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...found that coincidence unremarkable. After several minutes of calm conversation, the men fanned out in different directions, in the full knowledge they were about to meet their deaths. In the aftermath of terrorist attacks like the London subway bombings, it is often tempting to conclude that those who purposely commit suicide in the service of mass slaughter must be sick, evil, not quite human; they are not us. But as investigators pieced together the fragments of the plot that left at least 55 dead, Britons were forced to confront a reality nearly as disturbing as the attacks themselves: the killers...
...mere disappointment. Losing its third bid in 20 years to host the summer games was bad enough for Paris, but to lose to London seemed the cruellest of fates. Just two weeks ago, British Prime Minister Tony Blair refused to sign off on an EU budget that continues to commit the largest part of its revenues to agricultural subsidies that flow liberally to France. Last week, Britain commemorated - with some delicacy - the 200th anniversary of Lord Nelson's routing of Napoleon's fleet at Trafalgar. The traditional rival across the Channel has an economy that is motoring along...
...Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Monday that peer-to-peer file-sharing networks could be held liable for inducing their users to commit copyright infringement—even if those same networks could be used to trade non-copyrighted material legally...
...term economic difference for the region. For a few hours, perhaps, many Canadians will think seriously about foreign aid, debt cancellation, and “trade justice” for the first time. But when the music stops, Prime Minister Paul Martin will be left with a choice: finally commit to the standard set 36 years ago by Lester Pearson, or remain, with the United States and Russia, one of the three G8 countries not to make such an important commitment...
...ongoing case, the government must prove both that there was a conspiracy on the part of the tobacco companies to commit fraud and that such misconduct will continue if the government does not intervene, Bazerman explained...