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...admit to attacking the checkpoint identified by the Americans as ground zero, they claim they did not start the battle. Local clerics, municipal officials, community leaders and the insurgents themselves all say the hostilities were started by a raid from a "death squad" backed by the Ministry of Interior (MOI) - carloads of men in MOI uniforms and irregular forces in civilian clothes who entered Adhamiya after passed through the Iraqi army checkpoints. Indeed, sources within one prominent Shi'ite militia say their men were part of the Adhamiya raid, which was targeting top insurgent leaders holed up in a building...
...north is riding a second wave of economic development in Vietnam. During the early 1990s, encouraged by the government's heralded doi moi (renewal) economic reforms, investors poured in and growth soared. But an arduous, corrupt licensing process plus bureaucratic meddling soured the outlook. Investment all but dried up after the 1997 Asian financial crisis. Starting in 2000, however, leaders intensified efforts to compete in the global economy. "The crisis was actually good for Vietnam," says Vietnamese-American venture capitalist Don Lam. "It forced the government to think realistically, to be proactive instead of just sitting and waiting...
...fraud, in connection with Kenya's largest ever corruption scandal; in Nairobi. Attorney General Amos Wako ordered the charges based on the findings of an official inquiry into the $600 million Goldenberg scandal, which involved payments for fictitious gold and diamond exports during the administration of President Daniel arap Moi in the early 1990s. Though the report also pressed for charges against former Finance Minister George Saitoti, who quit over the report, Saitoti was not charged and denies involvement. None of the five charged entered a plea...
...presidency, promising an end to corruption as "a way of life." Kenya was once one of Africa's fastest growing economies, but misrule and graft had helped lead to poverty and made the country unpopular with donors, who froze hundreds of millions of aid dollars. Outgoing President Daniel arap Moi, whose Kenya African National Union party had ruled the country for four decades, was so unpopular at the end of his term that when he rose to speak at Kibaki's inauguration the crowd pelted the dais with mud. Kibaki appointed Githongo, a former journalist who founded the local office...
...year-old boys, European films of the art-house variety are trying to be more adult by showing more sex. Not pretend sex, to mirror the spectacles of fake violence in summer action pictures, but genuine, clinical whoopee. The French led the way, with the sex-splatter epic Baise-moi and Catherine Breillat's Romance. Now comes the first film (actually, digital video) by a respected British director--Michael Winterbottom, whose works include Welcome to Sarajevo, Jude and 24 Hour Party People...