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...authorities blame members of the former Taliban and al-Qaeda for the blast, and possibly a ruthless veteran of Afghanistan's war with the Soviet Union, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, who seems to be consolidating power among the insurgents. In Kabul, police arrested three al-Qaeda suspects who allegedly planned to blow up the heavily fortified U.S. embassy, which is used by the international peacekeeping force. "The Taliban and al-Qaeda fled to Pakistan," says Abdul Raziq, an allied Afghan commander. "But now they're heading back." --By Tim McGirk
Would a war in Iraq deal a crippling blow to America's already limping airline industry? According to a new study commissioned by a major airline and obtained by TIME, half of America's large airlines could be bankrupt within a year if war--even a brief one--breaks out in Iraq...
SENTENCED. Richard Reid, 29, would-be shoe bomber and self-proclaimed al-Qaeda member; to life in prison, for attempting to blow up an American Airlines flight from Paris to Miami in December 2001; in Boston. He pleaded guilty to the charges last year and at his sentencing shouted at the judge, "Your flag will come down and so will your country...
With the filing of a federal lawsuit Thursday, Harvard landed the latest blow in an increasingly bitter power struggle between the University and the manager of two of its largest investment funds...
...Tigers (5-4, 3-3) proved less of a challenge for Harvard. Both Hall and Wilkins rebounded from their frustrating losses to blow out their Princeton opponents in matches that lasted no more than fifteen minutes...