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...detestable acts were committed, I condemn them, but they were not done on my orders. I reject the charges totally.' ALBERTO FUJIMORI, former Peruvian President, in an outburst on the first day of his trial on charges he authorized death squads to eliminate leftist rebels in the 1990s...
Hallion’s outburst was part of a 14-3 Harvard run that gave the Crimson a 59-58 lead on a Claire Wheeler free throw with 6:43 left in the game. Over those four minutes, Hallion scored eight of her game-high 19 points, had three steals and set up Wheeler’s trip to the line with a quick pass into the post...
Apart from the initial outburst, Fujimori, 69, dressed sharply in a pinstriped suit, alternated between looking bored, scribbling in a small notebook, and annoyed, pursuing his lips and knitting his brow. His supporters were not surprised by the results of the first trial but are nevertheless combative. "This verdict demonstrates that the president will not receive a free and fair trial. The court can do what it likes, but Peruvians will be the final jurors and they will vindicate him," said Rep. Carlos Raffo, a member of a pro-Fujimori congressional caucus. Fujimori's opponents, however, see the ex-president...
...Labor's strongest performers, Gillard would be Australia's first female Deputy P.M. Attacked as too close to unions, she managed to occupy middle ground in the important industrial-relations debate. She's been unflappable in the face of personal attacks, including a Liberal M.P.'s outburst that she was "deliberately barren...
...when the damnable vagueness that surrounds public discussion of cancer prevention (Is red wine O.K. or not? Is it cool to order extra bacon with that double cheeseburger?) would be finally dispersed. That time for clarity is now, and the report should therefore have been greeted by a global outburst of thanks, with copies duplicated and shoved in every letterbox. Instead, it has been met with either irritated silence or trite complaints. The feckless comments made to a discussion thread on the BBC news website were typical: "So the choice is, eat boring food, drink no alcohol and spend...