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...soil scientist who worked in Manaus, Brazil, in the late 1990s. After he left the Amazon in 2000 for a job at Cornell University, N.Y., Lehmann started wondering what would happen if farmers today could make their own terra preta. He has found one answer in a field trial in Kenya, where 45 farmers achieved twice the yield in their corn crops with biochar than with conventional fertilizers...
...fears that he might flee, violating the conditions of his bail. Although Qatada was arrested in 2002 on suspicion of being "heavily involved" in al-Qaeda activities, he was never charged. He was released on bail in June after a court determined that he would not face a fair trial if returned to his home country of Jordan. He is set to remain in prison indefinitely, pending another legal battle over his deportation...
...some. "The court had plenty of evidence to justify its decision," said Jade Donavanik, a former dean of the faculty of law at Siam University. "This is not a judicial coup because the evidence was there. It may be perceived that way because only government coalition parties were on trial. The opposition Democrats were not, but they hadn't had any case brought against them from the beginning...
...survey showed that 44% of Poles believe that the communist authorities had no choice but to impose martial law, while 45% condemn the decision. Some former Solidarity leaders, such as current Speaker of the Senate Bogdan Borusewicz, are not as forgiving of Jaruzelski as others have been. "The trial is an act of justice," Borusewicz said. "The martial law was a classic Latin-style military putsch. Jaruzelski defended the communist system, not Poland. He defended the communist dictatorship, not the state...
...clear when the court will hand down its verdict, and many procedural delays are expected, not least because of the advanced age and health problems of the defendants. But Jaruzelski had welcomed the proceedings because he "wanted the matter to be considered by an independent court at an open trial". Many prominent lawyers, however, doubt whether a definitive verdict can emerge from courts of law. With even Poland's court of public opinion divided on the case of General Jaruzelski's declaration of martial law, it will ultimately be left to history to judge his actions...