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...effect: the doubt that the tsunami [Jan. 10] has raised in the minds of millions of monotheists whose faith is based on a God who supposedly loves and cares for his creation and is responsive to prayers yet is either unwilling or unable to prevent natural disasters. Here in Britain, religious leaders eager to rally their flocks have rushed to offer muddled theological explanations in the national media, attracting the usual scorn from unbelievers. But atheists too can offer nothing better than feeble claims of nature's inherent cruelty. Modern deism advocates an agent or agents of intelligent design whose...
...training of Iraqi police. By the time Rice concludes her trip in Luxembourg, will she have made the case that Europe and the U.S. are back on the same wavelength? Not likely. There are plenty of other issues on which Europe and the U.S. differ. Topping the list: Iran. Britain, France and Germany are playing good cop, trying to persuade the Islamic state not to use its nascent civilian nuclear program as a cover for bombmaking; Washington is playing bad cop, making not-so-veiled threats that the U.S. or Israel could strike. So far, there's been little sign...
Directly affected by the ruling will be the 11 North African Muslims detained by Britain, some for up to three years, mostly at a maximum security facility in south London. The government now must either charge the prisoners—which will require sensitive information to be aired in open court—or release them. The importance of the ruling, however, goes well beyond the fates of these 11 suspects: It constitutes a substantial piece of international legal precedent on the question of indefinite detainment for suspected terrorist links, one that ought to have extraordinary consequences...
None of this is to say that the United States, Britain or any country should not take definite steps to protect itself from the specter of terror. But, as has been argued so frequently since the attacks on America of September 11, 2001, casting aside the very values, protections and rights that make America “great” in the name of national security ultimately causes two deleterious effects. First, it costs the U.S. credibility in a world where international opinion is already largely against U.S. policy and where, with the House of Lords rulings, there...
...furnished with silk drapes and burgundy leather armchairs. It's a true hotel on rails, including a dining car, cinema and three elaborately designed saloon cars, one of which was made especially for Charles de Gaulle in the late '60s. The legendary French President never actually used it, but Britain's Queen Elizabeth did?she slept there during her 1972 visit to Yugoslavia (it's commemorated on a bronze timetable on the car's side). True Tito buffs will be disappointed to learn that his personal cabin and sleeping compartment can't be rented due to their historic value...