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...Skilling doesn't think his fate is. The former Enron CEO told Judge Lake that he is innocent and plans to appeal his case. Lay's lead criminal attorney thinks Skilling has a good chance. "This case is going to be reversed," Ramsey said at the courthouse."The Fifth Circuit has bounced back or modified virtually every Enron-related conviction." Which means that even after the issue of money is put to rest, the Enron case...
...clay tennis court and five swimming pools. Each of the 17 rooms is unique, with brass lamps, carved headboards and armchairs, and handwoven textiles. Most items are designed by owner Meryanne Loum-Martin or hand-picked by her in markets from Uzbekistan to India. Route de Ses, Circuit de la Palmeraie, Marrakech; tel: (212) 24 32 94 23; www.jnanetamsna.com...
...Azadi Stadium; in Tehran. Despite a recent fatwa allowing women to race against men, stewards prevented Seddigh from entering the driver's seat of her 1,600-cc Peugeot just 206 minutes before the race, citing "security reasons." Seddigh, the 2005 champion of Iran's once all-male racing circuit, scoffed that racing officials "were afraid that I would win again...
...short circuit at Airbus has turned out to be much more serious than expected. For several months, officials at the giant aerospace company have explained away the delays dogging their biggest project, the €12 billion superjumbo A380[an error occurred while processing this directive] plane, by blaming the wiring. Each A380 has about 500 km of electrical cables that need to be configured individually for different customers (so the explanation went), and that was proving far more complex than anticipated. Last week, the story changed. Airbus postponed the A380's launch once again, but acknowledged that the company...
...Presidential Palace, Khalilzad couldn't seem farther away from the intense hand-wringing of political strategists in Washington over how the deteriorating situation in Iraq is affecting their poll numbers in the U.S. He admits some Iraqi politicians are nervous that the midterm election results could short-circuit the U.S. commitment to Iraq, but he doesn't see a fundamental change in the approach to Iraq, no matter who controls Congress in January. He could envision minor adjustments being made, "but strategically," says Khalilzad, in an unwrinkled blue shirt, "I don't see an alternative that works for our national...