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...with a fifth man, still wanted by police. Authorities seized two rental cars left in the parking lot at Luton. One had been hired in Leeds by Shahzad Tanweer, 22, who transported Hussain and Mohammed Sidique Khan, 30, to Luton. The other was rented by Germaine Lindsay, a Jamaican convert to Islam who lived in the nearby town of Aylesbury with his English-born wife. Explosive materials in one vehicle were washed out with high-pressure hoses before police took the cars away. In Leeds, police evacuated 500 residents and searched all the bombers' houses and other properties, including...
...sense of victimization continues, there will always be those who are prepared to understand those who commit horrible acts of violence. In Luton, where the three bombers from Leeds met up with the fourth to continue their journey to London, a redbearded Swede stands outside the Central Mosque. A convert to Islam, he declares: "There's no way I'm going to condemn my brothers over this." The conversation within British Islam has a long...
...University of Arizona, markers for the Cohanim show up in more than 80% of people who report that lineage but in less than 1% of the rest of the population. After getting his results, Sanchez learned from relatives that he descended from "converso-Jews," who pretended to convert to Catholicism during the Spanish Inquisition in order to avoid persecution. On learning of his Jewish origins, Sanchez says, "I felt happy, because it proved an ancient ancestry...
...Abrams told a House subcommittee in November. "What Alan García has said to his people is that Peru is also a country with a future. He has helped Peruvians to believe that they can better their fate." The test now will be to see if García can convert the positive feeling he has generated into lasting economic progress. --By Michael S. Serrill. Reported by Gavin Scott/Lima
...seater sports car, to be called the Ali 3 W.C. (for three world championships). The $25,000-to-$30,000 item will be turned out in South Boston, Va., starting next year, and the first batch will be marketed in the Middle East, where the Muslim convert's name is one to reckon--and advertise--with. The major backer of the more-than-$10 million project is Saudi Billionaire Sheik Mohammad Al Fassi (he of the former pea-green Beverly Hills mansion with the garishly painted nude statues). So in the Arab world, the car will be known...