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...need it. Cary J. Colabrese Siena, Italy Millions of dollars have been donated to the tsunami victims. Now it is the responsibility of government officials to use those funds properly. They must take care of their countries' children and save them from human trafficking and sexual abuse. Murad Maqbool Karachi We are still vulnerable to the vagaries of nature. We can fly into space for recreation, but we cannot bring our immediate environment under complete control. Still, the tremendous expression of kindness and sympathy for the victims is encouraging. Perhaps the tsunami disaster is a blessing in disguise. The outpouring...
...Khan enrolled in Karachi's D.J. Science College. But he soon uprooted again, moving to Europe and earning degrees in electrical engineering and metallurgy. After finishing his studies, he threw himself into the burgeoning field of nuclear science in the Netherlands. With oil prices soaring, interest in harnessing nuclear power for civilian energy was high. In 1975, Khan took a job at the Dutch branch of a European nuclear-research consortium, Urenco, which specialized in uranium enrichment. Khan soon recognized that the centrifuges Urenco had developed to enrich uranium for civilian use were powerful enough to produce the fissile material...
...quite successful in collecting intelligence data from different parts of the world, it has failed to discover and foil the plans of many criminals and terrorists. Certainly, 9/11 is an example of an attack the CIA did not prevent. In fact, the agency has often been misled. Syedfahad Akhtar Karachi...
...confession and, along with his co-defendants, now denies the charges against him. A verdict is expected Feb. 16. Inside Job? PAKISTAN A suspect under arrest for conspiring to blow up President Pervez Musharraf in December 2003 has escaped from a high-security prison in the port city of Karachi, senior security sources told TIME. The sources said that the escapee, known as Mushtaq Ahmad, "disappeared" after "a security lapse" at the prison around the New Year holiday, prompting a so-far secret nationwide manhunt. The military-controlled regime of Musharraf, who has survived at least three attempts...
...Islamabad on Dec. 14, 2003. Musharraf, a military autocrat and key U.S. ally in the war on terrorism, narrowly avoided being blown to bits. Sources tell TIME a suspect detained for conspiring to kill Musharraf has escaped from the custody of state security in the port city of Karachi. According to senior state-security sources in Pakistan, the escapee "disappeared" after a "security lapse" around the New Year's holiday, prompting a nationwide manhunt, kept secret until now. An unpublicized APB signed by a senior intelligence official in Karachi has been issued with three photographs--one showing the fugitive with...