s domination, it was worth the wait...
...Crown Victoria to a $1,166 per month Cadillac, and installing $27,387 worth of furnishings for his office. Though after these expenditures came to light he agreed to reimburse the state for them, Patrick’s decisions have almost completely undermined his strong rhetoric on slashing the Bay State’s expected $1.3 billion deficit. It seems more than a tad hypocritical to force state agencies to tighten their belts while the governor splurges on leather seats and drapes. Most troubling, however, has been Patrick’s now-notorious decision to call Citigroup executive Robert...