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...knows, 10,000 people fighting for the same two jobs,” says Bowden’s superior, CFD Lieutenant Steve Brogan...
Middlesex Superior Court Judge Regina L. Quinlan said on Friday that Pring-Wilson deserved a new trial in light of a March 14 Mass. Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) ruling that a victim’s violent past can be admitted as evidence in trial, even if the defendant did not know about the victim’s violent history at the time of the incident...
...ment noted that "the law, all of the law, was respected" in the prisoner's early release, and Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin lectured that "nothing should put in question the independence of the judiciary." For his part, the judge in question accused Sarkozy of "demagoguery," and the Superior Council of Magistrates filed a formal complaint with Chirac. UMP parliamentary deputy Jean-Michel Fourgous said the intense reaction shows that for Sarkozy, "the threat comes from Chirac's people, not the National Front." But it's with Chirac's people that Sarkozy governs. "He knows that his brand of economic...
What explains the appeal of suicide attacks in Iraq? For one thing, using oneself as a weapon can be a relatively effective tactic against an enemy with far superior firepower. And extremist Muslim suicide bombers believe that their sacrifice guarantees them "martyrdom" and a passport to paradise. (That said, suicide attacks aren't unique to Islamist insurgencies. Sri Lanka's mostly Hindu Tamil Tigers have probably conducted more such attacks than any other single group...
...Together, the hotel's houses and château are known as Les Deux Abbesses (lesdeuxabbesses.com)-named after Isabel and Gabrielle de Lafayette, two 16th century mothers superior (and ancestors of the Franco-American revolutionary, Marquis de Lafayette), who used Saint-Arcons-d'Allier as their summer retreat. They would be gratified to know that the village fulfils the same function today (the hotel is closed in winter), and relieved to hear that the original architecture has been respected. The rooms come appointed with antique Auvergnat furniture, Renaissance fireplaces, and even bread ovens. (If you would rather break bread than...