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...Victim The Constant Gardener (2005) A drug company is using Kenya's poor as guinea pigs and nobody can stop it - until foreigners fueled by white guilt arrive to save...
...Until yesterday’s revelation. To be sure, Spitzer is not to be pitied. He was the victim of his own bad karma and rank hypocrisy (he orchestrated the bust of a prostitution ring as New York attorney general in 2004). Still, isn’t there something shamefully dishonest about a culture that obsesses over the sex lives of its elected officials? They are, after all, mere men and women, as vulnerable as any to the snares of carnal desire. Their position of power simply invites attention...
...After members of the Basque separatist group ETA killed a former Socialist councilman on Friday, speculation also ran high that sympathy for the victim would lead to a greater turnout for the Socialists. But of a dozen voters interviewed as they left a Madrid polling place today, none said the assassination had influenced his or her vote. José López was typical: "We've lived with this problem for 30 years," the 46-year-old contractor said. "It's not going to change anything...
...dominating in the paint, holding an 18-10 scoring advantage. - Both teams are shooting the lights out from downtown. Yale = 55% (5 of 9), Harvard = 50% (4 of 8). - Turnovers are KILLING the Crimson. They've already accumulated 15 turnovers, compared to only six assists. Yale has also fallen victim to the TO bug, but to a lesser extent. (11 turnovers, 7 assists) - #4 for Yale, Porter Braswell, has racked up an impressive 4 steals already. He also has 6 points and 2 rebounds...
...Juan Aviles, security expert at the Spain's National Distance University, agreed. "It's not going to influence the campaign. It's true that some could see it as evidence that Zapatero's strategy of negotiating with ETA was mistaken, but voters could also show solidarity with the [Socialist] victim...