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...ruling that he had broken an export embargo with the drill, which can be used to manufacture cannon capable of firing chemical or nuclear weapons. It also handed a suspended sentence to Willi Heinz Ribbeck, 53, a sales manager at the machinery company that made the drill. The convictions embarrass Germany, which has tried to clean up its act following revelations in the 1980s and early 1990s that German firms were major providers of weapons-making equipment to Iraq, Libya and other pariah states. But prosecutors say Schompeter easily found ways around the tougher export restrictions. The initial sale...
...published an investigation into the murder of its South Asia bureau chief, quotes Saeed telling investigators that "he was falling into my trap so easily, so I thought, 'I might as well do it.'" Saeed's aim, writes the Journal, was to "strike a blow against the U.S. and embarrass Pakistan's government...
...peace deal has also become increasingly useful for Sharon, as he cashes in on resurgent Zionist sentiment. Last week, Sharon barred Arafat's delegates from traveling to a Palestinian-reform conference organized in London by British Prime Minister Tony Blair. Israeli analysts saw the move as an attempt to embarrass Blair, because he had refused to host Sharon's Foreign Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, while granting an audience to Mitzna. But it also helped Sharon score a few tough-guy points in the days after the Tel Aviv bombings. Sharon would be looking at a landslide victory if his Likud Party...
...through high school, when Rowley would have occasional dustups with the science teacher over his inaccuracies, but always after class. "I'd see her shaking her head, and I knew he was going to get a talking-to," David remembers. Rowley would point out errors not to embarrass him but to make sure he corrected himself the following day, David says. "She wanted to make sure the rest of us understood it correctly for our college entrance exams. She wasn't trying to show off. She wanted to help...
Johnson, who voted on Lott's side, now calls that vote "one of the biggest mistakes of my life." Over the years, as Johnson became a media executive, word would get back to him from time to time that Lott was repeating the tale to mutual acquaintances - to embarrass him, Johnson believes...