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...unusual, all three men, in hindsight, had shown proclivities for radical Islam. Khan is said to have traveled regularly to Pakistan and Afghanistan for military training, according to a friend who spoke to the bbc After he got into some fights at his racially divided school, Hussain went to Mecca on a pilgrimage with his father, who then sent him to study in Pakistan, hoping he would gain discipline. When Hussain returned to Leeds, he grew a beard and began dressing in traditional Muslim clothes. Tanweer visited Pakistan several times and last December went to an Islamic school near Lahore...
...ANGELES—In Hollywood this week, the mecca of celebrity, Harvard hockey star Nicole Corriero ’05 got a taste of the star treatment...
...toward their fellow men--except Americans and their Iraqi "infidel" supporters. There will be no TV or music, says Marwan, who will have to give up his one addiction, cigarettes. In many ways, these steps mirror the self-purification that devout Muslims undergo before embarking on the pilgrimage to Mecca. "You give up your previous life," he says, "and start...
...Meech, a finger-like lake set in the evergreen-forested hills of Quebec's Gatineau Park, has long been a mecca for canoeists, campers, fishermen and skiers. But it was not the area's scenic beauty that last week drew Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and key members of his Progressive Conservative Cabinet to the government-owned retreat on the lake's snow-covered shore. Faced with Parliament's return from Christmas recess this week and with a host of problems awaiting action, Mulroney and his advisers had driven the half-hour north from Ottawa for an agonizing reappraisal...
...warm months, the lush and rolling countryside surrounding Florence is the perfect spot for lovers to stroll. Basking in warm breezes under starry nights, couples walk along the winding paths and recline in meadows. The area is also a mecca for campers. This year, however, local lovers and lovers of nature are thinking twice before taking their pleasures alfresco. Italians are simultaneously repulsed and riveted by an 18-year string of ghoulish murders around Florence. With the camping season about to start, Italy is anxiously looking toward that city...