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...worry away at a thin trail of clues, they banter and snipe at each other, stress about their expanding waistlines and diminishing love lives and generally behave like real human beings. It's an episode of Law & Order scripted by Candace Bushnell. And if that's not enough, for maximum degree of difficulty, Block supplies us with that rarest of creatures, a sympathetic, believable and deliciously malicious villain who by the end of the book has stolen not only the $100 million but the show as well...
...Ironically, his misjudgment has brought the issues he believed the world had forgotten back under the spotlight. Beijing might have achieved his marginalization by simply charging him with illegal entry, sentencing him to a maximum legal prison term of one year and then deporting him. Instead, China's failure to abide by its own laws with regard to due process will remain a constant irritant in its diplomatic relations. The U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, Lorne Craner, calls Yang "one of the particular cases we now mention in all our discussions about political prisoners...
Bryant fiercely denies the rape charge, which carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment. He acknowledges that sex took place but insists it was consensual. "I didn't force her to do anything against her will," he said. "I'm innocent...
...INDICATORS Overtime Under Way The French Parliament approved controversial pension reforms requiring state employees to labor a further two-and-a-half years in return for a full pension. In line with the private sector, by 2008 all public workers will work for 40 years to get the maximum payout...
...bombmaker Fathur Rohman al-Ghozi is not the first big-time criminal to stroll out of Manila's "maximum-security" Camp Crame prison. Others include...