Word: arabian
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SENTENCED. MOHAMED RASHED DAOUD AL-'OWHALI, 24, Saudi Arabian terrorist convicted on 213 counts of murder in the 1998 bombing of the U.S. embassy in Nairobi, Kenya; to life in prison without parole; in New York City. Al-'Owhali's life was spared after the jury deadlocked on whether to impose the death penalty...
...aside from his juggling act, could probably pass as a daytime soap star (again, this is probably best appreciated by the older members of the crowd). Two types of animals are used in the show: Dogs—a small terrier and a golden retriever—and an Arabian horse troupe, which are treated with utmost respect and humanity on the stage. While the horse routine is good, it is not spectacular; the dogs are much more amusing and entertaining to watch as they jump around suitcases tricking the scene’s prissy socialite and the hapless hotel...
...combination of Europe Online's programming and delivery operations and Astra's satellites means that music, software and games can be downloaded fast, at around 2MB/second. A graphic-rich video game like Arabian Nights, which Europe Online now offers over the Internet, takes only 42 seconds to download via Europe Online vs. 32 minutes using a regular 56KB/second telephone dial-up connection. The reason Europe Online is so speedy is that its network uses multiple technologies for the up-link to the satellite. Among them: cable modems, integrated services digital network (ISDN) lines, digital subscriber lines (DSL), wireless application protocol...
...prepare me for this mutilated landscape. The epicenter of the earthquake lies in Gujarat's western-most region, where the cotton fields of Saurashtra give way to the dusty plains of the rann, an 18,000-sq-km expanse that once was a marshland on the shores of the Arabian Sea but is now practically desert. The sparse vegetation is more brown than green. This inhospitable terrain is home to the Kutchi people, former nomads renowned for their hardiness. They, along with Gujaratis from the interior, have fashioned a sturdy local economy from the only two gifts nature has bestowed...
...final toll in the subcontinent's worst earthquake in 50 years could rise to 15,000 dead. Another 33,000 were injured, according to Gujarat officials. Villages near the quake's epicenter, a dry, barren region high above the Arabian Sea, were pulverized and all the more prostrate for their remoteness: help didn't get through until 24 hours after the quake struck. Ahmedabad, Gujarat's largest city with a population of 3.6 million people, and Bhuj, a walled city of 150,000 near Ground Zero, were hit hardest. In Bhuj, over 90% of the buildings were sledge-hammered...