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...Currently director of molecular biology at the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry, a non-profit research center near Munich, Ullrich is renowned for his research in gene technology...
...targeting bin Laden so aggressively? Taking out your enemies is a time-honored practice, notably used by Israel in recent times. A key element in Israel's antiterrorist strategy for years has been to eliminate them. Israelis not only killed Palestinians to avenge attacks like the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre but went after operational brains as well. In 1973 an Israeli commando team, which included then-future Prime Minister Ehud Barak--disguised as a woman--wiped out several top Palestine Liberation Organization leaders in a raid in Beirut. The Israelis are still at it. A missile attack last month killed...
...everyone in bin Laden's group has been as crafty. Another financial deputy, Mamdouh Mahmud Salim, allegedly tried in vain to buy nuclear materials on the black market, was arrested in 1998 in Munich and extradited on conspiracy charges to the U.S., where he has pleaded not guilty and is still awaiting trial. He told interrogators that the only reason he had visited Germany and more than 20 other countries in the previous four years was to find a new wife...
...April 1999 Jackson promised to raise millions for the Albanian children of Kosovo with the proceeds from his new song...What More Can I Give? But Jacko never recorded the song, nor did he perform it at two What More Can I Give? benefit concerts performed in Seoul and Munich in 1999, which raised a few million for big international charities. Executive producer Marc Schaffel says the Gloved One has just rewritten the song and recorded tracks with everyone from Beyonce to Reba McEntire. It had better be released soon; Jackson might meet someone else he wants to give...
...probably facing a bill of more than $30 billion for the costliest disaster ever, won't need such drastic measures to survive. That doesn't mean, though, that they are not hurting. Warren Buffett's General Re reinsurance outfit stands to lose about $2 billion, and European giants Munich Re, Swiss Re and AXA aren't far behind. Direct underwriters such as AIG, Chubb, Travelers and Hartford could lose hundreds of millions of dollars each. Many underwriters have jacked up the premiums for airlines and are sure to slash the level of coverage available for damage on the ground...