The Guardian
'Welcome to the greatest rock concert in the world'
Imogen Tilden and agencies
Saturday July 2, 2005
Paul McCartney, who opened the Hyde Park concert at 2pm. Photo: PA
"Ladies and gentlemen, it's two o'clock. Welcome to the greatest rock concert in the world." And thus, a few minutes after 2pm, Live 8 began simultaneously at venues in London, Paris, Rome and Berlin.
Backstage, Bob Geldof said:" Everything that's rock 'n' roll is ever meant to be is happening now." He admitted that he only finally relaxed once the concert got underway. "There's nothing more to do now - it's either crap or it's great and so far it's great," he told reporters a couple of hours into the blockbusting event.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/live8/story/0,16066,1519729,00.html
The war on dissent
Rachel Shabi
Saturday July 2, 2005
The Guardian
If you are attending the Make Poverty History rally in Edinburgh today, you need to be a "good" protester. The event is intended to lobby G8 leaders to do what the title suggests. Demonstrators are asked to march alongside Gordon Brown, wearing white, and to stay on-message. Don't mention the war. Ditto for any critique of capitalism. Suggestions that G8 policy, far from alleviating poverty, is a direct cause of it, are not welcome. That constitutes "bad" protest. Shut up. Disappear. Stay at home.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g8/story/0,13365,1519649,00.html
The lies behind the lies
Roy Greenslade salutes Dilip Hiro's Secrets and Lies, a depressing but magisterial assessment of the reasoning that led to the invasion of Iraq
Saturday July 2, 2005
The Observer
Secrets and Lies: The True Story of the Iraq War
by Dilip Hiro
564pp, Politico's, £9.99
Millions across the world who marched in the hope of preventing the invasion of Iraq were angered by the fact that their opposition was ignored. If they read this book their anger will be redoubled. But the people who will surely feel even more embittered are those who were taken in, having been persuaded by the arguments of President Bush and Prime Minister Blair to support the war.
http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/books/story/0,10595,1519046,00.html
'We don't want charity, what we want is justice'
Euan Ferguson watches an extraordinary day unfold when the world joined a chorus for Africa
Sunday July 3, 2005
The Observer
The quietest and most damnably effective presence in Hyde Park at two o'clock yesterday afternoon was that of Richard Curtis. In the most magical stroke of his career, he actually managed to turn being a Briton, in this cloying July of 2005, into being part of a movie.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,1520185,00.html
G8 targeted at counter-summit
Simon Jeffrey and Matthew Tempest
Sunday July 3, 2005
A succession of speakers at a "G8 counter-summit" today questioned Tony Blair and Gordon Brown's commitment to ending poverty and tackling climate change.
As the leaders of the world's richest countries prepare for this week's meeting at Gleneagles, delegates gathered in Edinburgh for the G8 Alternatives summit.
The one-day event is the work of a coalition of unions and campaign groups who believe the G8 has taken too much power for itself and who decry what they see as the rich nations' legacy of "war, occupation, neoliberal corporate globalisation, poverty and environmental devastation".
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g8/story/0,13365,1520494,00.html
UK aid funds Iraqi torture units
Peter Beaumont in Baghdad and Martin Bright
Sunday July 3, 2005
The Observer
British and American aid intended for Iraq's hard-pressed police service is being diverted to paramilitary commando units accused of widespread human rights abuses, including torture and extra-judicial killings, The Observer can reveal.
