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...after 13,068 days on the run, Biggs returned to Britain on a chartered plane paid for by British tabloid the Sun. Having suffered a series of heart attacks, Biggs reportedly returned seeking medical attention. However, through his son he told reporters that he returned to spend his final days in his native land. "My last wish is to walk into a Margate pub as an Englishman and buy a pint of bitter...
Giovanni Di Stefano, the family's attorney, said he was pleased with Biggs' release but remains mindful of the former prisoner's health. "He is being released effectively to die, and that cannot be considered a victory," he said. And what about that final pint? "This man is ill - he's going to die. He is not going...
...downtown Kabul campaign headquarters of Dr. Abdullah Abdullah bustles with the expected frenetic activity of an election engine in the final throes of the campaign season. At lunchtime, waiters run up and down the stairs bearing massive trays of steaming pullau - the near national dish of rice cooked with hunks of lamb, carrots and raisins - and towering stacks of flat bread to every room of the four-story building. Nearly 500 campaign workers are ensconced in this former hotel, busily counting down the handful of days before Afghanistan goes to the polls on Aug. 20. Once considered a long shot...
...take years - and it looks increasingly unlikely that Lewis will be able to hang on that long. In April, shareholders voted to strip Lewis of the title of chairman. Moreover, regulators have pushed the bank to replace a number of its corporate directors. The SEC settlement may be the final straw for Lewis...
...White House has not expressed a preference between Fort Leavenworth and Standish. "I don't know to the degree to which [the task force has] gotten into specific siting, and certainly no final decisions of any sort have been made," spokesman Robert Gibbs told journalists...