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...implicating the three high-profile barred riders in the doping ring. The report also named five riders from the Astaná-Würth team, forcing all nine of its riders off the Tour (a team needs six cyclists to start the race). So although he's not named in the probe, Astaná-Würth's lead rider, Alexander Vinokourov of Kazakhstan, is also out of the race; he finished fifth in last year's Tour. The Spanish Civil Guard told TIME that more racers could be implicated...
Very often in our history, that task has fallen to the press. From the publication of the Pentagon papers and the Watergate probe to TIME's recent revelations about the tragedy at Haditha, our job is to speak truth to power. It is a messy process, and we have not always succeeded...
...other inquiry into the alleged Haditha massacre, being conducted by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, is not likely to reach its final conclusions until later this summer. One problem slowing that probe is the refusal of Iraqi families to allow the bodies of the victims to be exhumed. In some previous cases where U.S. troops were under suspicion, Iraqi corpses have in fact been brought back to Dover Air Force Base for US forensic specialists to examine. Navy investigators are still trying to get the Iraqi families in the Haditha probe to change their minds...
...DeLay, who is facing criminal money laundering charges in a campaign finance probe, has a profound effect not only on Democratic juices, but also impacts the party's "bottom line," Ken Bailey, the Texas Democratic party affairs director testified.? "He's kind of like a lightening rod that we use to drum up support," Bailey said. The party has used DeLay's face on numerous flyers and web campaigns in past elections, and organizers say the mention of his name can inspire volunteers from across the state to converge on DeLay's old 22nd congressional district near Houston...
...LEAVE GRANTED. To Martin George, 44, commercial director of British Airways (BA), and Iain Burns, 47, BA's head of communications, while a probe is conducted by British and U.S. regulators into alleged price-fixing by BA and other airlines; in London. The investigation is focused on ticket prices and fuel surcharges levied on flights to and from the U.K. American Airlines, United Airlines and Virgin Atlantic have confirmed that they are cooperating with investigators. If found guilty, BA could be fined up to $1.6 billion. The airline said it complies with all antitrust regulations, and declined to comment...