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...citizen for al-Qaeda related activity; the first was John Walker Lindh (see box). Earnest James Ujaama allegedly conspired to set up a jihad training camp in Oregon and provide support and resources for al-Qaeda. He maintains his innocence. Also last week, four north Africans were indicted in Detroit, accused of operating a sleeper cell...
...followed this year, it may be just another day: for a girl in New Jersey without her dad, a day of avoiding the news; for a girl in Pakistan with divided loyalties, a day of avoiding her friends. For a commando in Afghanistan and a Customs inspector in Detroit, it's a day of weighing fears and threats. It may be a day of argument for the attorney who is defending a suspected terrorist by suing the President of the U.S., and it will most certainly be a day of planning for a President at war on many fronts. These...
...cars and roomy sport-utility vehicles (SUVs) makes it unlikely that they will ever settle for a two-seater the size of a golf cart that takes 17 sec. to go from zero to 60 m.p.h. (about twice as long as the typical car sold in the U.S.). Hence Detroit's preoccupation with fuel cells, which could ultimately clean up even the most monstrous...
...turn corporations into partners in preservation? For starters, when companies make efforts to turn green, environmentalists shouldn't jump down their throats the minute they see any backsliding. Wootliff says he was exasperated to watch so many environmental groups take special aim at Ford Motor, arguably Detroit's most environmentally friendly carmaker, during the latest fight in Congress over fuel-efficiency standards (in which Ford, GM and Chrysler all fought to preserve the status quo). "For goodness' sake, stop alienating your supporters," he warns. "Going after Ford will mean fewer, not more, CEOs will turn around and say protecting...
...Verbatim "We're going to beat him up pretty bad." BEN WALLACE, Detroit Pistons forward, on the U.S. national team's plans to give Chinese center and No. 1 draft pick Yao Ming a hot N.B.A. welcome in an exhibition game...