Iraqi Police Service officers said that ammunition, weapons and vehicles earmarked for the IPS are being taken by shock troops at the forefront of Iraq's new dirty counter-insurgency war.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1520186,00.html
Water companies in crisis areas may be granted emergency powers to impose meters on customers
Gaby Hinsliff and Mark Townsend
Sunday July 3, 2005
The Observer
Thousands of homeowners are facing stringent cuts in their use of water under unprecedented emergency powers designed to curb the threat of drought in Britain, the environment minister warned yesterday.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,1520150,00.html
Oil 'will hit $100 by winter'
Worst-ever crisis looms, says analyst · Surging demand to keep prices high
Heather Stewart, economics correspondent
Sunday July 3, 2005
The Observer
Oil prices could rocket to $100 within six months, plunging the world into an unprecedented fuel crisis, controversial Texan oil analyst Matt Simmons has warned.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,6903,1519745,00.html
Drug reverses Parkinson's brain damage
Ian Sample, science correspondent
Saturday July 2, 2005
The Guardian
An experimental drug for Parkinson's disease has been shown to trigger new nerve growth in the brain, the first time any treatment has reversed the brain damage caused by the condition.
http://society.guardian.co.uk/health/story/0,7890,1519586,00.html
Michael Moore Today
Go, Michael, Go !!
http://www.michaelmoore.com/
Mike Announces Traverse City Film Festival Lineup!
Michael Moore announces films for Traverse City festival
By John Flesher / Associated Press
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Excited movie buffs queued up Friday to buy tickets for the inaugural Traverse City Film Festival — and to meet its founder, the Oscar-winning director Michael Moore.
"It's a great thing you're doing," Mimi Bruder, the first person in line, told Moore, who stood behind the counter as sales got under way. More than 500 tickets were sold within two hours, organizers said.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=3189
Mike is giving us the start of our own economy. This is very exciting.
"The Traverse City Film Festival is an annual event committed to showing just great movies and helping to save one of America’s few indigenous art forms -- the cinema."
http://www.traversecityfilmfestival.org/sections/home/home.html
Click here for Film & Event Schedule
July 27, 2005
State Theatre
Old Town Playhouse
City Opera House
July 27, 2005
State Theater
Opening Night
8:00 Mad, Hot Ballroom
July 28, 2005
StateTheater
1:00 The Ax
4:00 Land of Plenty
7:00 My Summer of Love
10:00 Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Old Town Playhouse
1:00 Czech Dream
4:00 Mondovino
7:00 Grizzly Man
10:00 The Woodsman
City Opera House
1:00 Me and You and Everyone We Know
4:00 Home of the Brave
7:00 Downfall
10:00 Human Resources
Fri
July 29, 2005
State Theater
1:00 Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
4:00 The Edukators
7:00 A Good Woman
10:00 Grizzly Man
Old Town Playhouse
1:00 Tarnation
4:00 Czech Dream
7:00 The Baxter
10:00 The Assassination
of Richard Nixon
City Opera House
1:00 Italian for Beginners
4:00 Gunner Palace
7:00 Land of Plenty
10:00 My Summer
of Love
Sat
July 30, 2005
State Theater
1:00 Downfall
4:00 The Baxter
7:00 Me and You and
Everyone We Know
10:00 Gunner Palace
Old Town Playhouse
1:00 Mondovino
4:00 The Talent Given Us
7:00 The Edukators
10:00 Les Miserables
City Opera House
1:00 Human Resources
4:00 Home of the Brave
7:00 Time Out
10:00 Les Miserables
July 31, 2005
State Theater
1:00 11 de Septembre
4:00 The Talent Given Us
7:00 Broken Flowers
(Closing Night)
10:00 “Audience Award Screening”
Old Town Playhouse
1:00 A Good Woman
4:00 Enron: The Smartest
Guys in the Room
7:00 Italian for Beginners
10:00 “Mike’s Surprise”
City Opera House
1:00 Time Out
4:00 Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
7:00 The Ax
10:00 “Founders’ Prize Screening”
Showtimes for The Open Space
Thur 7/28
Dusk (10:00pm)
Jaws
Fri 7/29
Dusk (10:00pm)
The Princess Bride
Sat 7/30
Dusk (10:00pm)
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Sun 7/31
Dusk (10:00pm)
Casablanca
Closing Night
http://www.traversecityfilmfestival.org/sections/info/info.html
Click here for Ticket Information
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Seating Policies and Information
All tickets are general admission. There are no assigned or reserved seats.
