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...UNITED KINGDOM: An inquiry finds fault with prewar intelligence...
...Their output is seldom sold or shown abroad. But "The World According to Kim Jong Il," an exhibition that will run at Rotterdam's Kunsthal museum until Aug. 29, offers a rare and fascinating look at the captive artists' spin on life in the Hermit Kingdom. The 285 works on display are relatively recent, but they might easily have come from Stalin's Soviet Union or Mao's China. The North Korean art clock seems to have stopped circa 1930-50, and the impression that emerges from the exhibition is of a remote, sad and strangely poignant land...
Western residents of Saudi Arabia have long existed in a world all their own, making their homes in walled-off compounds away from the country's citizens and the strictures that dominate daily life in the kingdom. In exchange for often hefty paychecks and perks, Westerners provide much of the technical know-how that drives the Saudi economy. But recent events have forced many expats to reconsider the terms of that bargain. Terrorists linked to alQaeda have gone on a killing spree aimed at driving foreign workers out of the kingdom and hastening the Saudi regime's collapse. Militants have...
...brutal execution last week of Paul Johnson Jr., an employee of Lockheed Martin who had been living in Saudi Arabia for more than a decade, was a troubling sign of how freely al-Qaeda continues to operate in the kingdom--and of the deadly threats facing the many foreigners (including 35,000 Americans) who live there. But many believe that the atrocity may finally spur the Saudi government to take more aggressive action against extremists. Johnson's murder was the latest in a rash of seemingly coordinated attacks that have killed 24 foreigners in the past month. Responsibility...
...anxiety about al-Qaeda run higher than in the Saudi royal family. The Saudis need the expertise of Westerners to help develop the country's oil sector and attract investment. The latest violence could drive more of them away. The U.S. embassy has recommended that all Americans leave the kingdom. Many of those who are staying say they are growing beards and donning local robes to hide their identities. As for the Saudi leaders, a U.S. official says they do not yet face a direct threat to their rule. But, he says, "there could be a long period of violence...