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What is a president's life worth? In Afghanistan it may prove to be as little as a pair of secondhand Toyota Corolla hatchbacks. That's the payoff Afghan intelligence officials believe was offered to Abdur Rehman, the man who attempted to assassinate president Hamid Karzai almost three weeks ago. The cars are said to have been waiting for Rehman across the border in Pakistan should he have succeeded and survived his bid to kill Karzai. He did neither. Instead, Rehman was gunned down after opening fire on the president's car on September 5, missing his target but wounding...
...Taylor (D) 3:55.92, 3. Seidel (H) 3:57.31. 5000: 1. Gaudette (B) 14:32.50, 2. Nichol (D) 14:33.97, 3. Emond (B) 14:43. 03. 110 Meter Hurdles: 1. Parker (H) 15.47, 2. Bravin (H) 15.77, 3. Diggs (B) 15.78. 400 Meter Hurdles: 1. Abdur-Rahim (D) 54.72, 2. Bravin (H) 55.99, 3. Abdur-Rahim (D) 56.81. 3000 Meter Steeplechase: 1. Cinelli (H) 9:27.7, 2. Shaw (D) 9:30.1, 3. Strong (D) 9:45.5. 4 by 100 Relay: 1. Harvard 41.49, 2. Dartmouth 42.12, 3. Brown 43.10. 4 by 400 Relay: 1. Harvard 3:22.73, 2. Dartmouth...
...Only Muslims can enter the city and during the Hajj everyone must have a pilgrim pass. The super-rich take a suite at the Intercontinental overlooking the Grand Mosque, paying $15,000 for the stay. Others find humbler lodgings. At 2 a.m., Abdur Rashid, an Indian engineer employed in Jeddah, is eating kebabs and bread with his wife in the open square in front of the mosque. "They are asking for 500 riyals ($145) for a room in the hotels," he says. "It's nice enough here, and in a little while we'll move into the mosque and sleep...
...onto the street to watch the U.S. aircraft carry out their routine, morning bombing. Nobody was running for shelter. Instead, they were pointing at the skies looking for the jets flying at high altitude. Why did the Afghans have such a fatalistic approach to life? The reply from one Abdur Rahman: "After two decades of war, we have become used to bombings. Most Afghans no longer fear death...
...Ahmed Yousef, now serving a life sentence for the 1993 World Trade Center bombing in New York City. Both Yousef and Abu Sayyaf founder Janjalani may have received training in the early 1990s at a commando camp near Khost, in Afghanistan. It was run by a professor of Islam Abdur Rab Rasul Sayyaf, whose belief in the strict Wahabi interpretation of Islam found him favor with many wealthy Saudis, including Osama bin Laden, No. 1 on America's list of most dangerous terrorists...