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Their families also suffered. Jones found it difficult to explain to her son Ian what happened on the Paris flight, but she knew she had to explain the bandage on her hand and the marks from Reid's teeth that are still visible below her thumb. "I just told him that a bad man on my flight was trying to hurt people, and in trying to stop him, he hurt me." The 7-year-old said he was proud of his mom, but it was obvious he was also worried for her. In the weeks following the aborted attack...
...from some of Washington's more influential precincts, where not everybody is happy with Padilla's incarceration. Senator Tom Daschle has publicly questioned Ashcroft's motives for waiting an entire month before informing the public of Padilla's arrest. Senator John McCain has called on the Attorney General to explain his rationale for detaining Padilla--after all, if the feds have enough evidence to charge Padilla formally, why don't they do it? Intelligence officials have acknowledged that Abu Zubaydah's reliability is uncertain at best, and an Associated Press report in August had law-enforcement officials dismissing Padilla...
...North Korea's founder Kim Il Sung drew much of his legitimacy from his role in the guerrilla struggle against Japanese colonial rule, so these are the kinds of stories North Koreans grow up with. They help to explain why Pyongyang will demand billions in reparations as part of any normalization of relations with Japan?and why Koizumi is likely to exit North Korea with little to show for the visit unless he signals Tokyo's willingness...
...Strict rules at Orange County forbid venturing into the fields and neighboring forests between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. The nocturnal trumpeting of wild elephants foraging for food at a nearby lake helps explain the curfew. But once the danger has passed, the grounds offer rich rewards to nature lovers. The plantation is a bird-watcher's paradise. Ubiquitous wooden signposts display names and illustrations of the various species that are permanent or migratory residents, including the golden oriole (seen only in November), the cattle egret (spotted from January through September) and the black bittern (prevalent July through September...
...allow military recruiters onto the law school campus (News, “Law School Will Allow Official Recruiting Visits by Military,” Aug. 26). I was saddened to read of Law School Dean Robert C. Clark’s anguished letter in which he struggled to explain why he reluctantly allowed the recruiters to return. However, I am not upset with the military’s heavy-handedness in this matter. Instead, I am ashamed to discover that Harvard has sold out. Simply put, Harvard has refused to acknowledge the vital role of the military and ROTC...