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...Reaction from Chirac's office was swift. In a statement released Friday morning, it said the former president was "serene" and "determined to prove in court that none of the jobs still being debated were fake." Chirac also made it clear he wished to be treated "like any other citizen before the law." (See pictures of Paris expanding...
...interview with TIME, Omar said that as a private citizen working for the construction company owned by his father's estranged family, he had little insight on how the U.S. should fight al-Qaeda. He turned down a U.S. government offer of asylum for cooperation in finding his father. "I said you - the CIA and the FBI - you should know where he is, but I can't help you because I don't," Omar said by phone from a Middle Eastern country he refused to name either for fear of his safety or residency status. He has technically been reinstated...
...estimates for this weekend's top 10 movies in North American theaters, as reported by Box Office Mojo: 1. Paranormal Activity, $22 million; $62.5 million, fifth week 2. Saw VI, $14.8 million, first week 3. Where the Wild Things Are, $14.4 million; $54 million, second week 4. Law Abiding Citizen, $12.7 million; $40.3 million, second week 5. Couples Retreat, $11.1 million; $78.2 million, third week 6. Astro Boy, $7 million, first week 7. The Stepfather, $6.5 million; $20.4 million, second week 8. Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant, $6.3 million, first week 9. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs...
David S. Ardia, director of the Citizen Media Law Project at Harvard Law School Berkman Center, said that the lawsuit offered two important lessons...
...cannot deny that politics has become too complex for the non-specialist. The difference between a successful and an unsuccessful health-care reform bill may lie in a few paragraphs buried deep in a thousand-page text, paragraphs that even an intelligent, motivated, and honest citizen might miss or misunderstand. It has gotten to the point that even politicians cannot be expected to read the bills that come before them, so that they farm the work out to aides and advisors who have more time and a greater inclination to develop an informed opinion...