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Olmert is not unused to being the subject of legal probes. A criminal investigation was launched earlier this year into his role in the sale of Bank Leumi when he was still finance minister. His lawyers have tied up that case with questions and motions and it has yet to proceed to an indictment. Olmert's office says that the privatization of Leumi, a state-run bank, was done according to law. As for the apartment scandal, Olmert's aides deny that any laws were broken...
...this exchange may seem a bit strange, given the competitive nature of college football. Indeed, the information traded between schools is subject to certain unwritten, but certainly inviolable, rules. Teams who will face each other never exchange staffs, and information gained from one team cannot be passed on to an opponent. For example, information would never be passed from Harvard to a Toledo opponent following a Toledo visit. And while the possibility of a meeting between Harvard and a Toledo opponent is remote, the gap between I-AA teams like Harvard and I-A schools is rapidly shrinking...
Major world powers, however, are subject to major world campaigns. With China's growing clout and visibility has come an increased sense that it should adhere to the highest standards of international conduct. And activists have been able to use the Games as a way of holding China to account. That has been done most obviously in the case of Darfur. Critics say Beijing's support for the government of Sudan--where China is the biggest investor in the growing oil industry as well as its biggest customer, importing about two-thirds of the country's crude production last year...
...That’s what liquor’s for!” 12. FM: Harsh. 2011: “I’d take an orange to the face for Michael Buble.” 13. FM: Don’t try to change the subject. Do you support her being Harvard’s new president? 2011: “i’m sure that will be all of our first choice if all else fails ;)” 14. FM: Snap! Well, what do you think about FM? 2011: “Makes me believe...
...Slattery and Salahudeen’s fears were realized when Hurricane Katrina, which formed over the Bahamas on August 23, slammed into the Gulf Coast on August 29. The subject of around-the-clock television news coverage, it was one of the deadliest and the costliest natural disasters in American history, killing more than 1,800 people and generating about $80 billion in damage. In addition, Louisiana’s commissioner of higher education estimated that 80,000 students were displaced by Katrina and, one month later, Hurricane Rita...