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...There was an error of omission in the story. The U.N. Resolution in 1948 on a plebiscite had an important preceding clause: the withdrawal of forces on both sides to the line they held prior to the outbreak of hostilities. This was not adhered to by the Pakistanis. Why then should India abide by the plebiscite clause? Unfortunately Kashmiri youth are caught in a vicious circle: they have few opportunities, and are misguided by peers to revolt over anything and everything when they should actually have their heads down in study or work. Of course, harassment by Pakistani-backed militants...
Spitzer served as New York’s main legal adviser from 1999 to 2006, when he became the state’s governor. In 2008, he resigned due to his connections with an elite prostitution ring. Prior to his address, numerous media outlets noted what some framed as a contradiction in the disgraced former governor speaking at a center for ethics...
...vocal excess, culminating most often in “glory notes.” It is an aesthetic comprehensively rejected by the record-buying public, if the album sales of most “Idol” winners are any indication. The key to Underwood’s prior success was that she discarded the vocal theatrics prized by Randy Jackson for solid, conventional country music written by hardened Nashville pros like Josh Kear and Hillary Lindsey. “Play On,” by contrast, features the talents of a murderer’s row of pop songwriters...
Civilian police can communicate with suspects prior to reading them their Miranda rights, which usually is given as part of a custodial interrogation. But military investigators must advise suspects of their right to remain silent prior to any communication, even a chance or informal conversation, bedside or on the street, according to Scott L. Silliman, a retired military lawyer and head of the Duke University Law School Center on Ethics and National Security. (See a story about the FBI and claims that it ignored intel on Hasan...
...cult of "birthers" who insist that Obama is not a U.S. citizen, even in light of evidence presented by the government of Obama's home state - and by the president of Dobbs' network. The friction caused by his refusal to let the issue drop led some to suggest, even prior to his sudden resignation, that Dobbs' next destination might be Fox News - a network less likely to shy away from divisive politics. (See the 100 best TV shows of all time...