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...brainwashed" by the siren song of jihad. The causes are familiar: poor and segregated education, discrimination, youth unemployment (in Luton it stands at 22%, twice the national rate), teens' yearning for belonging and purpose - and a belief shared by many of their parents that Muslims are being persecuted in Kashmir, Afghanistan, Chechnya, Palestine and Iraq. "A lot of young people I talk to say: If Blair and Bush can forget about international law in Iraq, why should we care about British law?" says Yasin Rehman, information secretary for the Luton Council of Mosques. "A lot of young people...
...International Atomic Energy Agency said that Libya had clandestinely acquired a range of nuclear technology and expertise and had even succeeded in producing a small amount of plutonium before Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi announced in December that the country was abandoning its unconventional weapons program. Road to Peace Mapped KASHMIR India and Pakistan agreed to a staggered timetable for peace talks to begin after Indian elections due to be held in April, and to include negotiations over the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir. A Last Attempt? HAITI President Jean-Bertrand Aristide accepted an international peace plan aimed at ending...
...reasons for his prominence. He has been a brilliant chronicler of world politics. His ambivalence and ambiguity, however, have been frustrating at times. In Absolute Friends, he shows his moral outrage at the U.S., and this work is all the better for it. Sanjeev Sharma Formby, England Hope for Kashmir Your report on attempts on the life of Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf [Jan. 12] noted that he had declared a unilateral cease-fire along the line dividing Pakistani and Indian forces in Kashmir. That Pakistan "might not insist on a plebiscite in Kashmir to resolve the dispute" bodes well...
...INDIA: In war-torn Kashmir, Gulmarg has the world's highest golf course, at 2,650 m, and one of the world's highest lifts, at 4,138 m. It may also be the cheapest: $6 a day covers lift rides and equipment rental, but not the chairlift hookah pictured here...
...leader has done more in the fight against terrorism than Musharraf. The attempts on his life are ample proof of his value. Run-of-the-mill politicians in Pakistan would never dream of taking the stances and actions taken by Musharraf, like his approach to the issues of Kashmir, the Taliban and religious extremism. Politicians need votes and have to please the masses, no matter how. Luckily, this is not the case with Musharraf. Pakistan needs a leader like Musharraf, and the U.S. needs him too. ISPHANYAR BHANDARA Rawalpindi, Pakistan...