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Eminem •droll ditty about drug-addicted mother of ("I know you're probably tired of hearing 'bout my mom") is highlight of fifth straight number one album...
...Which makes Rakhmon's sudden bout of modesty all the more puzzling. According to Russian news agency RIA Novosti, on May 15 local Tajik officials received phone calls from the president's office playing a recorded address by Rakhmon in which he stated that from then on, they could only display portraits of him that had been given official approval: "In order to prevent the veneration of bureaucrats [and] eliminate misunderstandings among the public ... the placement of portraits of the head of state in public places will be determined by the Office of the President of Tajikistan." The directive says...
...there's another reason for the surge in cases of deceit. Far from simply fueling fraud, there's nothing like a nasty bout of recession to flush swindlers out. By digging into their own operations amid the financial squeeze, firms are unearthing historical deception. In 2008, U.K. courts tried individuals for the fraudulent loss of some $450 million at the public and private organizations affected, according to KPMG, three times the amount in 2007. While some of that increase can be put down to wrongdoing prompted by the financial crisis, ongoing fraud uncovered as a result of the recession also...
...Japan's four earlier suspected swine flu cases came from travelers inbound from North America, but this new bout appears to be wholly domestic. Most of the cases involve teenagers - the first confirmed infected on Saturday were high school students on a volleyball team - but those sick with the new strain of flu now range from 5 years old to 60. "It circulated silently, without anybody thinking of it," says Peter Cordingley, spokesman for the WHO in Manila. "The virus is highly transmittable, and signs of it breaking out of a contained area into the greater community must be watched...
...have a clear understanding that what happened here was an honorable approach to defending the nation, that there was nothing devious or deceitful or dishonest or illegal about what was done." That sounds like: O.K., we got a little out of hand. But we meant well. So how 'bout we just...