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...infection, and also landed Tripoli diplomatic and commercial rewards that include the construction of a nuclear power plant. Even worse, French daily Le Monde reports that deal also involved French promises to sell $100 million in arms to Libya, and a pledge that a Libyan agent serving prison time in the U.K. for his involvement in the Lockerbie bombing would be transferred to Tripoli, where he would likely be released. The governments of France and Britain denied those allegations, but less than 48 hours after the Le Monde report, Libya unilaterally announced it had indeed signed a deal...
...paramilitary commanders for monthly "taxes," or to pay for the assassinations, a charge that Drummond has vehemently denied. Of course, nothing is that simple in Colombia; one of the witnesses, Garcia, a former IT director in Colombia's version of the FBI, currently is serving a 24-year prison term for erasing data on drug traffickers...
...ethics scandals, along with the Iraq War, that helped pave the way for the Democrats to take back the House and Senate. Many Democrats vowed to change Washington's "culture of corruption," the kind that sent former lobbyist Jack Abramoff and former California Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham to prison. Now, as public satisfaction polls with the legislative branch hit new lows and Congress prepares for the month-long August recess, Democrats hope to push through a reform package they refer to as the most sweeping ethics and lobbying legislation in generations...
...caricature--the garish, bejeweled wife of wealthy televangelist Jim Bakker and the co-host of the Jim and Tammy Show. Yet by the '90s, as her husband was disgraced by his marital infidelities and served a prison sentence for defrauding followers, Tammy Faye Messner began to look more spiritual. She stuck with Bakker as their multimillion-dollar PTL (Praise the Lord) empire crumbled, finally divorcing him in 1992. She promoted her faith, made fun of herself on Roseanne and other sitcoms and supported gay rights. ("We're all just people made of the same old dirt," she said.) After learning...
SOFIA, BULGARIA Nurses return after eight years in Libyan prison...