All tickets are non-refundable and non-exchangeable.
All ticket sales are final and apply only to the screening purchased.
Ticket prices unless otherwise noted (i.e. opening & closing films) are $7.
Interlochen Box Office will process telephone ticket orders through Tuesday, July 26. Ticket orders received prior to July 20 will be filled and mailed to the purchaser upon request. Ticket orders received after July 20 will be available for “will call” at Bravo! beginning July 27.
Tickets are sold on a first come, first serve basis within the seating limits of each venue. Any remaining unsold tickets will be sold on a cash basis at each venue (State Theatre, City Opera House, Old Town Playhouse) for showings taking place at specifically at those facilities.
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Volunteers are needed to handle ticketing, ushering and concessions during film events. Volunteers also are needed immediately in professional fields, including sales, advertising, event management, and technical and creative
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MSNBC Analyst Says 2nd Source Confirms Karl Rove as Plame Leaker
By Greg Mitchell / Editor & Publisher
NEW YORK Now that Time Inc. has turned over documents to federal court, revealing who its reporter, Matt Cooper, identified as his source in the Valerie Plame/CIA case, speculation runs rampant on the name of that source. Lawrence O'Donnell, senior MSNBC political analyst, now claims that at least two sources have confirmed that the name is--top White House mastermind Karl Rove.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=3190
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2005/07/02.html#a3746
Search for U.S. missing stepped up
Warplanes hit enemy compound, spokesman says
(CNN) -- The U.S. military was devoting "all available assets" Saturday in an attempt to find a small number of U.S. Special Forces who have been missing in Afghanistan for four days, shortly after a helicopter carrying their reinforcements crashed, killing 16 service members.
On Friday, U.S. forces attacked what was described as an enemy compound near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, a military spokesman said Saturday.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=3191
Iraqi TV Producer Kidnapped, Killed
Associated Press
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A media watchdog organization has condemned the killing of an Iraqi television producer in northern Iraq.
Khalid al-Attar, who worked for al-Iraqiya television, was abducted from a Mosul neighborhood by unidentified gunmen and found shot to death Friday, the state-funded station said.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=3195
The Los Angeles Times
State Ballot, Wider Impact
Activists across the nation are gearing up for the special election. It's seen as a prelude to battles on union clout, drug prices and more.
By Mark Z. Barabak, Times Staff Writer
SACRAMENTO — Even before the ballot is set, California's special election is drawing money and attention from interest groups and political partisans across the country who see the campaign as a way to invigorate their efforts in 2006 and beyond.
Democrats believe they have a chance this fall to make Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger "a starring villain" in their attack on national Republican leaders, said Jenny Backus, a Democratic strategist in Washington.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-special3jul03,0,2209825.story?coll=la-home-headlines
According to General Abizaid Americans are arrogant that deomcracy won't ever happen in Iraq. Maybe sometime in the next 100 years. We aren't going to do this any longer. You, sir, can stay as long as you and volunteer for the Iraqi military. We'll see your way clear to do that. Bye!! DRAFT IRAQ !!!!!!!!!
Egypt's Top Envoy in Iraq Kidnapped in Baghdad
Witnesses said gunmen accosted Ihab al-Sherif as he stopped to buy a newspaper
From Associated Press
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- An Egyptian envoy expected to become Iraq's first Arab ambassador since its new government took office was kidnapped in Baghdad, weeks after arriving in the country, diplomats said today.
Witnesses said gunmen accosted Ihab al-Sherif as he stopped to buy a newspaper late Saturday, pistol-whipped him and accused him of being an "American spy." The kidnapping could undermine U.S.-backed efforts to encourage Iraq's Arab neighbors to send high ranking diplomats to Baghdad.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/iraq/la-070305iraq_wr,0,7493168.story?coll=la-home-headlines
Glimpses of a Hermit Nation
A decade after a massive famine, North Koreans are still struggling. In Chongjin, deprivation spurs change.
