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...Saddam. Two weeks ago he appeared in a Baghdad courtroom as charges against him were read out in the new Iraqi Special Tribunal. Appearing reasonably fit and well-groomed despite almost seven months of solitary confinement, the former dictator adopted the same approach to the trial as his Yugoslav counterpart. Looking around the U.S.-financed court with a smile, he said: "This is all a theater. The real criminal is Bush." Both of the accused men are doggedly determined to expose the political underpinnings of their trials and thus turn the table on their captors. But one of these...
...banks of the river Maas at Leuvehaven, Rotterdam's beach is set against a backdrop of high-rises and office blocks in the heart of the action. In addition to volleyball and sunbathing, it hosts everything from dance parties to children's events. As with its Parisian counterpart, swimming is prohibited. And the beach, which opened in May, will be swept away by municipal workers in September. No matter: with sand and sun?if not surf?so close to home, few are complaining...
Murphy and his Yale counterpart, Jack Siedlecki, spent a week abroad prior to the event running training camps geared towards exporting a higher quality of play to Japan...
...show. In fact, this summit proved how far from unity the E.U. remains. Leaders couldn't agree on a new European Commission President to replace Romano Prodi, whose term ends in October. Blair and the heads of at least six other countries shot down the candidacy of their Belgian counterpart, Guy Verhofstadt, an outspoken opponent of the war in Iraq and an ardent European federalist. They may still break this logjam in the next few weeks. Meanwhile, there is something in this constitution for both camps. The federalists got clearer rules and roles for the Brussels institutions, but there...
...that doesn’t mean the Princeton women’s swimming and diving team didn’t hear its Harvard counterpart banging on the door in advance of a changing of the guard...