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...have eluded justice and the long reach of the world's most powerful military force; his followers may (and probably will) strike again at some point in the future, near or distant; but history's verdict on Osama bin Laden has been in for some time now: al-Qaeda failed...
...findings, published in the journal Hypertension, offers a potentially new understanding of how pollutants can affect the heart. While previous studies have linked bad air - specifically, air laden with fine particulates smaller than 2.5 microns in diameter - with higher rates of heart disease and stroke, it wasn't clear exactly how the particulates did their damage. Nor was it clear which of the many components of urban air were the most hazardous - the fine particulates from burning fossil fuels that come from exhaust pipes, or the ozone gases that permeate most densely packed city streets...
...live? They'll go to al-Qaeda families," says Mir, adding that a "defeat" of the U.S.-led forces here would be a boon to Muslim extremists around the world, much as the Soviet army's retreat from Afghanistan was during the late 1980s. (See pictures of Osama bin Laden...
...passing moment as “putting down an empty glass on the table,” light as a “dove in the hands of a madman.” (For the sleek rendering of Cortázar’s surrealistic, reference-laden brand of introspection, the English reader is indebted to translator Gregory Rabassa...
...contacts and the cunning to catch many Taliban involved in kidnappings, bomb attacks and drug-trafficking. Laghmani also was the CIA's most reliable Afghan expert on al-Qaeda. A former Afghan security adviser told TIME that Laghmani had knowledge of who within the Taliban were sheltering Osama bin Laden's band. It was his sleuthing that ran down links between the Pakistani intelligence services and the bombers of the Indian embassy in Kabul in 2008. This success made Laghmani powerful enemies in Pakistan, especially those in the intelligence apparatus who still secretly back the Taliban. The Taliban, too, celebrated...