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...weigh in - O'Reilly called the city of San Francisco "completely out of control and now directly responsible for the murders of three men" - while CAPS has blamed the deaths on the ACLU for its "rigor" in protecting the rights of prisoners. (The organization is not involved in the case...
...Qantas Boeing 747 that landed in Manila on July 25 was bizarre. Fortunately, large gashes do not often appear in passenger jets. When they do, they tend to happen where there is structural strain (like at door hatches), not in the forward cargo compartment, as in this case with Qantas. (The cause of the accident remains a mystery, and the U.S. is sending a team from the National Transportation Safety Board to assist in the investigation in the Philippines...
...alongside him--is more difficult to explain. In his study on the psychology of mass murder, The Nazi Doctors, Robert Jay Lifton wrote, "No individual self is inherently evil, murderous or genocidal. Yet under certain conditions virtually any self is capable of becoming all of these." In Karadzic's case, the reverse was true. The warlord charged with ordering the massacre of more than 7,000 people in Srebrenica became a harmless quack described as "friendly" and "open" by his co-workers. Once a proponent of the view that the ills of society could be healed by cleansing itself...
...Obama world tour, didn't wait long after the speech to put out a statement scoffing at the whole exercise. "While Barack Obama took a premature victory lap today in the heart of Berlin, proclaiming himself a 'citizen of the world,' John McCain continued to make his case to the American citizens who will decide this election," the statement read. "Barack Obama offered eloquent praise for this country, but the contrast is clear. John McCain has dedicated his life to serving, improving and protecting America. Barack Obama spent an afternoon talking about...
...case, the new law means the de facto death of the 35-hour week introduced in 1998 with great fanfare and considerable controversy by the Socialist government of the day. The measure was designed to stimulate job creation by cutting up the pie of available work into smaller pieces. Socialists claimed the creation of 350,000 new posts in its first five years; similar numbers were provided by independent economists and organizations monitoring labor activity. However, conservatives have consistently accused the law of shackling French businesses and undermining economic growth. They've also noted that state subsidies softening the impact...