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...weeks before he had defended his nation's reputation, telling TIME: "At the end of the day, Malaysia is still well regarded internationally as an advanced Muslim country." Indeed, earlier in the year, Abdullah appeared so confident about his homeland's spiritual diversity that he rejected a plea by the non-Muslim members of his Cabinet to more strenuously protect religious freedoms. "We are at a crossroads as a nation," says Tian Chua, spokesman for the opposition National Justice Party. "The extreme religious rhetoric is threatening what we worked so hard for 50 years to accomplish...
...weeks ago by blasting Obama, Clinton and Edwards' ideas on Iraq in an interview, said, "Sign me up, no negatives," shortly after Richardson's appeal. Of course, campaigns are about illustrating differences, and Richardson's Mr. Positive approach can be tough to sustain. Just seconds after his plea for civility, Richardson noted, "Governors actually do things." Undoubtedly, the many U.S. Senators who are opposing him had a hard time hearing that as a compliment...
...presented to the jury that convicted him. Wilson and five other teen boys were charged with engaging in oral sex with the 15-year-old girl and also charged with the rape of a 17-year-old girl at an Atlanta motel. Four of Wilson's co-defendants accepted plea offers and avoided trial, and a fifth accepted a deal the morning of the trial's opening day. Wilson, however, refused to plead guilty and was tried on the two charges...
...karat heaven, in life it sometimes seemed as if her physique, her creation, was all she had left. In 2004 she appeared at the American Music Awards, fingering her cleavage and slurring, "Like my body?" Some people called it an intoxicated rant, others a lost girl's plea for love. But is there a touch of professional pride in there too? This is my life's work, she seems to tell us. This what I made for you. I did a good job. Didn...
...plans, but sources say the government will insist on the importance of the Noorzai catch. He is, says a Western official with detailed knowledge of the case, the "Pablo Escobar of Afghanistan"--a reference to the notorious druglord of Colombia. Fisher says his client won't cop a plea, even though the documents TIME has seen indicate he might be able to implicate major figures in Afghanistan. A former DEA official counsels patience in the quest for justice: "It's a long, hard slog. You've got to give it years. We were starting from the ground up here...