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...Ulrich said that the vast majority of yesterday’s meeting was “remarkable” for its positivity...
...name the cruise line or the size of the settlement. This week she will testify before a congressional committee as it debates whether there needs to be greater federal oversight of the booming cruise industry, which served 11.2 million passengers last year, up 63% since 2000. Although the vast majority of passengers are American, cruise ships steer around most U.S. laws by registering in foreign countries. Because of murky jurisdiction issues, the companies report crimes to the FBI on a voluntary basis...
...Iraq] remains dire," Amnesty's report also says that as of last November over 14,000 prisoners considered security threats - and rounded up primarily by U.S. forces - were being held at Abu Ghraib, three other U.S. detention centers and a number of smaller temporary internment camps in Iraq. "The vast majority" of these detainees, Amnesty claims, have never been tried or charged and have no way to challenge their imprisonment in court...
...Lost isn't merely a hit TV series. It's the engine driving a vast product and promotional enterprise that's a model for TV's future. Here are just some of the ways that the show is available in cyberspace and beyond...
...game are increasingly overshadowed by India. In comparison with the Nimbus deal, TV rights to three years of English cricket went for $384 million last summer, to Rupert Murdoch's British Sky Broadcasting. Nimbus' record-breaking offer is indicative of unimaginable sums of money that Indian cricket, with its vast and ever more affluent fan base, is able to attract. "The passion that India has for the game is greater than any other country has for any sport," says International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Malcolm Speed. "Factor in the billion-plus population and an economy growing...