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From the farm, seven cars, carrying among others the maid and Saddam, proceeded to another relative's home in al-Tarmiyah, north of Baghdad, and arrived at 9 p.m. At the gate of the residence, a guard failed to recognize the VIPs, who had disguised themselves in traditional Arab garb. Mahmud pulled out a revolver and shot the guard in the left shoulder. Once inside, the men spent hours discussing strategy. At one point, the maid overheard her boss ordering an aide to gather medicine for Uday and escort him to neighboring Syria. (U.S. officials said last week that Mahmud...
...Britain lost its memory? Last week an intruder wearing a pink ball gown and fake beard and calling himself Osama bin Laden managed to gate-crash Prince William's 21st-birthday bash at Windsor Castle. Aspiring comedian Aaron Barschak managed to kiss the Prince on both cheeks and head for the bar before being nabbed by police. Home Secretary David Blunkett ordered an urgent inquiry into the "appalling breach" in security; Britons were aghast. But the real wonder is why anyone was surprised at all. Despite the millions of dollars a year British taxpayers pay to protect the royals, such...
...Akshobhya Buddha The founder of a Taiwan-based Buddhist association received this 1,300-year-old head?sawed from its torso at the Four Gate Pagoda in northeastern China in 1997?as a gift from his disciples. He returned it to China...
...accustomed to the Washington tradition of slow leaks about political deceit that turn into a torrent as elements of the bureaucracy step over each other in the race for the exits, and then finally a scandal worthy of the suffix "-gate". Of course the imbroglio over the Bush Administration's failure to find the evidence to back its scary prewar claims about the threat to America supposedly posed by Saddam Hussein has not yet reached the point of critical mass that would leave editors scratching their heads over just what noun to put before that suffix - Iraq-gate? Saddam-gate...
...settings that we do are all written to a brief that describes who lives there and what function the space has to perform for them," says Clive Cashman, the chain's U.S. public-affairs manager. A space designed for a young woman in a small apartment might feature a gate-leg table and chairs that can be hung on the wall; for a single parent, the store will show toy storage that is accessible to kids but can be easily stowed when there are adult visitors. "You can see the light go on as people discover solutions that are relevant...