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...report concluded that Beirut's own inquiry was flawed and inconclusive. The U.N.'s report did not name a culprit in the bombing but cited Lebanese security failures and polarizing tensions with Syria as factors in the killing. Putin's Promise RUSSIA President Vladimir Putin extended an olive branch to business leaders shaken by the state's controversial breakup of oil giant Yukos. He backed a proposal to exempt privatizations that took place over three years ago from judicial investigation. The announcement aimed to boost confidence and revive investment in Russian business. Mission Incomplete INDONESIA The U.N.'s refugee agency...
...death of an individual whether it be a demented parent, a suffering, severely disabled spouse or a child.” This illustrates that the “right to die” movement favors the imposition of death sentences on disabled people by means of the judicial branch...
...usurpation of states’ rights, but it sets a dangerous precedent of prolonging specific legal disputes outside of their proper arena. Politicization of court cases is inevitable to some degree, but the intrusion of legislative politics is nothing short of debilitating to the very independence of the judicial branch of government. In Sunday’s House of Representatives floor debate Rep. James D. Moran Jr., D-Va., wisely observed with regard to the Schiavo struggle, “I don’t know who’s right and who’s wrong. But neither...
...Melveny is the biggest international firm in Shanghai, owing to Chao's foresight a decade ago. Most big U.S. law firms focused on Hong Kong, and O'Melveny opened a branch there too. But Chao, who had spent a year teaching international law in Beijing and Shanghai in 1985, recognized early on that having a big presence on the mainland would be a competitive advantage. The Shanghai operation opened in 1996, and a Beijing branch was added in 2002, as soon as the government gave the green light. "It was clear that by being there, we could see what...
...STERN: South America's big-name jeweler, tel: (56-2) 223 7579, sells good-quality gems at its Santiago branch. One advantage of buying here is that any defects can be fixed, or items returned or exchanged, in any of H. Stern's outlets across South America and the U.S. Read more at www.hstern.net...