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...prepared statement, MacAskill said that compassion was "a defining characteristic of Scottish people" and that "the perpetuation of an atrocity cannot and should not be a basis for losing sight of who we are ... Mr. Al-Megrahi now faces a sentence imposed by a higher power. It's one that no court ... could revoke or overrule. It is terminal, final and irrevocable. He is going...
...settlement was greeted with relief. "The out-of-court agreement avoids a prolonged legal battle that would have had an uncertain outcome, and the solution found conforms entirely with prevailing Swiss law," the Swiss Banking Association (SBA), a trade organization for Switzerland's financial institutions, said in a statement. "This is of crucial importance because international clients rely very much on the predictability and stability of the Swiss legal system." (See the top 10 scared traders...
...will also work to streamline University-wide operations and services and will serve on the board of the Harvard Management Company, which manages the University's endowment. "Katie has a reputation for effectiveness, honesty, and integrity in whatever she undertakes," University President Drew G. Faust said in a statement released today. Faust highlighted Lapp's "extensive expertise in budget and finance" as well as her "demonstrated success" at UC, where she oversaw a university-wide budget exceeding $18 billion. During her final year at UC, the state of California cut funding levels for the university by 20 percent...
...attention. All 700 of Mexico's federal customs agents, a club notorious for corruption and a less than robust devotion to duty, were booted and replaced with a new force that's two times larger and apparently many times more professional. The 1,400 new agents, said a government statement, passed "a strict selection process that included psychological and toxicological tests, as well as the necessary investigations to ensure they have no criminal record." More than 70% are college educated, compared with less than 10% of the old group. (See pictures of the great wall of America...
...picture on the party's posters - alongside shots of a florist, a pensioner and a student - is meant to celebrate Thuringia's diversity, despite the fact that the state is home to very few immigrants. "I was shocked by what the NPD did," he tells TIME in a statement. "I've never experienced anything like this, but I'm not going to give up. I love Thuringia, and I'm going to continue in politics." (Read "The March to the Far Right...