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...said it was one of the most important cases since the term "genocide" was legally defined in 1948. It is the kind of conviction that could go a long way toward easing some of the criticism of the court, which, since its first day on January 9, 1997, has spent more than $1 billion to convict just 36 people and acquit...
India has been trying to build toward 10 million foreign tourist visits in 2010, the year New Delhi hosts the Commonwealth Games. It is an ambitious goal: this year's statistic is just about half that. The 'Incredible India' campaign, launched in 2002, has spent millions of dollar advertising India as a land of great diversity, offering beaches and ski slopes, teeming with man-made and natural wonders. Last year foreign tourists spent over $10 billion in the country. But since last month's attacks, in which foreigners were among the more than 180 people killed, about a dozen countries...
...high-stakes hot potato involving Detroit, Congress, the White House and the incoming Administration. Obama first asked Bush to do something to save the auto companies in their initial meeting after the Nov. 4 election, but Bush rebuffed him. The problem then went to Capitol Hill, where it spent two weeks getting ground down, spiced up and stuffed into legislative packaging, only to have the whole sausage thrown out when the Senate failed to move the bill before adjourning for the holidays. (See pictures of the remains of Detroit...
...what of his opponent? John McCain is a charter Teddy Award winner, a former exemplar of free-range political candor. Not this year. He ran a dismal campaign that seems even smaller in retrospect. He spent almost all his energy trying to besmirch his opponent without offering a memorable new idea. Still, he deserves credit for two steps he didn't take: he did not play the race card by regurgitating the hateful sermons of Jeremiah Wright, Obama's former pastor; and he did not play the anti-immigrant card that might have appealed to frightened average Joes and assorted...
...After graduating with a sociology degree from Harvard in 1987 - where he was co-captain of the basketball team - Duncan spent four years playing professional basketball in Australia. (He went Down Under after first trying out for the Boston Celtics.) While in Australia, Duncan also tutored underprivileged students. He was among the friends who played basketball with Obama on Election Day and has played pick-up games with Michael Jordan...