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Estrada’s controversial nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia—which is considered second in prestige only to the U.S. Supreme Court—developed into a two-year partisan showdown over the federal confirmation process...
...early to know whether Petersen and the screenwriter, novelist David Benioff (25th Hour), will be partisan or neutral. But Troy is bound to be handsome. The cinematographer is Roger Pratt, who shot Brazil and Batman in the '80s and gave a nicely sepulchral tone to last year's Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. And heading the cast is a tony quartet of hunks: Brad Pitt as Achilles, Eric Bana (who somehow survived the wreck of The Hulk) as Hector, Sean Bean (Boromir in The Lord of the Rings) as Odysseus and Orlando Bloom (who was Tolkien...
...Nepal named Suryabahadur Thapa the country's Prime Minister in June, no one had to show the new Premier where the pens and paper are kept?Thapa had been PM four times before. The moderate royalist is expected to be replaced once again in coming weeks, a casualty of partisan maneuvering as the nation's politicians attempt to unite with the palace against the Maoist rebels. At his home in Kathmandu, Thapa spoke to Time's Alex Perry...
...There is little justification for the partisan debate over whether there was sufficient evidence to go to war with Iraq. The preemptive strike was clearly in the U.S.'s national interest. It was an aggressive warning to terrorist-sponsoring states?especially Iran, Syria and North Korea?that there will be severe consequences for their dangerous behavior. The U.S. also provided enhanced protection to Israel, the only true democracy in the Middle East, and sent a strong message to Syria and the Palestinians that there is no alternative to peace. The U.S. assured itself of a favorable position on the avail...
...criticizes the General Directorate for Health for characterizing the deaths as natural. AUG. 12 Pelloux says some 100 people across France have died from the heat. Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin, vacationing in Combloux, a village in Haute-Savoie, dismisses criticism of his handling of the crisis as "partisan polemics." The heat wave peaks as thermometers hit 42.6C in the Provençal town of Orange. AUG. 13 France's biggest undertaker, General Funeral Services (PFG), announces a 37% increase in deaths from Aug. 4 to Aug. 10 compared with the same week last year. AUG. 14 The Health...