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...gathering of terrorism's ?lite, and they slipped silently into Pakistan from all over the world in order to attend. From England came Abu Issa al-Hindi, an Indian convert to radical Islam who specializes in surveillance. From an unknown hideout came Adnan el-Shukrijumah, an Arab Guyanese bombmaker and commercial pilot. And from Queens in New York City came Mohammed Junaid Babar, a Pakistani American who arrived with cash, sleeping bags, ponchos, waterproof socks and other supplies for the mountain-bound jihadis...
...been beaten up by the police when she made headline news as human-rights lawyer of the year. "Can you imagine, my one time on the front page and they show a photo of me looking my worst!" she quipped. Meldrum's book speaks with the special devotion a convert feels for his new religion. "I am steeped in this country, it is in my pores," he writes. Yet, after 23 years in the country, he now regards himself as an exile, like an estimated 3 million others out of a population of 13 million; he currently lives in South...
...represents about 100 institutions including insurers and pension funds that together hold about $2 billion of Parmalat bonds. But Bondi needs Parmalat's big creditors - of whom the banks are the biggest - to approve his restructuring plan by the end of this year. Critically, that involves persuading them to convert their debts into equity in the slimmed-down postbankruptcy Parmalat, which Bondi hopes to float on the stock market as early as next year. And right now, the banks don't sound too happy with Bondi. UBS says it believes its transaction was "entirely valid" and that it will vigorously...
...soccer ball. Shirtless with shaved heads and pale skin, they had taken up positions at opposite ends of the court and were playing the ball to one another through the air, crosses whizzed low and hard through the air that nary a touch at the near post would convert into a goal on match day. Thwack, one would take the ball square on his bared chest and then as it landed, fire back an equally powerful airborne pass, about seven feet off the ground, that his mate would meet with the bone of his forehead sending the ball whizzing back...
...easier to part with his pounds. After a few years, he'll justify spending ?40 on a Diesel T shirt by telling himself he's worked so darn hard that he deserves a treat, even if it comes at a high price! After five years here, I still convert back to the South African rand, balk at the cost, but then hand over my cash. What else can you do? Jackie Cranke Collier Row, England Unanswered Questions After months of work, the 9/11 commission has found no evidence that Iraq was involved in the 2001 attacks on the U.S. [June...