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...Almeida, a soft-spoken woman who still marches every Thursday afternoon in front of the Presidential Palace with other members of the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo, a human rights group demanding justice for the "disappeared," believes Lopez's disappearance was designed to dissuade others from testifying against the torturers. "Those who abducted Lopez know that the conviction of Etchecolatz is just the preview of more trials," she says. "They feel the noose tightening around their necks and are scared...
...trip to Washington last month, Abbas made the spectacular claim that Hamas - sworn by its charter to destroy Israel - had agreed to recognize the Jewish State. Abbas had hardly spoken the words before they were denied by a Hamas spokesman. A furious Abbas accused the Islamists of reneging on a deal, and also of sabotaging an Egyptian-brokered prisoner exchange that would return the Israeli soldier kidnapped on June 25 in Gaza and free nearly 1,000 Palestinians held in Israeli jails...
...that reason, some close industry watchers doubt whether Lloyd's apocalyptic tone will revise anything. Andrew Dlugolecki, an independent climate-change consultant and a veteran of the insurance industry, says, "It's good that they have spoken out, but I don't see them as serious in changing the insurance industry." That sentiment is echoed by Michael Brune, executive director of Rainforest Action Network, which has successfully lobbied Bank of America, Citibank and major U.S. retailer Home Depot to change their sustainable-development positions. "If you want to be an environmental leader, then you need to switch from relying...
...helps as well that the soft-spoken and French-fluent minister seems incapable of making enemies. Though relations between South Korea and Japan are worse today than they have been in decades, Japanese diplomats generally like the 62-year-old Ban himself. That matters, as Japan is currently holds one of the 10 rotating seats on the Security Council. Ban has also received enthusiastic support from Australia. But the deciding vote will likely be cast by China, one of the Council's five veto-wielding permanent members. If the South Korean is viewed by Beijing as too close to Washington...
...forgotten figures. You were free to call your eight children (the government was also promoting massive procreation to fuel the Islamic Revolution) by Ali, Hossein, Zahra, and the like. Indeed, Arabic names, except for a handful of Sunni villains, were fine. Persian ones, despite originating from the language actually spoken in Iran, had to be checked against the official list. Along the way, other politically inconvenient realities were fought on the baby name terrain. Wishing to quell an uprising by ethnically Kurdish Iranians in the north, the government banned Kurdish names. A Kurdish couple I know managed one for their...