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...April, the country had become so swamped with cocaine that radio journalists in Bissau broadcast an appeal for villagers to phone in with details of mysterious activities. Locals near the airfield of Cufar quickly called on their mobile phones to describe major drug drops. Crucially, they exposed the military's deep involvement in the trafficking. "People called and said: 'Here is a plane landing, now they are offloading packets, now the military is coming, the military is loading it and driving toward Bissau,'" a local journalist told...
...tournament will kick off in Canada at the end of this month, with matches held in six sites around the country. The U.S. will play in Group D with Korea, Poland and Brazil, and begins play against Korea in Montreal on June 30. Matches will be broadcast on ESPNU, ESPN360.com and usoccer.com...
...Slightly cross-eyed and patently uncharismatic, Chaudhry stumbled into his present stature through a steadfast desire to do what was right. On March 9, Musharraf, backed by his generals and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, asked Chaudhry to resign. A video frame of that meeting, broadcast by the government on national TV, was meant to show the nation that even the Chief Justice was not above the law. Instead it unleashed outrage against the military. "That frame, of the Chief Justice sitting in front of the general, did for Pakistan what the Tiananmen Square photo of the boy standing before...
...political debates, I've become a little skeptical of both side's commitment to their political platform. If candidates feel so strongly about the top issues of the day, then perhaps they should purchase keywords on those issues to stake out their positions. If a candidate wants to broadcast a position on abortion, why not purchase the term "abortion," "pro-life" or "pro-choice?" (John McCain appears to have purchased a sponsored listing for "pro-life," but it seems that no other candidates have yet caught on to the practice...
...standard" is one of the most important factors in legally determining indecency. What's good for Dubya, the court ruled, is good for the debutante. And while the ruling immediately applied to "fleeting" profanities, it could have broad implications for the FCC's ability to limit naughty talk on broadcast TV and radio in general...