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...were not in the U.S. at all but overseas. In Europe and especially in France the threat of Islamic terrorism had been particularly sharp ever since the Algerian Armed Islamic Group launched a bombing campaign in Paris in 1995. By 2000, counterterrorism experts in Europe knew the Islamic diaspora communities in Europe were seeded with cells of terrorists. And after the arrest of Ressam, European officials were convinced that terrorists would soon attack targets in the U.S. Jean-Louis Bruguiere, a French magistrate who has led many of the most prominent terrorist cases, says Ressam's arrest signaled that...
...also unites India and Pakistan. These movies (with a high percentage of Muslim stars and writing talent) are loved in both the rival nations. Bollywood is the rage throughout Asia, Africa, the Middle East and the huge worldwide diaspora of NRIS (nonresident Indians). The NRIS have made it a $100 million industry in the U.S., from DVD sales and rentals, pay TV, live shows like the Bollywood Awards, and big-screen exhibition; 14 of the 24 largest U.S. urban areas have at least one theater showing Indian movies...
...also unites India and Pakistan. These movies (with a high percentage of Muslim stars and writing talent) are loved in both the rival nations. Bollywood is the rage throughout Asia, Africa, the Middle East and the huge worldwide diaspora of nris (nonresident Indians). The nris have made it a $100 million industry in the U.S., from dvd sales and rentals, pay TV, live shows like the Bollywood Awards, and big-screen exhibition; 14 of the 24 largest U.S. urban areas have at least one theater showing Indian movies...
...Ristaino's portrait of the city's Jewish diaspora is less bleak. The first refugees from Germany arrived on the S.S. Conte Verge in late 1933. Facing terrible persecution back home, the Jews of Central Europe were prepared to look to any port in a storm and Shanghai was one of the very few available. What must have gone through their minds as they arrived on the Bund and confronted Shanghai's sweaty summers and teeming waterfront can only be guessed at, but they did have one central advantage; Jewish ?migr?s had been trickling in for years and there were...
...Tigers are already feeling a post-Sept. 11 pinch. The group is now banned in all their main overseas bases: the U.S., Britain, Australia and Canada. Bank accounts have been frozen. But the pressure may be overstated. According to Gunaratna, the LTTE continue to raise funds from the Tamil diaspora around the world, although any explicit coercion has been replaced by implicit threats. The majority of the 500,000-strong Sri Lankan Tamil community abroad backs peace. But some?among them generous donors?oppose it, fearing a settlement would threaten their ability to win permission to settle abroad as embattled...