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...aftermath has altered the FBI's risk-benefit calculation and convinced its leadership that some agents need to be in San'a on a continuing basis to do what they can to prevent al Qaeda refugees from exploiting the central government's impotence. As well, the FBI still has a lot of questions to ask about the Cole attack and the identities of the al Qaeda operatives behind it. Some of these men are still at large and officials think they may be among those plotting future attacks...
SALT LAKE CITY—A joint report released two days ago by USA Hockey and the Canadian Hockey Association debunked the flag-stomping rumors that marred the aftermath of the Olympic women’s hockey gold medal game on Thursday...
...that RUDY GIULIANI bows to no man. And now they have learned that even powerful women with scepters are out of luck. The former mayor of New York City visited London last week and received an honorary knighthood from Queen Elizabeth for his leadership on Sept. 11 and its aftermath. But U.S. citizens, unlike subjects of the Commonwealth, don't kneel before the monarch, and so Rudy stayed upright. Giuliani received a silver cross and a star pin, but despite being compared to Winston Churchill during the blitz, he is not entitled to affix an official "Sir" before his name...
Watson begins his tale in the aftermath of his co-discovery of the structure of DNA. “The story starts when I was an unmarried 25-year-old and thought more about girls than genes. It is as much a tale of love as of ideas.” Quite an understatement there. Watson reports that there was “only one secretary to stare at” at the coffeehouse on the Caltech campus, that Pasadena “had the highest concentration of women over 60 than any other American city,” that...
...grounds of a former Ottoman palace overlooking the Bosphorus, member nations of the European Union and the Organization of the Islamic Conference met in the first-ever O.I.C.-E.U. Joint Forum, initiated by Turkey in the aftermath of Sept. 11 "to promote understanding and harmony among civilizations." Some 70 nations took part, including Iran and Iraq, two points on Washington's "axis of evil." As Turkish officials led their guests in discussing tolerance, appreciation of cultural diversity and the understanding of different perceptions and values, the nearby State Security Court was hearing the latest freedom-of-expression cases...