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...mogul's lawyers are confident they can beat the rap when the extradition hearing goes before the high court in Madrid. Spain, they point out, has no extradition treaty with Russia. Then again, the fact that Gusinsky was held in a nighttime swoop on his villa rather than when he passed through immigration suggests that his arrest was not simply triggered by the presence of his name in Interpol's computers. Some political commentators in Russia have even begun speculating darkly over what political favor Madrid might receive in exchange for arresting Putin's least-loved oligarch...
...year-old former military officer and self-proclaimed national heavyweight boxing champion, who ruled Uganda from 1971 to 1979, they've shown no inclination to extradite him. Instead, the Saudis pay Amin a monthly stipend that allows him to live comfortably with a large entourage in a villa in Jidda, where he swims, goes fishing in the Red Sea, dines on imported food and watches a lot of satellite...
...year-old former military officer and self-proclaimed national heavyweight boxing champion, who ruled Uganda from 1971 to 1979, they've shown no inclination to extradite him. Instead, the Saudis pay Amin a monthly stipend that allows him to live comfortably with a large entourage in a villa in Jidda, where he swims, goes fishing in the Red Sea, dines on imported food and watches a lot of satellite...
...also mean staying put. Postretirement moves can sever even the best of friendships, so seniors and their families are wise to weigh the social costs of relocating against the advantages of living near relatives. Thus far, Bill Boergerhoff, 78, a retired meatcutter in Villa Park, Ill., has resisted his daughter's pleas that he move to California to be closer to her. "I don't know anybody out there," he says. "Here, when I walk into the grocery store, at least 10 people say, 'Hi.'" Then there are his friends at the local Veterans of Foreign Wars post, with whom...
...leaders. This best-selling saga started with Washington, D.C. and continued with Burr (1973), 1876 (1976), Lincoln (1984), Empire (1987) and Hollywood (1990). The Golden Age wraps up the long story and includes a flash-forward to earlier this year, when Peter Sanford, overweight and 77, visits the Italian villa of his old friend Gore Vidal to tape a television program of shared musings under the direction of a young man named A.B. Decker, a descendant of Aaron Burr...