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...last week, telling the Washington Post: "Let me put it this way, if John wants to make the comparison between the work I did as a community organizer - or as a civil rights attorney or as a state senator taking on special interests - to him working as a trial lawyer making millions of dollars, I'm happy to have that discussion...
...family, in the southern town of Hatay, found out from watching TV. "We have been waiting in fear and pain for days, said his father, Bahattin Sabanoglu. "We love our country. I cannot understand it. My plea to the General Staff, to the generals is give us information." A lawyer for the eight men says he will appeal the arrests. They may later stand trial, but in the eyes of a public consumed by nationalist pride, a verdict has already been delivered...
What do Don Cheadle, a wide-eyed activist, a high-powered Argentinean lawyer, a sheikh, a rebel fighter, and a UN worker have in common? A passion for effecting change in war-torn Darfur. Ted Braun, writer and director of “Darfur Now,” spotlights these six individuals in his latest surprisingly encouraging documentary. “Darfur Now” makes its timely arrival on the heels of the U.S. declaration of genocide this September. Against convention, the Sudanese government granted Braun permission to shoot inside the region, and the well crafted film, thoroughly researched...
Prince, a lawyer, became Citigroup CEO in 2003 largely on the strength of his skill in resolving these legal hassles. But he led Citi smack into the next big financial scandal: subprime-mortgage lending. Over the past five years, Citi went from also-ran to leading issuer of the CDOs that take subprime mortgages or other loans and reprocess them into purportedly low-risk securities. Market jitters and ratings-agency downgrades have sent CDOs into a free fall--and now the banks have to account for the losses...
...America, which operates some 450 campgrounds, 400,000 people are full-time RV dwellers. And many of them are enthusiastic proselytizers for their neo-nomadic lifestyle. "This is the ideal American subculture; it's the way everyone would like it to be," says Howard Payne, a real estate lawyer who, along with his wife Linda, traded a five-bedroom house in Louisville, Ky., for a 400-sq.-ft. (37 sq m) motor home in August...