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...wrote blaming black men for crime in London. What the hunt for a famous name shows is that Lebedev does not plan to conduct business as usual. A celebrity editor will generate publicity and, it is expected, oversee a repositioning of the title toward the center ground currently held by the Times of London. But battling with Murdoch, and indeed vying with the rest of London's ultra-competitive Fleet Street, is not for the fainthearted. (See pictures of Rupert Murdoch...
...escape punishment easily. "The most critical challenge that we face in central Africa is undoubtedly a lack of law enforcement," says David Greer, coordinator of the African Great Apes Program at the World Wildlife Fund. "In no uncertain terms, it's the ubiquitous impunity in this region. Nobody is held accountable, and there's no deterrent for killing protected species...
Partly in response to what he said he saw as a lack of alternatives for voters, Stopa declared his candidacy for the position, and he held a campaign kickoff event on Sunday...
...much more media-friendly Republican Senator from Oklahoma, Tom Coburn, who - unlike Bunning - is not known for flipping off reporters. Before the Senate adjourns for a two-week Easter recess on Friday, Democrats are hoping to pass another one-month extension of benefits - the yearlong extension has been held up as differences are worked out with the House - to tide over the unemployed until lawmakers can pass a more permanent solution. Coburn's objection is the same as Bunning's: that Democrats are not paying for the $10 billion bill. "I think it's unfortunate that potentially...
When elections were held for a transitional government at the end of 2005, Allawi was easily trounced by a coalition of Shi'ite religious parties. Nor did he fare much better in the first full general election, in 2006. He then went into something of a funk. Even though he was an elected member of parliament, he showed no interest in playing a constructive role in opposition. Indeed, he was rarely in Baghdad at all, spending most of his time in Jordan and other Arab states. When I asked him about this in 2007, he cited concerns about his security...