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...hadn't been proved well enough. That was big news as the media flocked to find out who had vetted the President's speech. But at the same time, I was interested in an ancillary question about why government officials, publicly and privately, seemed to be disparaging Wilson. It struck me, as I told the grand jury, as odd and unnecessary, especially after their saying the President's address should not have included the 16-word claim about Saddam and African uranium...
Visitors to Australia are often struck by the scarcity of opportunities to encounter Aboriginal culture. With indigenous people forming less than 3% of the population, there aren't many to be seen walking about on the streets; and the closest most tourists get to Aboriginal life is at a museum, or a didgeridoo purchased at a souvenir shop. That's why Gunya Titjikala (gunya.com.au) is such a welcome initiative. The country's first Aboriginal resort enables guests to live in a real desert community, absorbing local traditions firsthand...
...article in The Nation, written by Jon Wiener, a history professor at the University of California at Irvine, struck a particularly powerful cord because it implied that Dershowitz’s actions in this instance make him a hypocrite...
...four bombings—three targeting Underground trains and one a double-decker bus—struck within an hour of each other yesterday morning. British authorities said they had no warning of the attacks. The New York Times reported that the charges were detonated by timers rather than suicide bombers...
Although early in the singles match she fought hard for points, Navratilova—Sports Illustrated’s fourteenth greatest athlete of all time—barely broke into a match that never really went her way. Navratilova repeatedly struck a frustrated pose, jerking her head towards the rink’s wood-boarded ceiling and throwing up her arms in exasperation after double-faulting in her service game and returning volleys directly into...