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Fact of the Week

**Fact of the Week**
One interesting question from the bankrupcy of the fiber optic company Global Crossing is what happened to the options owned by former president George H. W. Bush. He earned $80,000 worth of options in lieu of cash from a speech in Tokyo in 1997. If he sold the related shares, which were at one point worth over $14 million, then he could be liable for insider trading charges. Source: Salon.com, 15 February 2002.

Priest Abuse Cases Sealed by Judges: Three judges sealed the records of five child molestation cases to protect the Boston Catholic Archdiocese (Walter V. Robinson and Sacha Pfeiffer, Boston Globe).
Pakistan's Slave Trade: For Afghan refugees, servitude in Pakistan is an all-too-common fate (Andrew Bushell, Boston Phoenix).
The High Cost of Living: The AIDS drug stavudine exemplies what is wrong with drug companies and the universities that work with them (Phillippe Demenet, Le Monde-Diplomatique).
DRCNet Interview: Noam Chomsky: The war on drugs does little for drug abusers and ruins other countries (DRCNet WeekOnLine).
Revenge Suicide Bombing Fails to Derail Israel's Peace Movement: The peace movement in Isreal grows nonetheless (Graham Usher, London Observer).
The Company Presidency: The collapse of Enron is an unsettling echo of Teapot Dome, the scandal of the Harding presidency (Kevin Phillips, Los Angeles Times).
Letters Show Bush and Lay Shared Much: George W. Bush did indeed have postal relations with that man (Jim Yardley, New York Times).

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