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...Argentine Congress fell in line, approving a motion repudiating the U.S. for what it called "a nefarious intelligence operation with the direct consequence of debasing the presidential institution of our nation." Congress furthermore demanded that the United States extradite Antonini to Argentina for the ongoing investigation in a Buenos Aires court into the smuggling operation. There has been a warrant for his arrest issued by an Argentine court in connection with the attempt to smuggle...
Although the motion was quickly approved thanks to the government's wide majority, some opposition voices cast doubt on the conspiracy theory. Maria Estenssoro of the Civic Coalition said that "ranting at the empire is just a smokescreen. The problem isn't a trash operation from the U.S., the problem is the trash campaigns at home." Civic Coalition party leader Elisa Carrio, Fernandez's rival in October's presidential elections, said that "the United States is not responsible for the crimes of corruption committed by the governments of Venzuela and Argentina...
...reconciliation between Jackson and New Line was set in motion when Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne, co-chairman and co-CEOs of the studio, approached Jackson's agent at the Cannes Film Festival in May. "We said, 'Let's get past the acrimony that's been created by each of us and the rest of our clans,'" says Shaye. "Let's talk about something productive and creative...
...Faculty’s dithering becomes all the more irresponsible. We encourage the Faculty to stop wasting the time of both its own members and of the students it governs, and to move forward on projects that actually matter. The debate over Professor Matory’s free speech motion is by its very nature suffused with bad feelings and suspicion of ulterior motives on both sides, and has brought out the worst in both its supporters and detractors. It is likely a good thing that most of the country has not found out that the Faculty spent two hours...
...Pan’s Labyrinth,” anyone? Producer Guillermo del Toro’s fingerprints are evident throughout the entire film. Catapulted by its successes across the Atlantic, “The Orphanage” will play in American theaters after Christmas. Not only is the motion picture produced by del Toro, but “The Orphanage” is also Spain’s 2007 Academy Awards nominee for Best Foreign Film. It commanded the biggest opening of the year in Spain as well as the second highest box office debut ever for a Spanish movie...