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Conrad Black, the press baron accused of looting his Hollinger International media empire, began his current trial in Chicago with at least one thought on his mind. "The prosecutors will soon, finally, have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt the guilt of completely innocent people," he wrote recently. "They will fail, and justice will be done...
...jihadism. Musharraf has pledged to hold general elections at the end of the year, but regaining the support of moderate groups may require him to go further and open up the vote to opposition leaders Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto, who have both been exiled. If Musharraf can prove that he is committed to democracy, Pakistanis may well choose to keep him in power. Armed with such a mandate, Musharraf would be better poised to tackle militancy in the tribal areas. Pakistan's Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri concedes that the peace agreement with the tribes in Waziristan has "weaknesses...
...many Harvard students, groups like BlackCAST and the Asian-American Dance Troupe prove a much-needed venue for the intersection of minority concerns and their artistic endeavors. Jason C.B. Lee ’08 stresses the significance of showcasing the work of minorities in the performing arts: “There’s a rich artistic legacy within the black community that has produced defining works of art, whether it’s musically or in theater,” he says. “Having a forum to produce or reproduce these types of cultural expression within...
...such as when the President is the target of a criminal investigation. That's why President Nixon famously lost his 1974 struggle in the U.S. Supreme Court to keep the Watergate tapes private. But the courts are typically deferential to the privilege, presuming that it holds unless someone can prove an overwhelming interest in obtaining the information...
...Kida believes it's the scale of his sample that gives him the predictive edge over the government's Meteorological Agency, which tracks just 80 trees. And for a private company like Weather News, earning a reputation for accurate botanical prognostication can prove lucrative. "Our corporate clients are quite serious about getting it right," says Kida. "One employee of a very well-known company offered us money to get an accurate forecast because he was in charge of setting up the company hanami party, and getting the dates right is not a laughing matter...