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...Zadran wants the governorship of the province (and two others besides) for himself. So, in late April, he started lobbing rockets into Gardez in a campaign that killed 36 civilians. A rival clan in the city returned fire, sending artillery back into Zadran's valley over the heads of U.S. special forces. The Americans were literally caught in the middle...
...Winners ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER Movie hero is rumored to be eyeing California governorship. To improve his chances, he'll take speech lessons from Jesse Ventura ALFONSO CUAR?N Mexican director of Y Tu Mam? Tambi?n gets third Potter film. Early changes: Hermione will develop Spanish accent, precocious sexuality SNOOP DOGGY DOGG Rapper inks deal to produce an action figure in his own likeness. Cute, but what child has the patience to braid all those itty-bitty cornrows? Losers ELIZABETH HURLEY Fab femme is edited out of new Austin Powers movie because she's not funny. If that's the criteria-then when...
...long list of enemies. In 1996 he welcomed Osama bin Laden to the region and gave him refuge in the opium-rich area around Jalalabad. Some of Qadir's rivals say he took $10 million to give up Jalalabad to the Taliban. When the Taliban fell, he reclaimed the governorship and, as part of the "new" Afghanistan, helped lead a heavy-handed crackdown on narcotics...
After an unsuccesful bid for the governorship of Maine in 1974, he served as a federal judge, en route to succeeding his political mentor Edmund Muskie (D—Me.) as a U.S. senator...
Racicot has wielded clout as a lobbyist since leaving the governorship a year ago. Representing a coalition of power companies, Racicot met with vice-presidential aides on Dec. 3, sources tell TIME, and argued to relax a clean-air law requiring utilities to install new pollution controls when they upgrade plants. In November he sent promotional material for Siebel Systems software to Director of Homeland Security Tom Ridge, according to Siebel executive Frank Bishop. Racicot, a Siebel director, followed up with a phone call to Ridge. Racicot says it is "insulting" to suggest his political role might help his lobbying...