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...sipping a Pepsi and the next thing I knew I was in jail." " - Daniel Boyd, to a Washington Post reporter in 1991 before the Pakistani Supreme Court overturned his bank robbery conviction (Washington Post...
...Convicted, along with his brother, Charles, of stealing 80,000 rupees ($3,200) from a bank in Peshawar, Pakistan in 1991. The men were sentenced to have their right hands and left feet cut off, but the State Department later convinced the Pakistani Supreme Court to overturn the convictions...
Tenenbaum is expected to testify in his own defense tomorrow or Thursday at the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, and the presentations from both plaintiff and defense are on track to end by Friday...
...other, that India is still stuck in its past, and likes it that way. Arranged marriage is out, the once exceptional “love marriage” now almost the rule. More women work outside the home, and a recent high court decision decriminalized homosexuality. Clubs, bars, and restaurants cater to both Western tastes and a growing middle-class with ever more disposable income. But isn’t it odd that even recent cinematic history still records India’s rise from slums-to-riches as possible only with the Western helping hand—an adaptation...
...More recently, Bunning practically predicted the imminent death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg after she was given a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, though he subsequently apologized. Meanwhile, Kentucky has gotten a little less red in recent years, even as Bunning has remained one of the most conservative Senators. Louisville now has a liberal Democrat in the House, and the Republican governor whom McConnell helped elect in 2003 was roundly defeated four years later. Bunning's conservative credentials - buoyed of late by his opposition to the stimulus package, Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor and, especially, the Wall Street bailout...