Word: conflictive
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...unexpected guilty plea without a plea deal, the multiple counts - which include mail fraud, wire fraud, securities fraud and money laundering, among others - and the potential prison term were revealed at what was supposed to be a minor hearing about a potential conflict of interest between Madoff and Sorkin. The lawyer and his father, now deceased, once invested with Madoff. The judge waived the conflict. (See 25 people to blame for the financial crisis...
...clear that the stabilizing force of EU membership is the only way to normalize relations between the two countries. The EU must immediately take a strong stand in favor of admitting the Balkan nations, including eventually Serbia and Kosovo, if the scars from centuries of ethnic and political conflict in the region are ever to be healed...
...statehood. Serbia continues to claim that Kosovo is still part of Serbia, and the refusal of Russia as well as many other countries, including five European Union member states, to recognize Kosovo’s independence has contributed to international ambiguity regarding Kosovo’s status. The conflict is not limited to the diplomatic sphere; last year, when the United States officially recognized Kosovo’s independence, riots broke out in Belgrade, the Serbian capital, and in Kosovo itself ethnic tensions between Serbians and ethnic Albanians are still rife...
...capacity to make pure prettiness from exotic and unexpected elements. She ends the album on a hopeful note singing, “Sorry about all the sorrows.” It’s a tempered end to an album about the melding of beauty and pain, a conflict that ultimately comes down on the side of the pretty. But the opening song might provide the best summary of the album. “Generosity” strikes closest to Mirah’s signature meld of melancholy and heightened sense of drama, but also teases us with what seems...
...target for the Provisional IRA during the Troubles. Overwhelmingly Protestant in its membership, the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) was detested by many Catholics, with the staunchest republican neighborhoods effectively becoming no-go areas for RUC officers. Over 300 policemen and women were murdered during Northern Ireland's 30-year conflict. (See pictures of new hope for Belfast...