Word: brother-in-law
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Riyadh al-Nouri was several key things. He was the brother-in-law of Moqtada al-Sadr and a prominent official in the anti-American Shi'ite cleric's political organization. He was also, at one point in 2005, accused of spying for the Americans by members of his own party. And so, when he was shot and killed in the city of Kufa, reportedly by a gunman on a motorcycle, as he returned from Friday prayers, there were multiple suspects...
...former spokesman is now Foreign Minister, while the new Finance Minister is a friend of the ousted P.M. who has little economics training. Three wives of men who were members of Thaksin's dissolved political party were also named cabinet members. To top it off, Thaksin's brother-in-law is deputy prime minister...
...every remark gets caught up the freak show atmosphere of presidential politics - even now. Barack Obama's brother-in-law, Craig Robinson, a Princeton-educated basketball coach at Brown University, was given almost a complete pass by the press and the Clinton campaign when he made personally disparaging remarks about Hillary and Bill Clinton in an interview published last week in the New Yorker...
...victory in the first postcoup elections last December. A proxy for Thaksin, whose own party was disbanded by the junta, the PPP is led by Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej. His new Cabinet teems with Thaksin loyalists: the Foreign Minister is Thaksin's former lawyer, while his brother-in-law has been named Education Minister...
...diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. “Breaking Bad” is quite literally “Weeds” on crack. As if the cancer plot isn’t enough, White also has a pregnant wife, a son with cerebral palsy, and a DEA-agent brother-in-law. Not even “Weeds” managed to get to those storylines until its second season.Naturally, a premise this loopy calls for a stronger-than-average lead actor, and “Breaking Bad” has a great one in Bryan Cranston. Best known...