By Barbara Demick, Times Staff Writer
His day begins at 4:30 a.m. The 64-year-old retired math teacher doesn't own a clock or even a watch, but the internal alarm that has kept him alive while so many of his fellow North Koreans have starved to death tells him he had better get out to pick grass if his family is to survive.
Soon the streets of his city, Chongjin, will be swarming with others doing the same. Some cook the grass to eat. The teacher feeds it to the rabbits his family sells at the market.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-chongjin3jul03,0,1828534.story?coll=la-home-headlines
With Live 8, Rock Changes the Way It Calls for Change
Bob Geldof and U2's Bono redirect activism from the streets into the corridors of power.
By Robert Hilburn, Times Staff Writer
"Are you ready to change history?" an invigorated Madonna asked the 200,000 fans gathered in London's Hyde Park on Saturday for one of the day's Live 8 concerts.
"Yes!" the crowd screamed back.
http://www.calendarlive.com/music/la-fg-notebook3jul03,0,907051.story?coll=la-home-headlines&track=hppromobox
U.S. Policy Lets Illegal Immigrants Go
By PAULINE ARRILLAGA, AP National Writer
HARLINGEN, Texas -- Several times a day, a chain-link gate rolls open and dozens of illegal immigrants stroll out of the U.S. Border Patrol station here, blinking into the hot Texas sun as they look for taxis to the bus station and a ticket out of town.
Each holds a piece of paper that Spanish-speakers call a "permiso" -- permission, courtesy of the U.S. government, to roam freely anywhere in the country.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/ats-ap_top13jul03,0,968429.story
I love this. GO OUT AND DEFEND YOURSELVES ! ! ! We are trying to resolve differences of the rebellion and the Iraqis reject the efforts. They are spoiled/lazy/scared. The Military Recruiters need to go to Iraq and leave the people in the USA alone. The Iraqis need to do this themselves. They take their time to build a formal military while their towns are already armed to protect themselves. It is a screwed up mess we need to out of. We don't belong in Iraq. We never did. We are not their servants. But Bush would have us be for the sake of his cronies. Go ahead, George, be a fool for a peace that will never occur. Nice propaganda piece at the very time Bush needed it. Tell, me has the criminal that outted the CIA agent put you on this 'lead?' Let's see, what did it take about a decade or more for Beirut to rebuild? Even today they have no respect for those efforts or focus. We are well out it as our military have exposed our troops to dangers that could have and should have been averted, including the armor plating for their vehicles. "We will be here as long as they need us." I don't think so. Let me make this perfectly clear, DRAFT IRAQ !!!!!!
Shiites Question U.S. Overtures to Sunni Rebels
Bush officials have had to reassure Iraq's ruling majority as they try to divide the stubborn insurgency and forge a political compromise.
By Patrick J. McDonnell, Times Staff Writer
BAGHDAD — It didn't take long for fresh reports of U.S. talks with Sunni Arab insurgents to stir cries of an impending sellout.
"The Americans and everyone else must understand that the Iraqi people will never accept any talks with the criminals who have blood on their hands," Sheik Jalaluddin Saghir, a prominent Shiite Muslim cleric and member of parliament, declared during Friday prayers.
A senior U.S. official here sought to provide damage control. There was no intent, he declared, to undermine the fledgling Shiite-run government, which meets behind U.S.-fortified blast walls.
"In the end, we are not going to hand to the insurgency the head of the Iraqi government on a platter," the U.S. official told reporters Friday. "It isn't going to happen."
The exchange underscored the fragility of the political compromise that the Bush administration is seeking to facilitate in Iraq, even as the complementary military strategy — turning more and more responsibility over to fledgling Iraqi forces — has yet to prove a success.
