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Further roiling speculation was senior diplomat David Broucher's testimony about a peculiar conversation he had with Kelly in February, before the scientist talked to the BBC. Kelly told Broucher that if Britain invaded Iraq, Kelly would "probably be found dead in the woods." Kelly was upset that he had told Iraqi scientists that there would be no repercussions if they cooperated with the U.N., and Broucher surmised that Kelly agonized over betraying his contacts. The revelation brought the investigation face to face with Kelly's pain. The emotional pitch will remain high at least until late this week, when...
Americans struggling to find work, get a decent pay raise or buy a home must marvel at the peculiar worries of Bill Gross. A legendary investor, Gross runs the $76 billion Pimco Total Return bond fund. In recent weeks he has sold $6 billion in Treasury bonds, activity that has contributed to a sharp rise in mortgage interest rates. Gross, though, is more concerned about bad things that might happen in the future, not what's happening now. "Two or three years down the road," he says, "inflation might be a real pressure cooker...
...campbell the week's big news? Everyone thought so - until another bomb dropped. A senior diplomat named David Broucher testified about a peculiar conversation he'd had with Kelly in Geneva in February, before Kelly had talked to the BBC. Kelly had told Broucher that if Britain invaded Iraq, he would "probably be found dead in the woods." Kelly was dismayed because he'd told Iraqi scientists nothing would happen if they cooperated with the U.N., and Broucher felt he was he agonizing that he had betrayed his contacts. Even with the precise meaning of Kelly's remark uncertain...
...restitution in eastern Germany were filed after the fall of the Berlin Wall, and hundreds of cases are still pending. But the Wertheim case is highly unusual for two reasons: it has become the subject of intense diplomatic exchanges between Germany and the U.S., and it has highlighted some peculiar German government business practices. The litigation began within months of the reunification of Germany, when Hertie and the Jewish Claims Conference filed competing claims for a clutch of Wertheim properties. From the beginning, Hertie was at a disadvantage because Wertheim property was confiscated by the Soviet authorities immediately after World...
...relief, Bush compared the slaves struggle to Christ's torment in a speech that repeatedly returned to religious themes. And he said that it was the slaves who kept the light of liberty alive in America, more so even than the publicly pious who had become corrupted by the "peculiar institution." "Christian men and women became blind to the clearest commands of their faith and added hypocrisy to injustice," said Bush. "A republic founded on equality for all became a prison for millions...