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...bassist Bob Hardy. Kapranos' tense, observational lyrics - "Although my lover lives in a place that I can't live/ I find I like a life this lonely/ It rips and pierces me, I love the rip of nerves/ The rip that wakes me" - are augmented by occasional lines in German, the influence of Munich-raised guitarist Nick McCarthy. "You always get German bands singing in English," says McCarthy, "we just turn it round." He adds: "There's a great German art scene too. German is cool." Remember, they're not art rock. With the album in the bag, Franz Ferdinand...
...surprise witness: a self-proclaimed Iranian intelligence agent, known as Hamid Reza Zakeri, who said Mzoudi handled logistics for the three hijackers based in Hamburg before the terror strikes. "I'm very excited," says Ulrich von Jeinsen, a lawyer representing American relatives of victims of Sept. 11, who under German law can take part in the trial. "This is severe information against Mzoudi." Others are less excited. "As far as the intelligence community is concerned, this new witness is absolutely not credible," says one high-ranking German intelligence official. "After questioning him, it's clear to us that nothing...
...information - believed to have come from the interrogation of captured al Qaeda leader Ramzi Binalshibh, who is in U.S. custody - indicating that the Hamburg cell had only four members: the three hijackers and Binalshibh. If Mzoudi is found innocent, "the court will find a lot of support in the [German] legal community," says Georg Prasser, vice president of the German Bar Association. "Such a decision would prove that there are certain basic rights that still exist in our society." By Charles P. Wallace and William Boston Experts Under Scrutiny u.k. The government announced a review of 258 cases in which...
...this responsibility has been placed in the hands of an untested first-year coach, Peter Nowak, a former Polish national team, German Bundesliga and MLS standout. Nowak replaces Ray Hudson—who suffered through two consecutive losing seasons—in an attempt to rejuvenate a club that won three of the first four MLS titles, but has only been to the playoffs once since...
...antioxidants, which limit cell damage. Heating chocolate seems to release antioxidants, so go for the hot cocoa. Not all chocolate is created equal, however. Dark chocolate is more potent than its paler cousin in raising antioxidant levels, possibly because the milk in milk chocolate binds to antioxidants. In addition, German research comparing dark and white chocolate found that the dark stuff can lower blood pressure...