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...MARRIED. CARLOS BATUR?N, 69, and EMILIO MEN?NDEZ, 50; in Spain's first gay marriage since its parliament legalized same-sex unions last month; in Madrid. The couple applied to be wed after the new law, which does not distinguish between homosexual and heterosexual marriages, came into effect on July 3. Batur?n, a psychiatrist, and Men?ndez, a store-window decorator, first met 30 years ago when homosexuality was illegal in Spain; now, the country is the fourth in the world to legalize same-sex marriage...
...collaborate in finding "two or even three other teams" of suicide bombers that could be part of the Pakistani-led networks responsible for the London attacks. Jacquard says European investigators, on the basis of their experience in cracking the cell that carried out last year's terrorist strike in Madrid, believe the support network behind the London bombings might include as many as 30 members, "and they've been told it's possible that they're on their way to France or other European countries." Investigators have not ruled out the possibility that the conspiracy may reach into...
Since the 1995 sarin-gas attacks in the Tokyo subway and the 2004 train bombings in Madrid, some U.S. cities have quietly made smart improvements to their transit systems. Hundreds of police are now equipped with handheld radiation detectors. They do flag the occasional chemotherapy patient, leading to at least a couple of unfortunate strip searches in New York City, but that means the devices are working...
...course, London officials had been making the same entreaties--for decades. And the campaign had gained new urgency with the Madrid bombings. Last week we were reminded that the populist strategy has its limitations. And so, the day after the bombings, London introduced controversial body-scan machines at the entrances to some subway stations. The machines see through clothing and detect anything that interferes with solar radiation reflected by people's bodies. But it will cost tens of millions of dollars to outfit every tube station. And it will, of course, do nothing to protect the sprawling bus system...
...were "not homemade." Roland Jacquard, a French terrorism analyst with close links to the authorities in Paris, told TIME that his sources said early tests indicated that the explosives were of "military quality and provenance" and quite unlike the industrial material, stolen from mines, that was used in the Madrid bombings...