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...Maine, loses his friends, family, and lifestyle when an accident at sea lands him in jail. The accident, poorly shot and hardly believable, results from an ongoing skirmish between islander fishermen and mainland fishermen. After serving his five-year sentence, Cole returns to the island, determined to painstakingly rebuild the life he once had. Shot on location, the film offers a glimpse into the world of lobster fishing, and its portrait of the Maine island lifestyle distinguishes the film from typical down-on-your luck productions. The portrayal of the maritime community—both insular and incestuous, at once...
...Iraqi arrivals and their Scandinavian hosts, coexistence has not come easily. Swedish officials fret about the potential security risks and the costs posed by a swelling population of displaced Muslims. Although relieved to have escaped the grinding violence of Iraq, Sweden's Iraqis face the prospect of having to rebuild shattered lives and find work in an alien society. For many, the trauma of Iraq is inescapable. Recent arrivals like Alaa say they fear being hunted down by sectarian rivals in Stockholm. "We don't know who is who here," says Alaa. In a Swedish government asylum office...
...McConnell believes al-Qaeda is regaining a foothold in the border area of Waziristan. He told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Feb. 27 that "to the best of our knowledge, the senior leadership, No. 1 and No. 2, are there, and they are attempting to re-establish and rebuild." Tasneem Aslam, Pakistan's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, says Pakistan is policing the region with 80,000 troops, some 800 of whom have died in skirmishes with militants. "We are doing our utmost to stop the cross-border activity," Aslam says. "What are the Afghans doing to combat this problem...
...Billions of dollars - and Iraq's future - are at stake. Virtually all the revenues Iraq has to rebuild its shattered economy will come from its mammoth energy deposits - some of the world's biggest untapped reserves - of about 115 billion barrels of oil and about 110 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. In addition, Iraq's major creditors have made clear they expect a working oil industry, as a precondition for forgiving billions of dollars in Iraqi debt incurred largely by Saddam Hussein's wars against Iran and Kuwait and by his mega-splurging at home...
...Pioneer and finance chair of his 2004 campaign, is helping Rudy Giuliani raise money in South Carolina. Giuliani's leadership post-9/11 was, of course, a factor in Wynn's choice. As for Rudy being a nontraditional Republican, for Wynn, that's exactly the point: "We need to rebuild the brand." Wynn committed after both Romney and McCain came calling. "Oh, I have had my lunches. And my breakfasts," he says with a little groan. But in general, the courtships for Republican donors have been low key. The Bush White House has not signaled a preference for a successor...