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...There are huge expectations for him to do great things,” said Alfred F. Fantini, the senior School Committee member and one of the two who voted for Turk. “People...really think some amazing things are going to happen...
...didn't happen. I presented all evidence to prove that it didn't. I ask for God's protection for he is my best advocate." - Pleading not guilty in court...
...killers were handed sentences ranging from three to six years in prison. Wei's widow, Zeng Jingfang, calls the verdicts an injustice. And she notes that even after her husband's death, little has changed. "Similar cases of chengguan violence continue to happen," she says. The "deep concern and reflection" only led back to the sanguinary status quo. But as the economic slowdown puts further pressure on the chengguan, China's city-management officers may finally be forced to manage themselves...
...resident Quinn says he didn't speak to anyone about his experiences for more than 30 years. It was only after the first wave of scandals broke in the '90s that he felt able to tell his story. "Years ago, if I had mentioned to anyone here what had happened, no one would have believed me," he says. "Everyone here thought that whatever a priest or a brother said was the gospel truth. It's only since all of this blew up that people started saying to me, 'Did that really happen in the schools?' Now I can turn round...
...have tried to contain the spread of the flu that has already infected more than 11,000 people in 41 countries, killing 85. Experts say H1N1 is mildly virulent and comparable to that of seasonal flu, but very contagious. "We have no way of forecasting what's going to happen in Tokyo. But it's going to happen, and it's going to happen big time," says Cordingley. A major concern expressed by the WHO is that even if the number of new flu cases flattens out as the end of the flu season nears, another more virulent strain...