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...FREED. Mirza Tahir Hussain, 36, Pakistani-born British Muslim sentenced to be hanged for the 1988 killing of taxi driver Jamshed Khan; after Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf commuted his sentence; in Rawalpindi. Hussain, who said Khan had died after a gun went off during a struggle as the driver tried to sexually assault him, became a cause célèbre among Britain's Pakistani community and earned an appeal for clemency from Prince Charles during a visit to Pakistan last month. "At last," said Hussain's brother Amjad upon his release, "these 18 years of nightmare appear...
...halt as vindictive Democrats distract the nation from its real work and focus its attention on an inconsequential gaff—the Iraq war. But without luminaries such as Conrad Burns (R-Mont.), who will remind us of the “enemy that’s a taxi cab driver in the daytime, but a killer at night?” Meanwhile, the government will throw away billions of dollars on lowering student loan interest rates and providing healthcare to more Americans...
...let’s plan wars” agenda or their anti-SUV agenda, the righteous will prevail, because God is on our side—our “Mission Accomplished” banner will fly yet again. That is, barring any orc invasions, Republican suicides, or killer taxi cab drivers...
...Concepts of the Hero in Greek Civilization,” whose proclaimed interests are archaic Greek literature and oral poetics, the award and recognition in Greece were enough. Plus, he got to be on TV with the President. “Afterward, in the taxi I got into, the guy said, ‘Mr. President, I saw you on TV,’” says Nagy. “If I had known, I would have practiced my speech 20 times instead of 2, and I made my speech in Greek!” Luckily, the speech...
...pillar of security in the 21st century,” he said. Fischer’s speech was received by a standing ovation from the audience. “He [Fischer] was brilliant. He doesn’t have a bachelor’s degree and was a taxi driver. He is the most impressive European politician,” said audience member Kyriakos Piarrakakis, a student at KSG. Following the speech, Fischer left immediately for the airport to fly to what the moderator called “an emergency meeting regarding Afghanistan.” While...