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...Disney products to protest the theme park?s designation of Jerusalem as Israel?s capital, prompting CEO Michael Eisner to give the assurance that the Holy City won?t be called anyone?s capital. It was reported Tuesday that Eisner had assured Saudi Arabia?s Prince Al Walid bin Talal, a major shareholder in EuroDisney, that the corporation would steer clear of the controversy. Last month, Burger King found itself in similar straits after it opened an outlet in an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank. The Home of the Whopper withdrew its franchise after activists threatened a boycott...
...preparing to sue the U.S. government in an effort to win back his good name--plus the $30 million or so he lost when the U.S. bombed his pharmaceutical factory last year. According to U.S. officials, Idris' plant in Khartoum stored chemical-weapons material and had links to OSAMA BIN LADEN, the alleged mastermind of attacks on two American embassies in Africa one year ago. But while America has provided little evidence to implicate Idris, the Saudi businessman has commissioned a U.S. investigative firm to support his claim that his plant produced nothing but medicine. Aided...
...government in an effort to win back his good name -- plus the $30 million or so he lost when the U.S. bombed his Sudan pharmaceutical factory last year. According to U.S. officials, Idris' plant in Khartoum stored chemical-weapons material and had links to Osama bin Laden, the alleged mastermind of attacks on two American embassies in Africa one year...
Another two alleged Osama bin Laden operatives are behind bars, but it will take more than dogged police work to deal with the terrorist threat to the United States. Two Egyptian nationals appeared in a London courtroom Monday to face extradition proceedings brought by the U.S. for their alleged role in last year?s bomb attacks on U.S. embassies in East Africa. Ibrahim Hussein Abdel Hadi Eidarous, 42, and Adel Mohamed Abdul Almagid Bary, 39, who are accused of transmitting faxes claiming responsibility for the blast, bring the total number of suspects in the attack currently in custody to eight...
...arrest of so many suspects reflects excellent police work and intelligence operations," says TIME correspondent William Dowell. "But police work isn?t enough to wipe out terrorism. Even if Bin Laden were to be put out of action, others would try to take his place. This isn?t a movement based simply on a charismatic personality; it?s based on a perception that injustices are being committed against Arabs and Muslims." That perception gives Bin Laden a steady supply of funds and recruits, despite U.S. attempts to put the squeeze on his international network. "To deal effectively with terrorism," says...