Word: pave
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...infamously claimed that interrogation practices aren't legally torture unless they inflict pain resembling that of "serious physical injury" such as organ failure or death. While supporters say the policies helped keep the country safe in the wake of Sept. 11, critics say the memos are illegal and helped pave the way for the abuses seen at the Abu Ghraib prison and elsewhere. (See pictures of the aftershocks of Abu Ghraib...
...midnight Monday an embargo on oil and arms shipments to Haiti. An earlier embargo had pushed the Haitian military leaders into agreeing to let Aristide resume power on Oct. 30. But this time they answered with murder -- of Guy Malary, Justice Minister in the transitional government that was to pave the way for Aristide's return. Its timing made the assassination almost a personal rebuke of Clinton. Only hours after the President, in a Washington news conference, expressed concern for the safety of members of Aristide's putative government, gunmen riddled Malary's car with bullets as it drove along...
...effectively at the hands of the federal government, that its offer of equity-for-debt will probably by-pass the powerful committee that represents the firm's bondholders in negotiations. The company has made the correct calculation that it is out of time and that good manners won't pave the way to an agreement...
...every evening for the past two weeks, calling for a "revolution" in Thailand. He has spurned talks with Abhisit's government aimed at easing political tensions, and asked for half a million supporters to flood the streets on Wednesday to force the newly appointed prime minister to resign and pave the way for Thaksin's return to power through an amnesty. (Read a TIME Q&A with Thaksin Shinawatra...
...West Africa. "We are working a lot closer with our African counterparts to share information," he said. "We are opening new offices in West Africa." Despite the upheaval Mazzitelli believes that the deaths of two men, who have wielded huge power in Guinea-Bissau for decades, could help to pave the way to democracy. "This could be a golden opportunity for the international community, and for Guinea-Bissau, to move ahead, get rid of the past, and reform the security sector," he says. That all depends, though, on who fills the power vacuum in the country. The drug lords...