Word: crimed
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...typical extradition procedures; in the suspect's hometown of Quetta a steady stream of well-wishers have come to the Kansi family home to express anger over the matter. "Kansi is a local hero," says Syed Talat Hussain, a newspaper columnist. "People praise him for the audacity of his crime. He took on the most dreaded intelligence agency in the world, and that gave him instant popularity." By contrast, in Washington there is only exultation. Kansi, who made incriminating statements on the plane ride to the U.S., is being held without bail in Fairfax County, Va., near CIA headquarters. Last...
...apologized but paid $20,000 apiece to Japanese Americans who were sent to concentration camps during World War II. And why Germany not only apologized to the Jews for the Nazi Holocaust but sent more than $60 billion in restitution. Mr. President, if slavery was as big a historical crime as you suggest--and it undoubtedly was--those precedents ought to apply. But you've made it clear that you oppose reparations. If you're serious about being sorry, you should rethink that stance...
Rich socialites like Elizabeth von Pfeil, daughter of Francis Zimmern, and lavish-living bankers like Andre Sukjin Lee say the main thing they dread is street crime, long virtually unknown. Lee's town house was broken into recently, and police blamed illegal immigrants from the mainland. "We've been a very safe place," says Von Pfeil. "But what will our police force be like...
...gather dust, while the 100-yuan models are moving briskly. Nearly five years ago, Chan came back to Guangzhou from Australia because he thought fortunes were to be made here. But business has soured since 1994, he says, and his two city shops are losing money. Even worse is crime. "Guangzhou is very bad," he says. "So many bad men, pickpockets, they all steal." Ever since he was mugged and badly beaten one morning, Chan takes two bodyguards when he ventures out. Now he wears no expensive watch, carries no cell phone ("the prime evidence you have money") and hides...
...ever since the West forced open its doors as a treaty port in 1842. Today Guangzhou is China's best example of the worst the West has to offer. Its take-no-prisoners style has encouraged official corruption and ruthless business practices. "Corruption is normal," shrugs businessman Wang Shi. "Crime is new." So are beggars in the streets. This is a city that thumbs its nose at the government, holding on to as much of its wealth as it can, ignoring orders it dislikes, following its own drummer. Guangzhou's party chief, Gao Siren, says he wants to steady...