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...were from the beginning a little too impressed. There were endless warnings that making war on a Muslim nation would succeed only in recruiting more enraged volunteers for bin Laden, with a flood of fierce mujahedin going to Afghanistan to confront the infidel. Western experts warned that the seething "Arab street" would rise up against...
...lease when it next expires. "I think I can have a much more profitable business and serve my clients more efficiently by having their documents scanned in and accessible anytime, no matter where I am," says Sharon, who now gives lectures on how to go paperless. "No fire, no flood, no terrible Sept. 11 tragedy would have done anything to my documents...
...issues critical to Indonesia's stability. Although there is little evidence that militant Islamic groups in Indonesia have links with Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda, the growing strength of Laskar has already set alarm bells ringing in Washington. Noting the lack of Indonesian border controls and the recent flood of Afghan refugees, the commander in chief of U.S. military forces in the Pacific warned on an early December swing through the region that al-Qaeda members fleeing Afghanistan might attempt to set up new bases on the archipelago, given the presence of "sympathetic groups." Admiral Dennis Blair said...
This is not the first time the store has fallen on hard times, with the collapse of their roof and a flood at its former location. But Crescenzi says those troubles were overcome with the loyalty and financial generosity of a few customers. She jokingly calls these donors the store’s “board members...
...McCartney as a pop icon, and Shankar realized his friend might be the perfect front man for a good cause. In August 1971, Harrison and friends Dylan, Starr, Leon Russell and Eric Clapton staged two concerts at New York City's Madison Square Garden to raise money for the flood- and famine-ravaged Indian subcontinent. The Concert for Bangladesh established Harrison as a pioneering rock philanthropist, and set a model for future celebrity fund-raising efforts like Live Aid, the We Are the World record and the Concert for New York City, starring McCartney, at Madison Square Garden six weeks...