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Prosecutors have described legal proceedings at Guantanamo as a contemporary version of Nuremberg, the post-World War Two tribunals that decided the fate of the major surviving Nazi war criminals. But for many critics the proceedings promise further bad publicity for the U.S. on a global scale. A dozen suspected al-Qaeda prisoners are in custody in Gitmo, among a prison population that currently numbers 280. The pace of legal motions is expected to increase in coming weeks, as trials loom for six "high-value" prisoners, including Khaled Sheik Mohammed, the self-professed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks. In February...
...Clinton will finish close enough to Obama to bring into the calculation the still disqualified votes of Florida and Michigan - two states that moved up their primary dates in violation of party rules and subsequently lost their delegates as a result. Should it reach a point at which the fate of those delegates would determine the outcome, that would pave the way for the scenario Democrats fear most...
...That would mean that for the first time since 1972, the party could open its national convention without a nominee-designate. Right now the fate of the Florida and Michigan delegations rests with the party's rules and bylaws committee, a group of fewer than 100 party regulars who are trying to work out a resolution. But if they don't find one before June 29, the matter moves to the credentials committee, which is nearly twice as big and even more political - and over which Howard Dean will hold relatively little power. Imagine that: after a year of record...
...close Tempelhof to air traffic later this year and turn it into a public park has run into unexpected turbulence from a coalition of leading businessmen, conservative politicians and urban nostalgists. In a referendum scheduled for April 27, Berliners will get a chance to weigh in on the fate of a landmark that has become, as Chancellor Angela Merkel recently said, "a symbol of the city's history...
...first-place win in the 100-meter dash, crossing the finish line in 11.98 seconds. Senior Danielle Mirabal finished close behind in the event with a time of 12.05, while junior Brittan Smith completed the event sweep with a new personal-best 12.14 finish.The trio met a similar fate in the 200-meter dash with Merritt, Mirabal, and Smith again finishing one-two-three at 25.38, 25.72, and 25.86, respectively. The three, along with Flahive, also teamed up to take first in the 4x100-meter relay with a time of 47.18 to Yale?...