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...words Islam and couture aren't often used in the same sentence. But Turkish gown guru Rabia Yalçin is making her debut at New York's Fashion Week, alongside such industry heavyweights as Donna Karan and Nicole Miller, at a Feb. 9 fund raiser called Designers for Darfur. The Istanbul-based designer dresses modestly in public in accordance with Islamic tradition. And at first blush, her gowns seem similarly demure, but with the slip of a button, they become more than a little provocative, as shown at left. "In private, clothing should reflect a woman's sensuality," Yal?...
...financial backers of privately subsidized schools called city academies could expect to be rewarded with honors--was the first to be arrested. (And the first to be let off: prosecutors have now said there is insufficient evidence to pursue charges against him.) Last July, Blair's friend and fund raiser Lord Michael Levy was also arrested and, like all other parties in the investigation, denies any wrongdoing. Since then, the inquiry has trudged along at a snail's pace, entwining more Downing Street employees and providing media sensations in thin news weeks. One of Blair's close associates says Downing...
...British Prime Minister Tony Blair's chief fund raiser, former music business impresario Lord Levy, was arrested - for a second time - by police investigating allegations that seats in the House of Lords were sold for political donations. Levy has denied any wrongdoing. A guide to the inquiry that has all the British classes chattering...
...anyone been charged? No. Although police are still looking into the sale of honors, they have recently focused on alleged attempts by party employees to obstruct the investigation. Fund raiser Levy - who was arrested in July over suspicion of selling peerages - was arrested this time on suspicion of perverting the course of justice. He was released on bail later that day. Just 11 days earlier, Blair's director of government relations was arrested and also questioned. Both have denied any wrongdoing...
...evidence that you've thought things through. Why is there a huge farm bill and no bill for struggling autoworkers? Why did we invade Iraq in search of nuclear weapons, but not North Korea? Hillary Clinton's description of her beliefs, quoted above, sounds more like a charity fund-raiser gift bag--a little of this, a little of that--than a coherent philosophy. Her competitors are no better...