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...Thursday, Durham police released the audio tape of a dispatch call made by a responding officer from a Kroger parking lot about four miles from the house where the team party took place. The officer, responding to a 911 call, noted that the accuser was in a drunken state. "She's just passed out drunk," the officer says. Defense lawyers also point to the officer's statement that he has a "24-hour hold" situation - meaning possibly a night in jail on a drunk and disorderly charge. Defense lawyers tell TIME they will argue that it was expressly to avoid...
...said. "The Mai Mai tell people, 'If you do not give us your card you will be killed.'" Such prospects make Western leaders nervous about committing their own troops. In Berlin last week, the Congo election prompted bitter debate when the German government announced it was prepared to dispatch some 500 troops at the head of a proposed 1,500-strong European Union military force in a four-month mission. Supporters of the German coalition government questioned whether such a small number of troops could really make a difference, and warned against mission creep. "The probability that...
Editor's Note: This dispatch originally appeared in the October 28, 2002 edition of TIME Europe...
...quarters for a rematch of the Individual final from 2005. Then, Quibell topped Grigg in four games. This year, Grigg didn’t need to wait that long to face the two-time defending champ—nor did she need more than three games to dispatch her, 9-4, 9-5, 9-3. “I was excited, because I had absolutely nothing to lose,” Grigg said. “[Quibell] had more difficult time on her side of it, more pressure.” Grigg said her experience in last year?...
...inquisitorial blitz about the scandal of AWB Ltd. and the U.N.'s Oil-for-Food program. And during those first two sitting weeks, when the P.M. had heard enough, arms and body would spring up - "Mr. Speaker!" - as he spat taunts across the chamber - "Mr. Speaker!" - hand thumping the dispatch box in a climax of ardor...