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...Assem, 38, Germany The six policemen who woke shaker Assem and his family early on the morning of Nov. 12 were polite and respectful. "Maybe they knocked a little too loudly on the door, but otherwise they were very professional," he says. The surprise visit to Assem's Duisberg flat was one of a score of searches carried out across Germany that morning, as police raided homes and offices belonging to members of Hizb ut-Tahrir (Islamic Liberation Party), a 50-year-old pan-Islamic political organization that seeks to establish a modern version of the caliphate that ruled parts...
...auto industry to predict 150,000 fewer cars will be sold next year. Air travelers were threatened with a 15% tax on frequent-flyer miles, prompting national airline Lufthansa to say it was considering moving its program overseas, which would eliminate 500 jobs. The government will impose a flat 15% tax on capital gains from the sales of shares and houses, boost gasoline taxes and offer fewer subsidies for new home construction (hence the architect joke). At the same time, unemployment benefits will be cut by j6 billion next year. "These policies will push a country already stagnating into recession...
...after a brief spell working as an orderly at a psychiatric hospital, began writing full time. He stumbled into travel writing when the only book proposal he managed to sell was The Lost Continent. He returned to the U.S. in '95 at his family's instigation but keeps a flat in London. The relocations have made him feel like a constant outsider - in England because he is and in America because he prefers England - which helps his writing: "It allows you to see things differently. Things leap out at you." That perspective also fuels memorable comic moments...
Critics of squash say it’s exclusive and flat out silly, trapping the two players in a glass box and making them hit a tiny ball against the same wall. True, squash is a bit isolated, but it’s filled with premiere squashers from around the world, not just country clubs. Let’s not forget that this sport—yes, it’s a sport—is pretty freakin’ hard to play, testing an athlete’s mental game along with endurance and power. Louisa would...
Tellier would enter the room and make a brief statement about the game. There was never much to say—the Lions usually got flat-out killed, and there’s only so much you can explain about a thrashing except to say that it happened...