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Police said yesterday that the death of Annie Le—the Yale graduate student whose body was discovered stuffed into the basement wall of her lab building—was a targeted killing and not an act of random violence, though officials declined to name a suspect as the investigation continued...
...We’re not believing it’s a random act,” police spokesman told the Associated Press, as investigators sought to ease student fears on campus...
...nude, and criticized the Pope; her albums of breathy pop have sold thousands of copies; ex-lovers include Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, and a former prime minister. Carla Bruni, France’s smoky-eyed first lady, is certainly no cookie-cutter politician’s wife. Rather than act the invisible accomplice to her husband’s efforts, Bruni’s refusal to paper over her colorful past and insistence on taking on ambitious social projects in the present have made her the scandal du jour around many a wine cooler. Yet poll results suggest the tides...
...experienced surfers. “It’s important to have people that already have that appreciation and the same passion that we have, but really there’s no experience necessary,” Klein said. “We’re happy to act as teachers in this because we understand that most people in this college have never stepped foot on a surfboard.” And even with Boston’s frigid winter approaching, Klein and Massenburg are undeterred. After all, they cite recent developments in wetsuit technology as a major advance...
...Pakistan's role in Iran's nuclear development has been more than passive spectator, however; Abdul Qadeer Khan, the father of Pakistan's atom bomb, admitted five years ago that he passed nuclear secrets to Tehran and Libya. The disclosures stung Islamabad and forced then President Pervez Musharraf to act against Khan, before issuing a pardon and confining the proliferator, who is still hailed as a national hero in Pakistan, to house arrest. (See pictures of Pakistan's vulnerable North-West Frontier Province...