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...Nov. 26 article about a Senate investigation into the finances of Prosperity gospel televangelists referred mistakenly to a 2006 letter from the IRS confirming the Joyce Meyer Ministry's tax-exempt status. While the IRS reviewed the ministry's activities from 2004 to '06, it sent its letter of confirmation in October...
Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf once referred to his general's uniform as a "second skin." On Nov. 28, yielding to pressure from his own people as well as from his strongest ally, the U.S., Musharraf finally shed that skin. In a ceremony at military headquarters in Rawalpindi, a tearful Musharraf handed the baton to a loyalist, saying "I have loved this army...
...recent weeks, Musharraf has restored some of the rights he snatched when he declared on Nov. 3 what amounted to martial law. He even let former Prime Ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif return from exile; he pledged to hold elections soon. But democracy is about more than casting a vote. It's about building lasting institutions such as a free press, an effective legislature and, most important, an independent judiciary...
Weight in pounds of a white truffle found on Nov. 23 near Pisa--the second largest ever; the world's largest, 5.5 lbs, was found...
Fazul's group allegedly struck again on Nov. 28, 2002, killing 13 people when gunmen attacked the Israeli-owned Paradise Hotel near Mombasa, Kenya, and launched two missiles (both missed) at an Israeli airliner in Kenyan airspace. In 2003, staff at the U.S. embassy in Nairobi evacuated for a week following reports that Fazul wanted to level the new building, and in 2006 al-Sudani was implicated in a plot to attack a U.S. base in Djibouti. All of this means that in the fight against Islamic terrorism, Africa is an increasing worry. "If we're successful in denying...