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...says human rights activist Aida Seif El Dawla, of the Nadeem Center for the management and rehabilitation of victims of violence in Cairo. "You are watching real rape," she adds, explaining that when she started mapping incidents of police torture back in 1993 she realized that the practice was widespread all across the country. "To read and to hear is one thing, but to see is extremely shocking," she says...
Fairy tales can hurt you only if you believe them. That's why the widespread conviction right now that the "Goldilocks economy" will prevail in 2007 is so worrying. Stock markets around the world have been rallying strongly because key global economic fundamentals are said to be not too hot, not too cold, but just right. Growth is solid, inflation is relatively low, energy prices are easing, interest rates are benign, and consumer spending is holding up, most importantly in the U.S. The assumption that investors seem to be relying on to justify the high prices they are paying...
Vietnam marked a notable chapter in this vexed history. Reflecting widespread disillusionment with that failed war, the War Powers Act of 1973 sought to severely limit the President's capacity to send troops abroad without explicit authority from Congress. It passed into law only over Richard Nixon's veto. All subsequent Presidents have refused to recognize its constitutionality. It has not yet been subjected to a full constitutional test before the Supreme Court...
...Nifong, who is seen by most students as equal parts villain and punchline, has long been the object of widespread criticism. The series of public statements he made to the media early on put him on shaky ground ethically, and he will likely face a N.C. State Bar hearing in early May for allegedly violating ethics rules. He has hired Winston-Salem attorney David Freedman to represent him. Ironically, Freedman criticized Nifong's handling of the case on television last April. The D.A.'s recusal comes as a relief to many, who believe the action was long overdue. "It doesn...
...foot patrols and increased traffic checkpoints between the hours of 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. But much more will be needed to beef up a cash-strapped judicial system and shorthanded police force, and to overcome deep-set systemic problems such as poverty, an abysmal public education system and widespread citizen mistrust of the police...