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...Ouzaanik and fellow student Mourad Salah-Brahim don't deny there's a order problem in their projects. But, they say, like in banlieues elsewhere, there's too much stick without much carrot. "We live in a tough and mean world: you need cops, you need security," says Ouzaanik of the frequent ID checks and rousts the often ethnic Arab and black project residents are subjected to by police. "But I'm talking about getting searched three times per week - usually by the same cops, who remember you, but figure they'll remind you who is boss all the same...
...Salah-Brahim sees the abusive checks as designed to keep the underclass shut away. "These check points the cops set up - they're road blocks to dissuade us from going into town," Salah-Brahim remarks, saying there isn't much option since "every business has moved out of here - there's nothing left". The same barriers exist for schools and in the job market, he continues. Despite his good grades and keen interest in advanced business studies, Salah-Brahim recalls being told by advisors that it would be more practical for him to learn a manual trade. "I applied...
...weeks ago, Algerians Baghdad Meziane, 37, and Brahim Benmerzouga, 30, became the first suspects to be charged in Britain with direct links to al-Qaeda. They were arrested in Leicester shortly after the Sept. 11 attacks in New York and Washington D.C. Meziane is accused of directing al-Qaeda operations, inciting an act of terrorism overseas and financing terrorism. Benmerzouga is also charged with al-Qaeda membership, helping finance operations and possessing racially inflammatory videos. They were arrested on Sept. 25 with Franco-Algerian terrorist suspect Kamel Daoudi, now in custody in France. All three are suspected of links...
...Victoria Rainert/New York, Mairi Brahim and Jennie James/London, Stella Kim/Seoul, Tim Larimer/Tokyo, Charles P. Wallace and Regine Wosnitza/Berlin
...With reporting by Mairi Brahim and Sue Cullinan/London, and bureau reports