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...them, along with a judgment as to whether the death was a lawful or unlawful killing. That finding can then serve as material for a subsequent criminal case. "We are hopeful that at the end of the inquest we will get the answer we need about how my cousin died," said Patricia da Silva Armani, a cousin of de Menezes who lives in London. Giovanni da Silva, de Menezes's brother, said that the three-year wait for the public inquest has been torturous. "Since they killed Jean Charles our mother has been depressed and very sick," he told...
Though Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin recently mocked Barack Obama’s time as a community organizer, last night’s speakers at the Harvard Republican Club meeting encouraged students to get involved with local communities. Putting aside questions of partisanship, Jamie Bush, cousin of George W. Bush, and Democratic Reverend Hurman Hamilton spoke in Adams House Upper Common Room about their experiences in community work and provided insight into the state of poverty and urban issues in America. “You can be involved in a million different things on campus and beyond and you?...
...original version of this article misidentified Prince Alwaleed bin Talal as a cousin of Saudi King Abdullah. He is, in fact, a nephew of the King...
...just discovered those pretty plate glass windows in my parents' apartment leaked like sieves. The rugs are sodden, the curtains are damp up to about four feet, and there's about an inch of water in some places. My cousin owns a rollaway storm shutter company in Florida. He warned us yesterday to be prepared for water infiltration. Dad spent the better part of Friday afternoon taping the window seams and hanging tarps. It didn't work. Plus, there's a leak in the living room ceiling. We're wondering if the apartment upstairs lost windows...
Glasvegas even tackle one of those subjects you're meant never to bring up in polite company: religion. The band divides along the religious lines of Glasgow's state schools. "I was at a Catholic school, he was at a Protestant school," James says, nodding to his cousin Rab, who has joined him in the bar. "Our mums are twins," adds Rab, without clarifying further. Allan's feelings about this division inform the album's haunting, hymn-like final track Ice Cream Van, a paean to a better place, a world free of sectarianism and hate. It's hard...