Word: stallings
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Thompson says the unconventional layout of the D/R headquarters and Crate and Barrel’s departure at a time when economic fears were at their peak combined to stall the search for a tenant...
...outsider to finally start the justice process moving. If the two leaders had acknowledged the truth - that Kenya is too politically paralyzed to handle an investigation - and asked the prosecutor to take over from the beginning, Moreno-Ocampo could have begun his work immediately. Instead, they've resorted to stall tactics and made uninspired offers of cooperation since the ICC said it would get involved. "We are ready to work with his court so that we don't see a repeat of what we saw last year," Odinga said blandly...
...tribunal, which was set up 15 years ago by the U.N. Security Council to try those responsible for atrocities committed during the war. Many survivors and relatives of victims fear that Karadzic's trial will play out similarly to that of former Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic, who used repeated stall tactics to drag out his proceedings for three years before eventually dying in custody. Many of the problems stemmed from the decision by the tribunal to allow Milosevic to defend himself - he used the court as a soapbox, delivering rambling political speeches. Karadzic, who is also representing himself...
...When the firing at the commando training facility in Badian began, Mohammad Hayat, 30, was cleaving meat apart at his rickety butcher's stall a hundred yards away. "The attackers came the side," he recalls. "I quickly ran and took safety over there." Hayat gestures toward the row of small shops that were shuttered and abandoned as security forces built up a response. "The police arrived about ten minutes later, then the army came as well. There was shooting and then explosions. It went on for three hours at least." (See pictures of the front-line battle against the Taliban...
...When the firing at the commando-training facility in Badian began, Mohammad Hayat, 30, was cleaving meat at his rickety butcher's stall a hundred yards away. "The attackers came from the back side [of the compound]," he recalls. "I quickly ran and took safety over there," he says, gesturing toward a row of small row shops that were shuttered and abandoned as security forces built up a response. "The police arrived about 10 minutes later, then the army came as well. There was shooting and then explosions. It went on for three hours at least...