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...political band. "Before we played music together we had the politics conversation," says Cornell. "I said I would take no specific focus lyrically before I started writing and that the odds were when I was done, none of it was going to be politically motivated." Morello, a self-described "fighter for social justice" who packs a political-science degree from Harvard, accepted. "I've found other outlets for fighting the power," he says...
...rehash of the 60s TV series, I Spy concerns top spy Alex Scott’s (Wilson) mission to recover the United States’ classified prototype stealth jet fighter, the Switchblade, from nasty illegal arms dealer Arnold Gundars (Malcolm McDowell). Foiling his evil plan becomes more complicated, however, when Scott is paired with the pompous Kelly Robinson (Murphy), a boxing champion and civilian who has some helpful connections. Though it is possible that director Betty Thomas of Doctor Dolittle fame will take unexpected dramatic turns, I Spy will probably be hailed by “top critics?...
...Guantanamo has, in fact, turned out to be a windfall for America's Afghan confederates. According to Pakistani detainees, the U.S. military paid the Northern Alliance $5,000 for each captive who confessed to being a Taliban and $20,000 for each purported al-Qaeda fighter. With that incentive, the prisoners claim the allied commanders grabbed any Pakistani wandering dazed around the battlefield, then extracted confessions by force...
...Guant?namo has, in fact, turned out to be a windfall for America's Afghan confederates. According to Pakistani detainees, the U.S. military paid the Northern Alliance $5,000 for each captive who confessed to being a Taliban and $20,000 for each purported al-Qaeda fighter. With that incentive, the prisoners claim, the allied commanders grabbed any Pakistani wandering dazed around the battlefield, then extracted confessions by force...
...allegations that a state-run company was linked to arms sales to Iraq, in violation of U.N. sanctions. The U.S. State Department accused Jugoimport SDPR, an arms-procurement agency, of helping Orao, a Bosnian Serb firm, to sell Iraq military equipment, including spare parts for Soviet-era MiG-21 fighter planes. American and Bosnian officials said nato peacekeepers found proof of the sales at Orao's factory in eastern Bosnia. Jugoimport's office in Baghdad was ordered to shut. SPAIN Separate Ways The favorite to be the new president of Catalonia's ruling party called for greater independence...