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...Strengthening the hand of undemocratic regimes may be unavoidable in the short term. But in the long run, if the world is to be freed of the scourge of Islamist terrorism, that solution may not suffice - because unlike the state-sponsored terrorism of the 1970s and '80s, which came out of rogue nations like Libya and Syria, many of the terrorist groups Bin Laden has brought together first emerged under authoritarian regimes backed by the West...
...next time you arrive at the front desk after one of those trips from hell have left you looking like a recently freed hostage, someone might take kindly to you if you try not to take it out on him or her. Turn down the volume, even when things aren't going your way, because the folks on the other side of the counter can't hear the screaming anymore...
...Thirteen years ago, a man named Jesus Fornes told Father Towle he had committed a murder, one for which two innocent men had been convicted. Towle disclosed last month that Fornes, now dead, was the killer, and urged that the men--who had served 13 years in prison--be freed...
With no fanfare, Thomson set himself up six years ago in an off-campus lab under a nonprofit arrangement with the University of Wisconsin's alumni association. That way he freed himself from existing federal restrictions--and avoided jeopardizing the university's government-funded research. Geron Corp., the Menlo Park, Calif., biotech firm that was financing Gearhart's efforts, partly bankrolled Thomson's work in exchange for commercial rights. (Thomson, however, was free to distribute his stem cells to fellow academics.) Because he could afford only one part-time assistant, he ended up doing much of the work himself, getting...
...holdings, Swissair took a minority stake, 49.5%, in Sabena because as a non-E.U. company it was initially barred from having majority control. But it had agreed in January to raise its stake to 85% of Sabena, which posted losses last year of $307 million. Now Swissair is freed from that obligation, though it will contribute $227 million or 60% of a cash injection to keep the airline running, with the remainder paid by the Belgian government. In addition, Swissair will assume payment for nine narrow-bodied Airbus planes that Sabena had already ordered. Swissair said, with evident relief...