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...stocky 29-year old, Lopez recently volunteered to go to a special rehab wing with hundreds of other inmates trying to stay clean. To keep their minds off the rocks and powders, they submit to a rigorous exercise therapy, including running round the yard shouting marine-like chants. Officials say the program has helped reduce prison violence...
...special master - a judge named by the state supreme court for the occasion - has been appointed to preside over the fact-finding trial. San Antonio District Judge David Berchelman Jr., a former member of the CCA, can either recommend to the commission that the charges be dismissed or that Judge Keller be reprimanded or even removed from office by the state supreme court...
...York, advocates of the Back to School program responded to criticism that the plan does nothing to ensure that each child's $200 allotment will actually be spent on school supplies. "Parents will do right by their children," says Mimi Corcoran, director of the Special Fund for Poverty Alleviation at Soros' Open Society Institute. "We really didn't have a concern about parents' spending the money incorrectly. They know what's best for their children. No strings attached was important...
...shouted that it isn't doing so. The government has entered new peace talks on Darfur and in June announced that it would allow nongovernmental organizations back into the region following a three-month ban. At the same time, Washington has relaxed a few of its positions on Sudan. Special envoy Scott Gration recently told Congress that there was no evidence to support the U.S. designation that Sudan is a state sponsor of terrorism. Gration has also said that the situation in Darfur is no longer a genocide but only the "remnants" of one. (See pictures of Darfur descending into...
...comfortable task," he said. "It is tiring, exhausting and with great responsibilities. I used to tell some Presidents whose periods had ended that the best thing is to be a 'former President' - someone who is respected, appreciated and without any responsibilities." Andrew Natsios, who was a special envoy to Sudan during the last two years of George W. Bush's presidency, says al-Bashir's power inside Sudan's ruling political faction has ebbed over the past couple of years. There are things he doesn't control. "It is not possible for a President in a country like Sudan...