March 12, 2007

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INTERVIEW

Q You’re writing a book about child soldiers. There are about 300,000 child soldiers around the world, right? A: At any given time. There are many casualties, of course. It’s estimated that two million have been killed in the last 10 years or so.

BUSINESS

A LIFE IN PICTURES

THE TRIUMPHS, TRAGEDIES AND FURTHER ADVENTURES OF CONRAD M. BLACK 1944 (Aug. 25) Conrad Moffat Black born in Montreal. 1959 (June) Black is expelled from Upper Canada College for selling exams to students. “It was all organized with James Bond élan and was the first example of Conrad’s administrative brilliance. By Patricia Treble8 min

THE DEFENCE

While many corporate fraud cases in recent years have devolved into mind-numbing excavations of legal minutiae, Black’s lawyer Edward Greenspan says he plans to keep it simple. “This is a jury of 12 people who are not heads of corporations, and restructuring agreements. By Charlie Gillis, Anne Kingston7 min