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...older Lo Piccolo, a native of the Tommaso Natale neighborhood of western Palermo, had been Provenzano's top lieutenant in the capital while grooming his son for succession. Since his ascension in the wake of Provenzano's capture, police say Lo Piccolo was also focused on expanding ties with the American mob. He had favored allowing a historic Mafia family to return to the Sicilian capital after more than two decades of forced exile in the United States, following an internal mob war in the 1980s. Dubbed "gli scappati" (the fled ones), the Inzerillo family had been on the verge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Top Sicilian Mafia Boss Arrested | 11/5/2007 | See Source »

...over Sarkozy's high-profile role in the case - one reminiscent of his successful push last July to secure the freeing of six Bulgarian medics facing capital punishment on trumped-up murder charges in Libya. Though Sarkozy came away from that looking like a hero, allegations swirled in its wake that he'd not only stolen the thunder from nearly completed European Union efforts to secure the Bulgarian's liberty, but had done so by paying millions of dollars in "compensation" to Libya. At around this time France also cut military and energy deals with Tripoli. A parliamentary panel continues...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sarkozy Rides to the Rescue in Chad | 11/5/2007 | See Source »

...decision to cancel the Undergraduate Council (UC) Party Fund more than a month ago, the UC was up in arms. Much of its indignation amounted to little more than rhetoric and childish petulance. But the UC’s most salient argument has been overlooked until now. In the wake of the cancellation, UC members claimed that the College had overstepped its bounds since its decision violated the UC’s founding charter and constitution. Our examination of these documents bears out the UC’s argument. Whether or not one thinks that the College?...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Play By the Rules | 11/4/2007 | See Source »

...Mart's ardent, union-backed critics such as Wal-Mart Watch and Wake Up Wal-Mart, these improvements are just crumbs from the corporate table. Wal-Mart's national hourly-wage average of $10.74 is more or less competitive with Target or Kmart, but its total package still lags behind union competitors in the supermarket industry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Restoring Wal-Mart | 11/2/2007 | See Source »

...fiancée, the novio, to return to the arms of her former lover Leonardo. The novia’s mother is furious since their family is involved in a feud with Leonardo’s. She convinces the townspeople to separate the lovers, and in the shocking wake of the battle that results, Lorca creates a world of great complexity and deep emotion.By rejecting translations, the Agassiz production of Teatro hopes to retain all of Lorca’s complexity and emotion. “We wanted to do it in Spanish because as good as translations...

Author: By Edward F. Coleman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A Spanish Tragedy at the Agassiz | 11/2/2007 | See Source »

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