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...minorities—such as the Jews in Europe and the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire—who disproportionately benefited. Then, “in the crunch, the blame for economic downturn could be placed on the successful minority,” he said. In a time of Western decline—as in any time of imperial decline—Ferguson said, “the question is: Who is in charge now?” While violence in the first half of the 20th century was concentrated in Central and Eastern Europe, Ferguson said the next fulcrum...
This trial marks the latest development in the four-year long saga that began with a chance encounter between then-masters student in Russian and Slavic studies Pring-Wilson and the now deceased Michael D. Colono in the spring of 2003 outside a Western Avenue pizza parlor. According to his defense attorneys, Pring-Wilson acted in self-defense when he and Colono became involved in an altercation that ended with Pring-Wilson stabbing Colono five times in 70 seconds. Pring-Wilson was convicted and sentenced to six to eight years in prison in his 2004 trial...
...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...
...United Arab Emirates leader Sheikh Zayid bin Sultan al-Nahyan. Last week, Alexandre's mother launched a website called "Boycott Dubai," hoping to hit at the economic heart of a city-state that has spent billions turning itself into one of the world's top financial centers and a Western-friendly resort spot...
...Foreign Service officer thinking of volunteering for Iraq, consider the following: State Department employees serving in Iraq get their full salary plus 70% differentials for danger and hardship service. Got a family living in, say, western Europe as part of your last assignment? No problem. The State Department says they can stay there in housing provided by the government as you serve in Iraq. Or, if you like, move the family to a U.S. location of your choice with an allowance that comes on top of the other financial incentives. And for those Foreign Service strivers thinking of a posh...