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DIED. PRINCE SADRUDDIN AGA KHAN, 70, tireless philanthropist and environmentalist; after a short illness; in Boston. Both the youngest and longest serving U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Prince Sadruddin spent nearly four decades working with the U.N. on disaster relief before devoting his later years to preserving the Alps and protecting rare birds...
...Mohammed, the No. 3 leader of al-Qaeda, who was captured in Pakistan on March 1, has been questioned extensively about his relationship with Osama bin Laden and the 9/11 hijackers. But his U.S. interrogators have also grilled him about another figure of much concern to Washington: Abdul Qadeer Khan, the maverick Pakistani scientist who has been called the father of the Islamic Bomb. U.S. intelligence, according to one official, has information that the al-Qaeda man and the nuclear scientist had connections with the same safe-house operator and may have crossed paths. They were "reported...
...believes that Khan had a key role in helping North Korea develop at least one or two nuclear devices, a senior official tells TIME. Under pressure from the U.S., the Pakistani government two years ago stripped Khan of his position in the nuclear and military establishment and barred him from traveling abroad without official permission. Within Pakistan, Khan is always accompanied by two military officers, Pakistani officials say. But Washington fears that he may still have enough freedom to be able to shop Pakistan's nuclear secrets to other clients. Says a Washington official: "He moves around very freely...
...which encouraged merchant families or religious minorities to leave. And there has been another, frequently overlooked agent of urban decline: disease. For example, the Black Death, caused by the Pasteurella pestis, reappeared in Europe in 1346 when the port city of Kaffa was besieged by the Mongol leader Kipchak khan Janibeg, who catapulted dead bodies into the city (the first recorded case of biological warfare). The plague quickly spread to all Mediterranean port cities and European trading centers, reducing Europe's population by nearly 40% during the second half of the 14th century. The death toll was naturally far higher...
...Early last week, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf ordered his foreign office to find out whether Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee might accept a phone call from Islamabad. The diplomats said he would. Musharraf told Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali to start dialing. During a brief conversation, Jamali, reading from prepared notes, agreed with Vajpayee's earlier assertion that the countries should talk and formally invited him to Pakistan. On Friday, Vajpayee responded by announcing that India would restore full diplomatic relations and air links with Pakistan. The move re-opened the door that Delhi had slammed shut...