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...there is much work left to be done, and the ICTR is not being given a great deal of time to do it. The court is now under pressure from the U.N. General Assembly and the Security Council to wrap up its work on the Rwanda genocide soon, by reducing its staff numbers and finishing cases quickly. The court now believes it can have all its trial work finished in 2009, a year later than planned, and has recently asked the General Assembly for more money to push it through to the end of 2009, apart from...
...Assemble Cocas:Preheat oven to 450F with a pizza stone on center rack. If you don't have a pizza stone, wrap a cookie or baking sheet in aluminum foil and place, inverted, on center rack. Place 4 of the par-baked cocas on a clean, flat work surface. Spread 1 tbsp of Manchego béchamel on each. Top each coca with 3 slices of Hot & Spicy Spam. Spread the grated Manchego evenly on each coca. Using a spatula, carefully place cocas on baking surface and cook until cheese is melted and golden. Remove from oven and cut each...
Critics of Guantánamo say that after years of alleged torture and abuse, detainees aren't competent to plead guilty, as the five men are trying to do. Disputes over issues like that make it unlikely the proceedings will wrap up before the Inauguration on Jan. 20--which will complicate Obama's task of closing the facility and ending an embarrassing chapter in the war on terrorism. In any event, the military judge, Army Colonel Stephen R. Henley, refused to accept the guilty pleas. He said he needed first to resolve the question of whether a plea--instead...
...Tupperware "parties" where salespeople could demonstrate the distinctive "burp" that guaranteed longer lives for leftovers. (Tupperware was a roaring success; Tupper sold the company for $9 million in 1958.) For Americans who didn't want to purchase an entire line of pastel plastic containers, Dow Chemical started selling Saran Wrap in 1953, and Ziploc storage bags...
...some ways, it makes political sense to go slowly. Ever since 9/11, Obama's party has been squeamish about walking point on civil liberties out of fear that Republicans would wrap such a move around their necks at election time. And so, though civil libertarians may holler, the Obama team is likely to put the emphasis on national security as it begins to explore options for undoing the policies of the Bush-Cheney era. Here's a look at what the new President may seek to change and what he may leave in place...