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...Islam dismisses the assassination charges, but acknowledges that the Libyan agent was part of an effort to provide support to Saudis opposed to the Al Saud regime. Libya, he contends, has longstanding complaints of its own about Saudi support for Libyan Islamic extremists, including one who tossed a dud hand grenade at Gaddafi in 1995. Libyan support for Saudi dissidents accelerated after Abdullah scolded Gaddafi at an Arab summit in March 2003 during a session broadcast live throughout the Arab world. "You can say there was an activity," says Seif al Islam, "but not to kill the crown prince...
...school announced last week that the capabilities of the Hanxin-or "China chip"-were exaggerated, and that it relied on copied technology. The university dismissed Chen Jin, above, the project's head and dean of its microelectronics school, accusing him of "serious falsification." The technology may have been a dud, but the willingness to punish fakery is a real advance...
...sampling of talent from several generations. All these people who seemingly have no relation come together and I’m anticipating how this experiment will turn out.” After one major success (“Gosford Park”) and one major dud (“The Company”), this one should put director Robert Altman back on the map. Oh right, and Lindsay Lohan is in it. Any combination of Meryl Streep and Lindsay Lohan has to be entertaining. Nuff said.Superman ReturnsDue Out: June 30Many seem to be revving up to see the third...
...can’t help shake the feeling that his tongue remains resolutely in cheek with lines like “We’ve got two 50 grand in the budget to go/ Subtract five for club promo/ Lose five for a good video and fifteen for a dud video, fuck that.” The album is puzzling and abrasive at times, as, for example, when Skinner raps about “sarging” “lambs” on “War of the Sexes.” Still, even amidst such low-points...
...officially dub Snakes the best worst movie of the year. And it was also the first magazine to capture not just the intensity, but the sure-fire box office potential of the online craze that has erupted around the film: "This attention all but clinches the would-be dud's place in the camp classics hall of fame...