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...doesn't board certification guarantee my doctor knows everything already and doesn't need reps?" Most people know that doctors take something like the lawyers'bar exam, called specialty boards, to get certified. Since the mid-'80s certification is not even permanent; pass the bar and you're a lawyer for life, but get a great grade on your boards and guess what - you have to take them again 10 years later or lose your certification. And that's every 10 years until you quit or die. Board exams are really hard - they stress rare things and subtle differences that...
...used such acts of violence, which they link to Thaksin supporters, as justification for keeping parts of the nation under martial law. Thaksin is currently in exile in China, as the interim government investigates whether corruption charges can be brought against the billionaire ex-premier. On Monday, through his lawyer, Thaksin denied any connection to the New Year's Eve attacks...
...acted without reference to the ongoing case," says Lunsford of the timing of the complaint. "Our grievance committee instructed us to file a complaint at our earliest opportunity." Lunsford says Nifong, who would not comment on Friday, does not have to get a lawyer for his hearing, but that generally attorneys on misconduct charges do. All of this would be moot, of course, if Nifong were to resign from office or be forced off the case by the presiding judge. The North Carolina governor's office, which appointed him to the post, could also ask him to resign from office...
...Saddam's Revenge •Saddam Tries Another Trial Boycott •Behind the Saddam Judge's Ouster •Saddam's Trial: Behind the Scene •Notebook: Keeping Saddam Company •The Perils of Defending a Tyrant •A Slain Saddam Trial Lawyer's Final Interview •Inside Saddam's Defense Strategy •Rights Groups Concerned Over Saddam Trial •Notebook: Rushing To His Defense •The Semiotics of Saddam •Saddam's Capture •'Ladies and Gentlemen — We Got Him!' Photo Essay • Captured At Last
...With this huge amount of daily killing in Iraq, executing Saddam will not bring sadness or happiness to any honest Iraqi," said Abu Ammar al-Aljaberi, a lawyer in Baghdad.? "We live in another kind of dictatorship now, one run by other killers...