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...government of Uzbekistan violently quelled an uprising in Andijan in mid-May; now it's harrying those who contradict the official version of events. Late last month, Uzbek President Islam Karimov's security police arrested human-rights campaigners across the country, including lawyer Saidjahon Zainabitdinov. It was Zainabitdinov who alerted international human-rights monitors that the government might not be telling the whole story about what happened in Andijan. Uzbek authorities claimed that 173 people died, mostly militants. But based on first-hand experience and other eyewitness accounts, Zainabitdinov said the death toll could be as high...
...radiologists, Rebecca L. Dyson and Salvatore G. Viscomi, are also named in the suit. According to Shearer’s lawyer, Alex H. MacDonald, the two doctors had also confirmed that the early X-ray with the lesion were clear of disease...
...Campaigners fear that conservatives in the parliament could still push through legislation to force women running for office to wear the veil. Still, they acknowledge they've won an important battle. "There is nothing that prevents women from full political participation," says Najla Alial Naki, a female Kuwaiti lawyer. "Finally, democracy is now complete and Kuwait can move forward...
...Islamist party Hizb ut Tahrir. The men, who denied charges of extremism, quickly emerged as leaders of the revolt. Addressing the nation Saturday, Karimov said the rebels were Islamic extremists. Ten policemen had been killed, while the "criminals" had suffered "many more" casualties, he added. Meanwhile, Saidjakhon Zainabitdinov, a lawyer and leader of a human-rights group in Andijan, told Time that "hundreds" of civilians had been killed. Several thousand more reportedly fled for the Kyrgyz border. The rebels denied they were fighting for an Islamic state. "I personally spoke to the leaders of the uprising," says Daniil Kislov...
DIED. LLOYD CUTLER, 87, consummate lawyer, mediator and Washington insider who, as a private attorney representing clients from IBM to American Express, and as White House counsel to Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, won the admiration of Democrats and Republicans for his expertise in navigating crises; in Washington. The courtly intellectual's feats of diplomacy included persuading the deposed Shah of Iran to leave the U.S. for Panama during the Iranian hostage crisis; helping manage the media during Clinton's Whitewater flap; and urging onetime client Mick Jagger to wear a tie to Washington's tony Metropolitan Club...