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...Most definitely not, has been the answer of many bullfighting insiders ever since Spanish Culture Minister César Antonio Molina announced on Feb. 27 that this year's prestigious Fine Arts medal for bullfighting would go to Francisco Rivera Ordóñez. The 35-year-old matador has killed more than 2,000 bulls, but because of both his family ties - he descends from Spain's most important bullfighting dynasty and was briefly married to the Duchess of Alba's daughter - and his abundant good looks, Rivera is as well-known for his presence in the gossip rags...
This lack of oversight juxtaposes a high number of abuses over the years, many of which have been forgotten. In 1994, 29-year-old Anthony Báez was strangled by an NYPD officer after refusing to leave the street in front of his home where he was playing football with his little brother. In June 2007, Michael Tarif and Evelyn Warren, human rights attorneys, were themselves assaulted when they attempted to help a young black man who was being beaten by the cops. Oscar Grant’s murder is part of a long history that calls far higher...
...been the victim of jihadist terror - 191 people died in the Madrid commuter train bombings of March 11, 2004 - would also seem to work against bin Laden's favor. "Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden himself have signaled that Spain continues to be a target," says Jesus Nuñez, co-director and security expert at Madrid's Institute for Conflict and Humanitarian Action Studies. "That would suggest that Spain isn't going to receive his [son's] petition with...
...ez also rejects the idea that bin Laden Jr. has cause to hope to win the support of his countrymen in Spain. Saudis do have considerable influence among Spain's Muslim community, since they have financed a number of mosques, including Madrid's huge Islamic Cultural Center, and also helped engineer, according to many observers, a recent, unexpected change in the leadership of Spain's Islamic Commission. But it hardly follows that they would support Omar, no matter how convincingly he distanced himself from his father. "Saudi Arabia wants to show the world it is doing everything...
...Sept. 10, Carlos J. Montañez, a planner at the Boston Redevelopment Authority, e-mailed me and two Crimson staffers to ask for a correction of an Aug. 10 article about a community meeting concerning Harvard’s Allston development project. The article said Montañez attended the meeting and quoted him several times. In his email, Montañez said he was neither at the meeting nor did he say the quoted sentences, and he, quite understatedly, was “curious as to why I was quoted.” It turns out the reporter...