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...release. The hearing followed a June Supreme Court ruling giving the men the right to argue against their detention in court. In a rare move, Judge Richard Leon urged the government not to appeal the verdict, saying the men, who have been imprisoned for seven years, should be released "forthwith." (A sixth defendant was ruled an "enemy combatant" who should stay in government custody. He is appealing.) TIME spoke to one of the case's lead defense attorneys, Stephen Oleskey, about the actual cost of pro bono work, what it's like to visit one of the world's most...
...Well done," says Kirkman. "That's the kind of energy we need." Now for "the Hallelujah Chorus moment": The rightful king-let him forthwith be crowned. Fifty voices, aged from 17 to 81, raise the roof...
...extent that there is a Shiite political consensus, it is personified in the demand by Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani that Iraq's transition be managed by a democratically elected government, and that such a government be elected forthwith. Sistani had previously threatened massive street demonstrations to ensure that such a poll be held immediately, and it took UN intervention to coax him into accepting the January date. Sistani on Wednesday reiterated his demand that the poll go ahead on schedule, his remarks a reminder that further delay could bring new political instability...
...that has increased by 40 percent since the onset of the current Palestinian uprising in 2000. Last year's total Jewish immigration into Israel, numbering some 23,000, was a 15-year low. And even as Sharon insists that the safety of French Jews depends on immigrating to Israel forthwith, Israelis are flocking to European embassies to apply for EU passports. Indeed, concern for their personal security may be prompting more Jews to leave Israel than to settle there...
...Hanks needs to win an Oscar for The Ladykillers. The Sexy Beast-meets-Duplex premise seems pretty flimsy, but when Hanks starts guffawing like some maniacal demon clown and demanding “waffles forthwith,” I begin giggling uncontrollably...