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...allegedly funded and armed by the military. Wiranto continues to be dogged by these accusations: last week he was ordered arrested by a U.N.-backed court in East Timor for alleged war crimes, which he vehemently denies. But Solahuddin now insists that he has no doubts about Wiranto's conduct as armed-forces chief. "We have the same commitment to bringing about a just and prosperous Indonesia," Solahuddin said. "The time is right to turn vengeance into forgiveness...
Though military trials usually take place out of public view, they aren't unusual. Thousands of soldiers are brought before courts-martial every year for offenses ranging from conduct unbecoming an officer to rape and homicide. Penalties range from a dishonorable discharge and demotion in rank to decades in prison or the death penalty. The most famous court-martial in recent memory was the 1971 trial of Lieut. William Calley, who was charged with murder for his involvement in the My Lai massacre in Vietnam. Although a jury convicted Calley and sentenced him to life in prison, President Nixon reduced...
...stem-cell research, Klein and the Zuckers, who are Los Angeles film producers, were brought together last year by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, one of the nation's most forceful disease-advocacy groups. They hired a clutch of sophisticated lawyers and political consultants to draft the measure and conduct polls. They enlisted allies from Alzheimer's, cystic fibrosis, Parkinson's and other disease-advocacy groups and spent $2.5 million gathering signatures for the initiative. Ten Nobel prizewinners have endorsed the measure, including David Baltimore, president of the California Institute of Technology, and Berg, who created the first recombinant...
...West. And he is probably correct that neither his reputation nor his effectiveness would benefit if he issued public demands to an ally that really does listen to his private entreaties - and sometimes acts on them. With the cumulative failures of American strategy, British influence over the conduct of the occupation has grown. In April, as U.S. forces seemed determined to go with guns blazing after every faction that challenged them, the tactic threatened to create a backlash that would engulf British troops. In conversations with Bush, Blair urged calm, according to government sources who argue he can take some...
Some new restrictions affect who can conduct research. Others limit the dissemination of research findings themselves. And President Bush has authorized federal officials to craft these regulations based on what many feel is a vague new research category and a blank check for further restriction...