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...cable-television broadcasts and newspapers were full of anonymous police sources giving out conflicting information about the number of terrorists, the number of hostages, the number of people trapped and the progress of the siege. At one point, while the siege was still on, several local channels reported that fresh firing had erupted at four locations near the railway station. This time, the police arrived immediately with sirens blaring - but the rumor turned out to be false...
...been about the finance industry over the past few years. On a blustery Sunday afternoon in May, a circle of visitors in all-weather jackets waits in front of the Strokkur geyser, a popular tourist attraction in southwest Iceland. Among the crowd is a busload of Harvard M.B.A. students fresh from their exams. Georg Ludviksson, an Icelandic grad who helped organize the tour, said he wasn't sure what he was going to do with his new degree, but returning home to work in geothermal investment was a real possibility. "There could be a big opportunity there," he says...
From the crumbling Assyrian ramparts of Kirkuk's 3,000-year-old citadel, the giant open-air market snaking around its base seems the very picture of communal harmony: Kurdish, Turkoman and Arab shoppers navigate through narrow lanes, past stalls selling everything from fresh fruit to plastic flowers. My police escort, a Kurd, beams down with pride. "This is the perfect Iraq," he says. "Nobody angry, everybody happy...
...capture of the sole surviving terrorist, 21-year-old Pakistani Ajmal Amir Kasab - suggest that the attacks may have been conceived and carried out primarily by Pakistanis, with the backing of noted terrorist organizations acting within Pakistani territory. This is a revelation that will surprise few Indians and provide fresh political capital to others. Already, the Shiv Sena, a Hindu nationalist group based in Mumbai, has openly declared that it won't allow Pakistani artists to perform in the city. Even ordinary civilians are turning hawkish. "We need to tell them that enough is enough," says Sheikh Noor Ahmed...
...Fandila, known simply as "El Fandi," who mixes technical prowess with athletic ability. His moves get people on their feet and almost always end with him receiving a severed ear or two at the end of each match. The multi-talented Fandi arrived for this year's bullfighting season fresh off completing the New York marathon...