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...simply had to prove that his grandfather drank Guinness, and to be sure, many players who'd struggle ever to make the national team in their home country are happy to find ancestral roots that give them an outing on the international stage and improve their value in the transfer market...
...defiance in the dock, Saddam may not be happy that he has been formally transferred to Iraqi custody. Iraq's national security adviser, Muwaffak al-Rubaie, tells TIME that Saddam "started to shake" when he learned of his impending transfer. Saddam's apprehension recalls a comment he made to an Arab leader before the first Gulf War, indicating his sense of how Iraqis felt about him: "If I am killed, there will be no part of me left bigger than the tip of my finger...
...government funds the tribunal, the fbi helps gather evidence and 20 U.S. lawyers support the prosecution. Saddam's court appearance was a concession to international law: the third Geneva Convention requires that prisoners of war be either charged or released at the end of hostilities - in this case, the transfer of sovereignty to Iraq. But the only print journalists allowed to attend the hearing were American. Al-Jazeera and CNN were able to film the event, which was carefully timed to coincide with prime-time breakfast television stateside, but were ordered to block out the sound of Saddam's voice...
...they have taken to the opportunity with gusto. (In elections to the nation's federal, provincial and district assemblies in April, nearly 135 million votes were cast for some 165,000 candidates.) In May, about 350 million Indians cast votes in the parliamentary elections, leading to the peaceful transfer of power from one group of political parties to another. Those Asian nations that do not allow freely contested elections among candidates with different political views?such as Burma, Vietnam and of course China itself?are beginning to look like outliers to the dominant trend...
...were eight states for Jefferson, six for Burr and two undecided. The body ultimately chose Jefferson, and later passed the 12th Amendment to avoid a same-party tie in the future. But the real significance of Jefferson's Inauguration three weeks later was that it was the first peaceful transfer of power from one political party to another. Jefferson's boast of faith in his public was in the end justified...