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...series of events that followed included scores of angry e-mails accusing Stern of anti-Catholic, anti-Semitist, and anti-American remarks. But Stern said that two people in the audience actually accused her of anti-Muslim bias—a claim that she also rejects...
...Alan Auerbach, a University of California, Berkeley, economist and tax expert. "I don't think there are many people in the tax-policy community who believe that it isn't." But there's no law that says the tax code has to be reasonable, and the private-equity guys claim to see economic danger in changing the rules...
...While economic disadvantage can be easily quantified, only a hint from the current relations of the Spanish and Moroccan governments can predict the toll on the social landscape. The two countries both claim the cities Ceuta and Melilla that lie in Northern Africa—a gripe that has caused tensions for three centuries. In fact, a year and a half before the announcement, Spanish marines and Moroccan soldiers were caught in a wrangle in the islet of Perejil, which each country claims...
After months of failed attempts to stop the trafficking, Guinea-Bissau's judges claim that the military has effectively blocked any effort to end the trade and that it's protecting the cartels. "The military has impunity and we have no protection," says Judge André Lima. He says the military has forced judges to sign release orders for those arrested on drug charges. "What is sad is that we are forever prosecuting people who steal one chicken or a cow," says Lima. "But [cases involving] drugs will never get to court...
Wedged on history's timeline between Caesar and Massoud is a figure who can stake a claim as the archetype of the modern military folk hero. Giuseppe Garibaldi, the 19th century Italian general who spent 12 years fighting for independence movements in Brazil and Uruguay before returning home to lead battles to unify Italy, was an international icon both during and after his lifetime. Though historians debate his tactical skills and political sense, few question his integrity, courage or charisma, which were chronicled for decades by writers from around the world. As such, Garibaldi remains a model that transcends time...