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...Since 9/11, the FBI has begun using legions of Muslim or Arabic informants, many of them illegal immigrants with criminal records, to try to root out radicals before they strike. But the strategy has led to accusations that the informants are themselves hatching the crime, a charge that hung over the entire Fort Dix proceedings. (See the Top 10 Crime Stories of 2008 here...
...woman as I am disinterested in her nationality - which in a globalized world where only competence counts means nothing," famed chef Alain Senderens told TIME. Adds Laurent Mariotte, a food expert who hosts cooking programs on radio's France Info and television's TF1: "French cuisine has recently begun shedding it's reputation of being stiff and stuck in its ways by opening up to new influences as great chefs in England and Spain did earlier. Michelin selecting a German woman is another sign of that openness to change in order to improve...
Meanwhile, those still keen to travel can take advantage of falling prices and discounted packages, though they may still have to put up with security scanners and sniffer dogs. But while the shock of the Mumbai attack may wear off soon, the economic downturn has only just begun to bite, and many expect next year to be worse. "We are all aware of the Bali and Madrid incidents and how things have looked up after that," says Sud of FHRAI. "But yes, the economic meltdown may last a bit longer...
...because Caroline Kennedy is now letting it be known that she would like to be appointed to the New York Senate seat being vacated by Hillary Clinton. According to the New York Times, which first reported Kennedy's decision, Kennedy has already hired a political consulting firm and has begun "reaching out" to key political figures in New York, including Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. Behind the scenes, her uncle Ted, who has been a Senator from Massachusetts since 1963, has let it be known to senior Democratic officials that he is very interested in seeing his niece join...
...commercial potential - and, as a byproduct, the stabilizing effects of poverty alleviation - by pumping billions into infrastructure in war-torn territories such as Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Angola is now stable, if horribly corrupt; Congo is still at war, but the Chinese investment there has just begun, and the country at least now has an incentive for peace. China, of course, gets a good return on its investment. Angola is now its leading oil supplier globally, while Congo is opening up its mineral riches in return for new roads, railways, hospitals and universities from Beijing. Then again...