U.S. commanders say they hope a drawdown of the 140,000-strong American force in Iraq can begin sometime next year. But no one will publicly say how many of Iraq's 100-plus U.S.-trained battalions are ready to wage a difficult counterinsurgency campaign without U.S. assistance.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-tightrope3jul03,0,2912712.story?coll=la-home-world
Vietnam News
Poverty reduction should be key task
(01-07-2005)
HA NOI — President Tran Duc Luong has called on the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs to treat poverty reduction as its central task.
During a visit last Wednesday to the ministry (MoLISA), he however acknowledged its efforts – and the efforts of the nation as a whole – in reducing poverty, saying Viet Nam was moving towards the UN’s Millennium Goals to the approbation of the international community.
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=02SOC010705
PM Khai thanks Japan for WTO support, ODA increase
(02-07-2005)
Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai meets with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in Tokyo. — VNA/VNS Photo
TOKYO — Prime Minister Phan Van Khai expressed deep gratitude to Japan for increasing official development assistance (ODA) to Viet Nam at a meeting with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in Tokyo yesterday.
He also thanked the Japanese government for concluding bilateral negotiations with Viet Nam to enable the latter to join the World Trade Organisation, calling it a realistic act that would help Viet Nam develop and integrate into the global economy.
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=03POL020705
PM rolls out red carpet for Canadian investors
(01-07-2005)
TORONTO — The Government of Viet Nam will facilitate investment and trade by Canadian businesses in Viet Nam, Prime Minister Phan Van Khai said yesterday during his visit to Canada.
In remarks to the Viet Nam – Canada Business Forum in Toronto, Khai said that, despite their geographic distance, Viet Nam and Canada have much in common and great potential for co-operation.
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=03POL010705
Student becomes Canadian Consul for a day
(01-07-2005)
by Van Nguyen
My dinner with Sanjeev: Nguyen Minh Vu (left) has dinner with the Canadian Consul General (middle). — VNS Photo
After a breakfast at home, a brief review of the Viet Nam News and half-an-hour workout, 18-year-old Nguyen Minh Vu was ready to start his day as the Canadian Consul General in HCM City.
Though it might sound odd for a Vietnamese student to be a Consul General for Canada, the opportunity was genuine. Canadian Consul General Sanjeev Chowdhury gave Vu his desk, because he’d won as the Canadian Consul General for A Day essay contest that took place last month to celebrate Canadian Day, July 1.
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=01CUL010705
International scholars assess era of Doi moi
(01-07-2005)
Doi moi(renewal) has refurned land to households for farming. — VNA/VNS Photo Bach Duong
HA NOI — Viet Nam’s Doi moi (renewal) is not like any other foreign socio-economic development model in the world, said Do Hoai Nam, President of the Viet Nam Academy of Social Sciences, at a two-day international conference to review the first twenty years of the renewal process.
Although the country has developed the model independently to find solutions to its development challenges, it is interested in learning from international experiences, he said
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=01POL010705
Bond, t-bill issues fetch $4 billion in last decade
(01-07-2005)
Bank branch in Ha Tay Province. — VNA/VNS Photo Quang Hai
HA NOI — The Government has raised nearly VND63.37 trillion (US$4 billion) from treasury bills and bonds over the last 10 years, said a joint review meeting this week of the Ministry of Finance and State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV).
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=03BAN010705
The Washington Post
Former Sen. Gaylord Nelson Dies at 89
By Patricia Sullivan
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, July 3, 2005; 9:42 AM
Gaylord Nelson, 89, the three-term Democratic senator from Wisconsin who introduced mainstream America to the modern environmental movement by founding Earth Day, died this morning of cardiovascular disease at his home in Kensington.
