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...face between six months and 28 years in prison. See: Heavy Sentences for Angers Abusers Sentenced. Muhammad bouyeri, 27, Islamic radical who confessed to the November 2004 murder of controversial Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh; to life in prison without the possibility of parole; in Amsterdam. Bouyeri, a Dutch citizen of Moroccan descent, said he had killed van Gogh, a fervent critic of Islam, for insulting the religion and the prophet Muhammad. Bouyeri remained unrepentant at his sentencing, telling van Gogh's mother, "I don't feel your pain." sentenced. ahmed ressam, 38, the so-called millennium bomber who plotted...
...cable network, will test that proposition. The cable channel claims it will do nothing less than democratize television, giving anyone with a digital camera and a computer the kind of power that used to be enjoyed only by the mainstream media. Current TV will invite a young army of "citizen journalists" to submit edgy 15-second-to-15-minute video segments that the network is calling "pods." The idea is that no one knows better than young people what will hold the attention of the elusive, tech-savvy 18-to-34-year-old demographic...
...flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder favor of true love - the divine Mary Astor. In the movies' highest romantic era, no film achieved more entrancing heights than Wyler's adaptation of Sinclair Lewis' best novel. Citizen Kane 1941; Orson Welles Everyone's default choice for the world's greatest movie. Maybe so, maybe not. But it was (and remains) the movies' most fabulous blend of style and substance, full of beguiling camera and editing tricks as Welles traces the rise and fall of a man whose lust...
Berwick’s knighthood—which does not require any additional responsibilities and does not offer any pay—is “honorary” because he is an American citizen. Only British citizens are appointed knights that can call themselves...
...China's relations with Taiwan resemble those between North and South Korea. The West, however, gives in to Communist China for economic benefits at the expense of supporting Taiwan's democracy and de facto independence. Taiwan, a democratic nation whose future rests on each citizen's constitutional right to vote, should not be confused with its one-party neighbor on any level. TIME's inclusion of Taiwan on the map of China was very misleading. Thomas Lin North York, Canada...