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...time it takes to utter two words - "suspended sentence" - Israel's Attorney General Menahem Mazuz went from being the country's most respected lawman to a reviled and misunderstood figure. For months, Mazuz, a workaholic of Old Testament rigor, had gathered testimony alleging that Israel's President Moshe Katsav was a serial sex offender. Now Mazuz is under fire for seeking a plea bargain for Israel's ceremonial head of state instead of attempting to prosecute him for allegedly committing rape. On June 30, 20,000 people gathered in a Tel Aviv square to demand the resignation of Mazuz, with...
...Australian Prime Minister John Howard denied there was any need to raise the country's terror threat above its current 'medium' level, but warned Tuesday that "there are people in our midst who would do us harm and evil, if they ever had the opportunity to do so." Australian Attorney-General Philip Ruddock, meanwhile, ruled out any evidence of plots in Australia connected to the U.K. strikes...
...understanding, and the MPAA believes the film incentives will ultimately end up in court. While the MPAA is not planning a lawsuit, in its letter to Gov. Perry the industry group cited a long list of appellate cases supporting their position. David Kendall, the noted First Amendment attorney with the Washington-based firm Williams and Connolly, said the Texas law is not only vague, but may run afoul of First Amendment protections. "I think if the state benefit is conditional or can be revoked, it is plainly unconstitutional since the First Amendment prevents content discrimination," Kendall said, adding puckishly...
...Whatever the outcome of the DoJ inquiry, the fact that it is taking place at all means that more damaging revelations could lie ahead. Among those agitating to know more is Democratic senator John Kerry, who recently wrote to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales citing a 2002 State Department memorandum on "persistent allegations that BAE Systems pays bribes to obtain business." The State memorandum concluded that "this volume of allegations about one company would have triggered a Department of Justice criminal division investigation long ago." Kerry's letter, which asks for information on how DoJ is handling the BAE matter, also...
...More entrepreneurial districts have used aggressive marketing-glossy brochures, marketing classes for principals - to recruit students for certain schools. That approach seems to have worked to maintain diversity at Montgomery County, Md., Lee County, Fla. and Duval County, Fla. schools, says Maree Sneed, an attorney who helped represent the Seattle School District in the case decided today. Magnet schools engage in a form of marketing by attracting students through special, often high-level, programs and classes. Their record is mixed at best on creating racial diversity...