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Although he is 85, Khomeini still regularly receives visitors at his modest but heavily guarded villa in the capital's northern suburbs. Even dignitaries must follow the procedure of removing shoes and sitting cross-legged in his presence. And while the twelve-man guardian council is constitutionally the state's supreme decision-making body, the Imam is without question the ultimate authority on everything from religious doctrine to the conduct of the war against Iraq. "He is more powerful than the Shah ever was," says an East bloc diplomat. "He sits very close to God in the eyes of most...
...series of sweeps across Spain netted a clutch of suspected Islamist extremists, but also fanned concerns that despite increased police pressure, jihadist activity has actually grown in recent months. Some 500 members of the security forces staged coordinated raids across Spain and its northern Moroccan enclave of Ceuta last week, taking in 16 alleged members of radical Islamist groups. Five were charged with involvement in the March 11, 2004, Madrid bombings that killed 191 and injured over 1,000. Spanish authorities say the other 11 men are suspected of recruiting radicals to join the insurgency fighting U.S.-led forces...
Head counselor: Don Imus Campers: Critically ill children can romp at the radio cowboy's Imus Ranch in northern New Mexico...
...Crimson, it was the first season of Northern Division play. In past years, Harvard and Brown participated in the Northeastern Division, but the Northern and Northeastern leagues merged before the 2005 season...
About half of the students in the Class of 2005 will rest on their laurels. Those in the other half will seize the day, make a difference, eat fire in large gulps over pints of brew in Valhalla, burn like a phoenix amidst the Northern Lights, and otherwise make the most of themselves...