One of the leading environmentalists of the 20th century, Mr. Nelson also was a sponsor or co-sponsor of the 1964 Wilderness Act and laws that protected the Appalachian Trail and banned the pesticide DDT, Agent Orange and phosphorus detergents. He backed fuel efficiency standards in vehicles and strip-mining controls. He once proposed a ban on the internal combustion engine, as an amendment to the Clean Air Act.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/03/AR2005070300296.html
Federer Trounces Roddick at Wimbledon
By STEVEN WINE
The Associated Press
Sunday, July 3, 2005; 11:51 AM
WIMBLEDON, England -- Roger Federer strengthened his claim to greatness Sunday, winning his third consecutive Wimbledon title by beating Andy Roddick 6-2, 7-6 (2), 6-4. With an impeccable performance, even by his high standards, the top-ranked Federer became the third man since 1936 to win three straight Wimbledon crowns, joining seven-time champion Pete Sampras and five-time winner Bjorn Borg.
Federer defeated the second-seeded Roddick at Wimbledon for the third year in a row, including the past two finals, and leads the rivalry 9-1. Roddick is 32-0 against everyone else on grass since 2003.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/03/AR2005070300121.html
Help From France Key In Covert Operations
Paris's 'Alliance Base' Targets Terrorists
By Dana Priest
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, July 3, 2005; Page A01
PARIS -- When Christian Ganczarski, a German convert to Islam, boarded an Air France flight from Riyadh on June 3, 2003, he knew only that the Saudi government had put him under house arrest for an expired pilgrim visa and had given his family one-way tickets back to Germany, with a change of planes in Paris.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/02/AR2005070201361.html
That's Howard. Get used to it !! He can be angry he needs to be, but, he needs to get and keep his facts straight. No misadventures, Howard.
Return of the Angry Man
He might have simply disappeared after the Scream ended his presidential hopes. But as head of the Democratic Party, Howard Dean is still going to go to New Hampshire. And South Carolina. And Oklahoma ...
By Sally Jenkins
Sunday, July 3, 2005; Page W08
At some point in the next five minutes, Howard Dean is going to say something that somebody won't like. He will say it in words chesty and rough, with a voice that is raked out of the bottom of his throat. He might call Republicans "plunderers," or he might call them "brain-dead." Whatever he says, the sound of a politician speaking his actual mind will cause his admirers and detractors alike to react as if they just heard an explosion. The chatter fills the air like scattering flocks of jackdaws: Check me on this, but did Howard Dean just call half the country stupid?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/28/AR2005062801074.html
FRIST is a spineless wimp when it comes to Bush's demands but has a 'hissy fit' whenever a Democrat brings an objection to anything, calling them obstructionists. There is no balance in Frist approach. The people of this country suffer from it. Even Republicans disapprove of an Extremist President. A polarized populous brought 14 Senators to a negotiation table, 7 were Republicans. Frist is not a good majority leader, he is a pandering 'mama's boy.'
Frist Again at the Center of Stem Cell Fight
As Senate Vote Looms, Surgeon Shies Away From Advocacy He Expressed in 2001
By Ceci Connolly
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, July 3, 2005; Page A05
On July 18, 2001, Sen. Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) stood on the Senate floor urging his colleagues to buck conservative orthodoxy and support federally funded research on embryonic stem cells. As the Senate's only physician, Frist made headlines -- and gave momentum to the controversial science -- with his endorsement.
The following month, however, President Bush announced a policy that was far more restrictive, limiting federal research to already existing embryonic stem cells, and Frist acquiesced.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/02/AR2005070200975.html
Russians' Appeals to Court Bring Intimidation, Death
Relatives of Missing and Dead Told Not to Go to Rights Body
By Peter Finn
Washington Post Foreign Service
Sunday, July 3, 2005; Page A15
NAZRAN, Russia -- Russians who appeal to the European Court of Human Rights after their relatives disappear or are killed in Chechnya or neighboring Ingushetia face constant threats to force them to drop the cases. In at least five instances, applicants to the court were themselves killed or had disappeared, according to lawyers, human rights groups, court records and relatives.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/02/AR2005070201430.html
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