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...elected to the Cambridge School Committee. But his political life did not really begin heating up until the early 1970s, when he decided to run for the City Council under the wing of the liberal Cambridge Civic Association...
...member of the Harvard Liberal Union, a left-wing political organization,” he says. “I can remember as a freshman being warned that, if you were a member, you were unlikely ever to get a job in the government...
...showed he has no case to answer. It's unclear whether authorities will yet charge him with wrongdoing. In any case, Zuma's downfall has hurt his chances of becoming the next President. Squires said in his ruling that Zuma, who has strong support from unions and the left wing of the ruling African National Congress (A.N.C.) party, must have been aware of bribes sought by Shaik on his behalf. "He's now a risk to the government in terms of perception," says William Gumede, author of a recent book on President Mbeki and the A.N.C. But the silver lining...
...terror attacks on Iraqi civilians, but proclaimed that "resisting the occupier is a legitimate right." The speaker of Iraq's new parliament, Hajem al-Hasani, was even more explicit, calling for those fighting the U.S. forces to be given a direct political role via the formation of a political wing...
...appeared on NBC’s Today show to deny allegations that her husband, President Bill Clinton, had carried on an extramarital affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky. The first lady blamed the charges of infidelity and obstruction of justice on a “vast right-wing conspiracy,” that had been out to get her husband “since the day he announced for president...