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...Senate Banking Committee unanimously approved the nomination of Freed Professor of Economics N. Gregory Mankiw as chair of President Bush’s Council of Economic Advisers this week, sending the nomination to the full Senate...
...Slovakia, fears about poor turnout in a similar referendum prompted parliament leaders to say that they will ratify E.U. entry regardless - a move that angered many Slovaks. FREE AT LAST ALGERIA Seventeen European tourists held hostage for three months by Islamic militants in the Western Sahara were freed by Algerian commandos after a gunfight that left one soldier and at least four kidnappers dead. Military officials said that the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) were responsible for the kidnappings. Germany's intelligence service says the group has never targeted civilians, and one of the hostages said the kidnappers...
...ability of judges to refer to DNA tests, however, have encountered ferocious opposition. In Sept. 2002, for instance, California Governor Gray Davis vetoed the Paternity Justice Act under pressure from the National Organization for Women and children’s advocacy groups. The legislation would have freed thousands of paternity fraud victims from unwarranted child-support obligations by allowing judges to overturn default paternity judgments when confronted with DNA evidence disproving paternity...
...That the so-called "Islamic Revolution" began as a populist revolt that included secular, left-wing socialists is just one of this book's many surprises for someone like myself . The celebrations of the revolution take on a bittersweetness when imprisoned members of Satrapi's family are freed and return with tales of torture and murder...
...completion of the Big Dig, is an opportunity for Boston to rectify the mistreatment of Chinatown almost half a century ago. While up to 70 percent of the land freed as a consequence of the Big Dig due to the destruction of the Central Artery is slated for open space in most plans, the remainder will be developed in parcels to improve the economic viability of Boston...