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...after the war. For years, Maria Altmann, 89, the niece of Adele Bloch-Bauer, has sought to reclaim them. In her will, Bloch-Bauer, who died in 1925, left the pictures to her husband but asked that they eventually be given to the museum. When Altmann first asserted her claim for restitution in 1998, Viennese officials argued that Austria had honored the original owner's intent. But Altmann said that the paintings rightfully still belonged to her family and that when her aunt made her "request," she could not have imagined that they would end up in the hands...
...That claim, of course, is undermined every day that bin Laden and his deputy and chief tactician, Ayman al-Zawahiri, remain on the loose. But bin Laden's resurfacing has come at a time when the leadership of al-Qaeda appears to be under as much strain as at any time since the fall of the Taliban in 2001. Antiterrorism experts say the Saudi-born terrorist is no longer in active contact with field commanders, and his ability to plan and direct specific operations is hampered by his isolation. In Iraq, scene of al-Qaeda's deadliest strikes since 9/11...
...three houses just outside Damadola. Shortly after 3 a.m. on Jan. 13, locals say, several missiles fired from Predators crashed into the compound, practically obliterating the houses. According to news reports, Pakistani officials initially said it was possible that al-Zawahiri had been killed, then backed away from the claim. Villagers told journalists who arrived at the scene that 18 civilians had died (the number was later revised down to 13); they denied that any bodies had been removed or that any foreigners had been in the compound. But some Pakistani intelligence officials began telling media outlets last week they...
Many of the student organizations who received the e-mail said they were mislead by its claim to coordinate fund-raising for Harvard, but most simply deleted the e-mail as spam...
...same time as warning of new violence-was notable less for its content than for the fact that it was released at all. Despite directly addressing Americans, its primary purpose may nonetheless be to remind Arab and Muslim audiences of his existence, and to reiterate his claim to primacy among the jihadists. Bin Laden last message was released in December 2004, although the movement's No. 2, Ayman al-Zawahiri, has continued to release occasional videotaped missives from his hideout in the wilds of western Pakistan. (Zawahiri's decision to pass up a dinner invitation last Friday appears to have...