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...days before he became a jihad warrior, he had also been a fan of the actor Shahrukh Khan. "Does Khan know how to use all those guns?" he once asked me. I had no idea, but I answered anyway. "Rubbish," I said. "Toys. All make believe." Whatever his fate, he surely found that guns are painfully real...
Looking towards a hotly-anticipated meeting on Tuesday when the School Committee will reconsider its vote on school choice, D'Alessandro concedes that the fate of her plan is far from certain...
Indonesia is the home of shadow puppetry, and that's how its elites conduct their politics - behind a screen. The fate of President Abdurrahman Wahid appeared to be sealed Thursday when parliament overwhelmingly voted to censure him for involvement in two corruption scandals, opening the way for impeachment proceedings. That left the world's fourth most populous nation poised for a new round of political turmoil, with supporters of rival parties clashing on the streets, the military speaking openly about taking charge if the politicians can't restore order, and the political, military and business elites locking into a fresh...
...better hope not. If there is any part of the U.S. that could suffer California's fate soon, it would be New York City, where old transmission lines have a hard time bringing in enough power to satisfy the booming economy. Just as in California, getting a power plant built anywhere near the Big Apple can be a monumental task; in the decade and a half before the state deregulated, only one new large plant went up. There are now dozens of applications in the pipeline, but New York can't wait. So in spite of some vocal community opposition...
...firm of Solomon, Solomon & Solomon to sort out this tug of war. Courtesy of a fly-by-night baby-brokerage service on the Internet, two sets of would-be adoptive parents, plus the birth mother and a variety of government officials, are fighting over two tiny twins whose fate is now subject to the conflicting laws of Britain, California and Arkansas. To whom do they legally belong? Who would be the best parents? Who knows...