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...hate-crimes bill before Congress called the Matthew Shepard Act. The bill would expand, far too aggressively, the two existing federal hate-crimes laws. One is from 1968; it allows the Federal Government to prosecute crimes committed on the basis of race, religion and national origin when the victim is engaged in public activities like going to school or eating at a restaurant or attending a concert. The other is from 1994; it requires the U.S. Sentencing Commission to increase penalties for crimes on federal lands in which the victim was selected because of actual or perceived race, religion, national...
...Japan was hit hardest: Tokyo's Nikkei index fell nearly 10%, capping a week that saw Japanese shares plummet 25%, the worst weekly performance in the index's history. Investors fled after the credit squeeze claimed its first Japanese victim: Yamato Life Insurance Co., which filed for bankruptcy Friday after suffering huge losses in its securities holdings. Yamato's collapse, the first by a Japanese insurance company since 2001, sparked fresh worries about the health of the country's financial institutions. "My concern is whether the banks and insurance companies can keep standing," says Yukiko Kanoh, 53, an administrative assistant...
...drug dealer, I never was, and I never will be. I am a victim of vicious politics.' AHMED KARZAI (above), accusing U.S. officials of fabricating allegations to harm his brother...
...rapid scene transition.The low budget effects were equally as charming, especially in scenes where the other nun-witch-sister, Margaret, gets revenge on those responsible for killing her mother. Her newfound dark powers enable her to kill anyone by kissing them, but instead of her victims simply dying, they immediately become skeletons—skeletons with hair.But the heart of the movie lies in its sex scenes, of which there were many. I’m pretty sure Kathleen—that’s the first nun-witch—sleeps with every male character in the film...
...Keep an eye on Ukraine" has become something of a refrain for Senator John McCain, who warns darkly that the former Soviet republic may be the next victim of Moscow's efforts to squelch plucky little democracies on its doorstep. McCain urges that the U.S. respond by doing whatever it can to speed Ukraine's accession to membership in NATO. But Ukrainian democracy has a way of muddying the picture. On Wednesday, President Viktor Yushchenko, a strong U.S. ally and champion of NATO membership, called a snap parliamentary election, following the collapse of his ruling coalition last month. Questions...