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Inside the sunny flat where Attiya Dawood lives with her family in Karachi's trendy Zamzama district, the TV is on full blast. Her two young daughters are engrossed in a children's show on an Indian channel, giggling and bouncing to the thumping beat of Who Let the Dogs Out. The walls are filled with miniature art by Attiya's husband, colorful paintings that comment on the role of women in Pakistani society. Attiya, 43, is busy cooking lunch in the kitchen. Shelves are cluttered with family photos, art books, novels. It is a joyful home, bustling and alive...
...White House police, park police, military security forces, District of Columbia police, Secret Service agents all have been beefed up on this particular ground zero, certainly the most renowned target in the world...
After the cold hits, though, the best option on the North Shore is Salem. A commuter train drops visitors on the edge of the central strip to the historic (read: touristy) district. Rife with cheesy haunted houses, a mysterious hearse tour, the house of Seven Gables, and a restaurant-strewn waterfront, Salem is a slow-sipping kind of relaxation...
...Boston Herald article Sept. 11, Evans, who commands the Allston-Brighton District, was quoted denying the allegations, saying, “Nobody was taken away by ambulance and nobody complained that he was beaten...
...used to check passengers against an electronic national counterterrorism database. "Terrorists aren't born overnight. They are indoctrinated, schooled," says Joseph Atick, founder of Visionics, which has deployed its technology at an Iceland airport, at English stadiums to keep out soccer hooligans and, controversially, this summer in the entertainment district of downtown Tampa, Fla. "Somebody checks your credit card when you buy something. Why can't we check if you're a terrorist or not when you're boarding a plane?" Unfortunately, after last week, that's one more question Americans wish they knew the answer...