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Victor is afraid. Twice last year he told panels investigating the violence that shook Kenya after a rigged vote in 2007 how leaders of his own Kalenjin tribe had whipped up ethnic tension, and paid boys to kill people and torch homes. His testimony helped prove that the violence was a well-organized political power play rather than some paroxysm of tribal rage. But now, like many others who testified alongside him, Victor (not his real name) gets text messages threatening him with death. He can't find work, other Kalenjin shun him, and strange men attacked his eight-year...
Toyota hasn't tallied how much the recall will cost, said Yoshimi Inaba, the company's top executive in the U.S., after a speech in Detroit. But he said Toyota is committed to using the recalls to impress customers with the company's service. "It is an opportunity to prove ourselves to them," he said...
Geithner replied that he believes that the way he and the Fed devised to get AIG out of its CDS contracts will prove to be the least costly for taxpayers. He said he had no role in hiding facts about what AIG had paid its counterparties or who those counterparties were. Former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, who also testified at the hearing, said he was broadly supportive of the AIG bailout but had no knowledge of any payments that AIG made to particular banks. (See the worst business deals...
...It’s definitely time for me to prove myself and step into the role that [Kessler] has been playing the last three-plus years,” Bellamy said. “It’s certainly bittersweet to be playing when you usually have to win the position on the team, but like anything in athletics, it’s an opportunity...
Farni already sees Bellamy beginning to prove herself to her team and her position, which speaks to the future of the hockey program...