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...head injuries two weeks after she was taken into custody for shooting pictures outside a prison in the Iranian capital, and officials claimed she suffered a stroke. But after protests by Reporters Without Borders and the Canadian government, they admitted Kazemi died of a hemorrhage caused by a severe blow to the skull...
...blame the U.S. for failing to ensure security. Getting Hakim out of the way also strengthens the hand of the young firebrand Moqtada al-Sadr, who is challenging for power among the Shiite clerics by pursuing a more hostile line toward the occupying forces. Removing Hakim also strikes a blow at the IGC - the Ayatollah's sanction would have been important in establishing the body's legitimacy. Ironically - and not necessarily coincidentally - last week's bombing of the UN headquarters in Baghdad killed Sergio Vieira De Mello, the UN special envoy who had persuaded the leaders of SCIRI to join...
...fundamentalist Indonesian cleric. In the mid-1990s, Hambali began raising money and recruiting militants to join some jihadist groups. Meanwhile, Hambali established ties to bin Laden, serving on al-Qaeda's consultative council and lending financial and logistical help to the group's plots, including a 1995 plan to blow up 12 U.S. passenger jets over the Pacific...
...looking more like dross. In July more than 1 of every 3 people age 55 and older was working or seeking work, the highest proportion since 1974, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The graying of the work force is due in part to the double blow that retirement portfolios have suffered over the past few years, says outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. Stock-market losses and low returns on fixed-income investments are forcing retirement-age people to either continue working or head back to the trenches...
...Softening the Blow Charles Krauthammer's "A Doctor's Duty," on the failed attempt to separate the conjoined Bijani twins [July 21], asserted that medically assisted suicide causes us to embark on a slippery slope. How absurd! Krauthammer failed to see the big picture, in which death is simply part of life. Rusty van Druten Gauteng, South Africa...