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Here's one catch: there is a missing player in all this hugging and goat eating. He is Muqtada al-Sadr, the leader of the Mahdi Army militia and, quite possibly, the most popular Shi'ite political figure in the country. Al-Sadr is less accessible, a fuzzier figure than...
You could say that they acted pretty swiftly when knock-offs of Beijing Olympics 2008 merchandise appeared and then disappeared from the streets. The problem is here, [the counterfeit business]is a big industry and it is criminal organizations that are doing this, in factories where they make children work...
So what has happened to the new South Africa? The government argues that crime is fueled by the gross social iniquities bequeathed by apartheid. That may be true, but as Dube pointed out, it is also true that the African National Congress, the liberation movement that is now the ruling...
But why the violence? Any policeman will attest that a typical career thief prefers to minimize violence, which raises pressure on the police to catch him and increases severity of the punishment if he is convicted. But young South African muggers and burglars don't just rob for the money...
On the night of Sept. 10, general Sultan Hashem Ahmed was prepared to die. He had written his will and left instructions about where his body should be buried. All that remained was to wait for his appointment with the hangman. At the gallows, there was extra security to thwart...