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...Those close to Japan's top syndicates say the bosses have distanced themselves from Shiroo, putting out word that he was acting alone. But there's reason to doubt this tidy narrative. The Japanese media reported that Shiroo had tried and failed to help a yakuza-linked company win government construction contracts. City officials excluded the company in a push to reduce yakuza influence in the construction sector. Shiroo may have murdered Itoh to intimidate other officials...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bad Days for Goodfellas | 4/26/2007 | See Source »

...candidates converging on undecided voters. He stands between them and their escape to the weekend, hand outstretched. Eggs and curses: that's the welcome most such leaders could expect. But this feels different. There's a ripple of excitement by the dairy goods, a frisson by the freezers, as word spreads: Bertie is here. The people of Navan, northwest of Dublin, respond to their Taoiseach - the official title of Ireland's Prime Minister - not with fatigue or ill temper, but with an awe and affection usually reserved for rock stars. As Bertie Ahern kicks off his campaign for elections expected...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mr. Popularity | 4/26/2007 | See Source »

...Cute red head Irish boy in my section, I just wanted to let you know... I really dig thin boys! Got a bone to pick? A friend to ridicule? A crush to notify? A need for a public forum? Holla at FMholler@gmail.com. We’ll publish it all. Word...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: holler! | 4/25/2007 | See Source »

...word to the wise, however: Never get involved in a land war in the Yard. You just might end up Quadded...

Author: By Adam Goldenberg | Title: Risky Business | 4/24/2007 | See Source »

...Word of yesterday's deadly assault in eastern Diyala Province spread quickly among U.S. troops as far away as the western city of Tikrit, where soldiers with the 82nd Airborne kept a close watch on reports of their comrades sent to the Baqubah area to deal with rising violence there. The strike was what U.S. soldiers call a complex attack, one involving elaborate planning to maximize casualties. Initial assessments suggest that first a suicide car bomber rammed a vehicle into the gates of a small U.S. patrol base outside Baquba in the same area where single car bomber attacked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is the Surge Backfiring? | 4/24/2007 | See Source »

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