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With its 2-m-thick walls and squalid cells, the Patarei sea fortress on the edge of Tallinn, capital of the Baltic republic of Estonia, has long borne witness to the brutality of occupation. Built in 1840 by Russian Czar Nicholas I, it was used[an error occurred while processing this directive] as a prison and execution site by the two powers that marched into Estonia in the 20th century, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. But Estonia is once again an independent country, the last prisoners have gone, and one Friday night last month, the fortress was literally pulsating...
...distinction of being the world's first dogs trained to detect pirated DVDs. This week in a demonstration at MPAA headquarters in Washington, D.C, the two-year-old Labs proved their olfactory talents to a roomful of customs officials, FBI agents, reporters and U.S. Department of Commerce piracy czar Chris Israel by successfully sniffing out DVDs hidden in baggage and containers set up for a test...
...czar,” eh? This is Harvard, so that can’t be your real title...
...czar,” what’s your take on the final clubs...
...Chris Wallace asked Clinton last weekend if he had done enough to get bin Laden. Clinton eventually said no, but not before he leveled two charges at the Bush White House - one legit, one not. First, he said the Bush team demoted his counterterror czar Richard Clarke. That's technically right, but even the Kean-Hamilton commission noted Clarke continued to function at the same level of authority inside the White House as before. (Many Democrats just refuse to believe this...