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...Kozlowski, the former CEO of Tyco International, and former Tyco finance chief Mark Swartz were sentenced Monday, and indeed it was: up to up to 25 years in prison. But now defense lawyers and, increasingly, many others are wondering if white-collar criminals are being treated too harshly. Some violent crimes, including rape and manslaughter, can result in less than 20 years in jail...
...dynasty (roughly 1550 to 1050 B.C.), was used for ancestor worship, and is shaped like an open-jawed feline, with a child either resting in its chest or being devoured. The placid expression on the child's face and the steady posture of the animal suggest that the non-violent interpretation is the correct one. In fact, the piece may allude to an ancient Chinese legend about a tigress adopting a human baby. The early bronze workers certainly knew how to convey animal brutality when they wanted to, as illustrated in two small ornaments nearby that depict fierce tigers attacking...
...insurgency enters a violent new phase as a car bomb explodes at the Jordanian embassy in Baghdad, killing 19 people; 12 days later, a truck bomb explodes at U.N. headquarters in Baghdad, killing 23, including Special Envoy to Iraq Vieira de Mello...
...next few weeks, the question of ownership of the evacuated land will become potentially quite violent. Ordinary Palestinians claim some of the land was originally their farmland and they want it back; some of them have secured the backing of local militia gangs to enforce their claim. Hamas and other factions, including some from Abbas's own Fatah party, claim a portion of the land as recompense for having - as they see it - chased the Israelis out of Gaza with their long campaign of violence. Abbas has signed a government decree that the land reverts to the Palestinian government...
...initiative comes in midst of a violent debate over the origins of life in America. President George W. Bush has said recently that the theory of “intelligent design”—which states that there is a divine, guiding force behind adaptation—should be discussed in schools, sparking renewed discussion over whether God or evolution is responsible for life...