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...announced, we think: who cares? Losers TOMMY SUHARTO Former strongman's son goes on trial in Indonesia for murdering a judge. One can only pity the jurist who gets to hear this case PETER BUCK R.E.M. star charged for drunkenness on a plane. This will actually increase his likelihood of making the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame STEVEN SEAGAL Butt-kicking Buddhist sued for $60 million by a former partner. Unfairly, not a penny of that will go to people who sat through Under Siege...
...word out to local authorities," says Ukrainian journalist Olexi Stepura. "In towns where Tymoshenko's bloc wins, the mayors will be fired." Politics as usual, in other words. The elections may help Kuchma stay afloat and could even help a successor emerge from the pack. But there is little likelihood that they will help Ukraine emerge from the margins of Europe...
...sanctions from Commonwealth members such as Britain, Canada and Australia. The European Union and the United States have drawn up "smart" sanctions, which would include a travel ban on Mugabe and senior members of his ZANU-PF party and a freeze on their assets abroad, but there is little likelihood that these could hurt their intended targets or further harm Zimbabwe's already devastated economy...
...controversy over the Sudeten Germans comes at a critical time. Germany is in pre-election mode, and the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary all face extremely close elections this year, in all likelihood the last national polls before accession to the E.U. Candidates are looking for an edge as campaigning heats up, and good old-fashioned populism is back in style. "There hasn't been this degree of populist rhetoric since 1989," says Jonathan Stein, an independent political analyst based in Prague. "Politicians are trying to show they are capable of defending national identity, but E.U. integration limits the scope...
...Wednesday when Bucknell beat Holy Cross for the Patriot League championship. That result guaranteed that eight teams with Rating Percentage Index (RPI) rankings outside of the top 100 in the nation will be in the NCAA tournament. Harvard, with an RPI ranking in the low 60s, would in all likelihood be seeded higher than those eight teams based on past selection committee precedents...