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Cherney is demanding 20% of the shares in Rusal as part of an agreement he says was made at the creation of Rusal, when a company he owned was subsumed into the new entity. Berezovsky has supplied depositions to Cherney's team. Deripaska denies the allegations. His legal team argues that the case should be heard in Russia. Deripaska's attorney, Ali Malek, told the appeals court that the case had "absolutely nothing to do with [Britain...
...section entitled “The Islamic Intervention” is indicative of the general drift of the text, which characterizes the creation of the Mezquita as an unfortunate hiccup in the history of what was always meant to be a Christian church. Some passages go so far as to dismiss the originality of the structure, claiming that almost all of the architectural elements were copied from Christian buildings, while others accuse a later Muslim addition to the edifice as being merely an “ostentatious display of power,” and even worse, cheaply constructed...
...Regular chocolate starts to soften at 30°C (85°F), but Barry Callebaut says Vulcano can withstand temperatures of up to 55°C (130°F). The manufacturer also claims that its new creation has 90% fewer calories than standard chocolate because it contains less of the treat's fatty ingredients like cocoa butter. (Watch a TIME video on a bacon chocolate...
...Over the centuries, the conflict has taken the form of a handful of failed sieges, a 1960s appeal by Spain to the U.N. to include Gibraltar in its decolonization measures, and endless expressions of outrage over everything from docked nuclear submarines to a visit from Princess Anne. The 2006 creation of a Tripartite Forum for Dialogue among the governments of Spain, Britain and Gibraltar has reduced the levels of hostility, but only slightly...
...Guatemala's congress was compelled to pass a law, long resisted by powerful political and business interests, that allows public scrutiny of judicial appointments. This month lawmakers say they're set to convene at least one special session to act on measures such as concealed-weapons laws and the creation of organized-crime and anticorruption courts. Activists like Alfonso Abril, 24, of the civic group ProReforma, want to revise Guatemala's sclerotic constitution to modernize lawmaking and codify individual rights. "I'm from the upper class," says Abril, "but I know we can't keep living in a country like...