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...global antiterrorist dragnet, bin Laden's network seems intent on proving that it is still in business and is casting about for new targets. French and U.S. officials believe the Oct. 6 explosion that ripped a large hole in a French oil tanker off the Yemen coast, killing a Bulgarian crew member, was the work of terrorists linked to al-Qaeda. The blast closely resembled al-Qaeda's October 2000 bombing of the U.S.S. Cole in the Yemeni port of Aden. Two days after the tanker blast, members of a Kuwaiti terrorist cell that had "pledged allegiance" to bin Laden...
...global antiterrorist dragnet, bin Laden's network seems intent on proving that it is still in business and is casting about for new targets. French and U.S. officials believe the Oct. 6 explosion that ripped a large hole in a French oil tanker off the Yemen coast, killing a Bulgarian crew member, was the work of terrorists linked to al-Qaeda. The blast closely resembled al-Qaeda's October 2000 bombing of the U.S.S. Cole in the Yemeni port of Aden. Two days after the tanker blast, members of a Kuwaiti terrorist cell that had "pledged allegiance" to bin Laden...
...Tennessee Williams' Orpheus Descending (1957) and Eugene O'Neill's Desire Under the Elms (1952), along with the 1984 revival of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, which starred Dustin Hoffman and John Malkovich. DIED. DOBRI DZHUROV, 86, reformist communist general who participated in the coup that overthrew Bulgarian dictator Todor Zhivkov in 1989, bringing democracy to the former Soviet satellite; in Sofia. Dzhurov was Bulgarian Defense Minister for 28 years before becoming a lawmaker in 1990. DIED. J. CARTER BROWN, 67, former director of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, who oversaw the construction of Washington's Vietnam...
LIBYA No Medical Plot A bizarre case against seven foreign medical workers took another twist when a Libyan judge found no evidence to support the charges against them - after three years in jail. The People's Court in Tripoli charged a Palestinian doctor and six Bulgarian medical workers last July with a plot to undermine state security by infecting children with the aids virus. Their lawyers argued that poor hospital hygiene caused the infections. The case has been referred to an ordinary criminal court...
...competing at internationally sanctioned races and convincing the Thai Olympic Committee to support his entry. Even after his dismal showing in the 30km event, he was ready to compete again this Tuesday in the 1.5K sprint - a race he'd never tried before. His volunteer coach, a former Bulgarian biathlete, had already returned to Craftsbury Nordic Center in Vermont, so he received final instructions over the phone. "If I ski lower than four minutes, gee, I'll really be celebrating," he said before crossing the line in 4:14.55, 68th out of a field of 71. Still, he managed...