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...most famous act of defiance came in 1988, after Uday personally murdered Kamel Hanna Jajjo, Saddam's majordomo, for acting as a go-between for Saddam and one of his mistresses. Word of the scandal spread through Baghdad--even to Nouman, in prison. At her next court hearing, she stood up and delivered an impromptu speech. Uday had killed a man, she said, and he should be brought to trial and imprisoned. "I said what every Iraqi was thinking," she says. "I just had nothing to lose. What could they do to me that they were not already doing...
...have been responsible. - By Pelin Turgut/Istanbul See Also: May Day Disaster Poll Postponed U.K. British Prime Minister Tony Blair postponed elections for Northern Ireland's Assembly just four weeks before voters were set to go to the polls. The Assembly was suspended seven months ago after an I.R.A. spying scandal. The British and Irish governments rejected as too vague an I.R.A. statement supposedly detailing its commitment to give up all paramilitary activity. Republicans insisted the I.R.A.'s peaceful intentions were clear. Three-Way Split Iraq Coalition leaders announced that the country will be divided into three military sectors. Poland...
When Woody Allen married his stepdaughter people were outraged. For many, Allen’s controversial marriage left him stigmatized. The scandal-loving media had a field day. Yet, in the end, he’d done nothing illegal. Sure, judgments of immorality are up to individual inclinations, but you’d think that after committing such a horrible crime against a minor, Polanski would forever be an industry pariah. His actions were inexcusable and disgusting. That we are extolling him for his work is unbelievable...
...reminded of this simple truth last week, when former Governor George Ryan, R-Ill., spoke at the Institute of Politics (IOP). Governor Ryan is known for two things: a petty scandal that may put him in jail and a courageous act that has earned him international praise...
...scandal side, Ryan has been accused of selling difficult-to-obtain truckers’ licenses when he was Secretary of State. He has also been accused of using his political connections to funnel money to his family. His campaign manager and top aide has already been indicted in the scandal, and many in Illinois believe that Ryan could wind up sharing a cell with his former political crony...