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...odd twist, Stewart's syndicated TV show on Thursday aired a rerun of an April 2000 episode featuring Stewart cooking gumbo with Representative Billy Tauzin, the Louisiana Republican who, with G.O.P. Representative James Greenwood of Pennsylvania, is leading the committee investigating her. Stewart's office called Tauzin to be sure he knew the show was running. Stewart said the airing was "a matter of course." Her spokesperson said notifying Tauzin was "routine." It's the only thing about this saga that...
...moment of hope. The 15th Scout Company of the Armed Forces of the Philippines sensed an opportunity to strike at its elusive prey: Abu Sayyaf, the kidnapping gang that once formed part of Osama bin Laden's terrorism network. When the deluge began on Mindanao Island, the 30-odd bandits stopped to put up makeshift tarps for themselves and their three hostages--a Filipina nurse and an American couple, Martin and Gracia Burnham. The soldiers were already close by, having followed a trail of discarded coconut meat and jackfruits that, they say, the Burnhams themselves may have dropped to help...
...This is Asia's other World Cup?an odd, institutionalized assembly of confined fans cheering on confined players. Thailand's director general of corrections, Siwa Saengmanee, organized the alternative tournament to boost morale among prisoners at a time when the World Cup is on the minds of everyone?even society's pariahs. "Football fever has broken out in Thailand too," says Siwa. "So I thought, why not have a prison World...
...Saddam Hussein. Brent Scowcroft, George Bush Sr.'s National Security Adviser, now working as an international consultant, is more closely aligned with G.O.P. centrists, notably Secretary of State Colin Powell, who question the wisdom of waging war to topple the Iraqi President. In a pairing some observers thought was odd, Scowcroft joined Wolfowitz last week on a 20-hour nonstop flight to Singapore, where the Deputy Secretary was giving a speech at a three-day security conference (Scowcroft had been invited to attend the same meeting as a delegate). The accommodations were cozy: Scowcroft was the sole private citizen...
...moment of hope. The 15th Scout Company of the Armed Forces of the Philippines sensed an opportunity to strike at its elusive prey: Abu Sayyaf, the kidnapping gang that once formed part of Osama bin Laden's terrorism network. When the deluge began on Mindanao Island, the 30-odd bandits stopped to put up makeshift tarps for themselves and their three hostages ? a Filipina nurse and an American couple, Martin and Gracia Burnham. The soldiers were already close by, having followed a trail of discarded coconut meat and jackfruits that, they say, the Burnhams themselves may have dropped to help...