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...TIME.com French police have learned the identity of one of the two assassins of Ahmed Shah Massoud, the former commander of the Northern Alliance, who was slain by two suicide bombers posing as journalists on Sept. 9. The alleged killer is Abedessatar Dahman, a Tunisian who immigrated to Belgium and became part of a radical Islamic group with links to al-Qaeda...
...license that when they die, they want their organs to be made available. Many European and Asian countries take the opposite approach; in Singapore, for example, all residents receive a letter when they come of age informing them that their organs may be harvested unless they explicitly object. In Belgium, which adopted a similar presumed-consent system 12 years ago, less than 2% of the population has decided...
...more alleged al-Qaeda collaborators. German police detained Mounir el-Moutassadeq, who is believed to have had links with the Hamburg cell members who died in the Sept. 11 hijackings. Prosecutor Kay Nehm said el-Moutassadeq is accused of "knowingly supporting the terrorist organization with logistical measures." In Belgium, an Algerian man was arrested for passport forgery. He and two men being held in France may have been part of a ring suspected of supplying false papers to the assassins of Afghan leader Ahmed Shah Massoud. And in Italy, police took two alleged al-Qaeda recruiters into custody...
British Airways has seen its profits fall to $7.3 million for the third quarter, compared with $290 million a year before. Belgium's Sabena is bankrupt and has suspended operations and Swissair, also bankrupt, has remained aloft only with government help...
Like the big U.S. carriers, Europe's major airlines--many of which were already struggling before Sept. 11--have been crippled by the drop in transatlantic traffic and passengers' reluctance to take to the skies. Belgium's Sabena declared bankruptcy earlier this month, the day after B.A. announced that its pretax profits for the third quarter had plunged from $290 million to $7.3 million and that it was expecting a significant loss for the year. But not all European carriers are struggling. Ryanair, easyJet, Buzz and Go--inspired by U.S. discounting pioneer Southwest Air--concentrate on short-haul routes...