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...passions aroused by international competition are plain to see at every World Cup and regional tournament: There are painful histories in play every time Germany clashes with Holland or the Czech Republic, for example, and the reason Mexican fans recently egged on their Under-21 team with chants of "Osama, Osama" had everything to do with the fact that their rivals on the night were the Under-21s of the United States. England-Argentina clashes will always call forth bitter memories of their 1982 war over the Falkands Islands, for example, and a bitterly contested World Cup qualifier between...
...Minutes. He hinted that he was working undercover for U.S. special forces and as a "special adviser" for Afghan authorities. But he was one of many shadowy, ex--special-operations types drawn to Afghanistan out of misguided patriotism or because of the prospect of fat rewards--the bounty on Osama bin Laden now exceeds $50 million, and that on Taliban chief Mullah Mohammed Omar $25 million...
...KILLED. OSAMA KASHMOULA, governor of Nineveh province in northern Iraq; in a roadside grenade ambush; between the cities of Tikrit and Bayji. The former professor of agriculture, appointed governor in April, was the highest-ranking Iraqi official to be killed by insurgents since May. The ambush occurred as Kashmoula was on his way to meet Iraqi President Sheik Ghazi Ajil al-Yawar...
...country, including an unspecified number of senior leaders, whom one senior U.S. official called al-Qaeda's "management council". The U.S. as well as the Saudis have unsuccessfully sought the repatriation of this group, which is widely thought to include Saad bin Laden, the son of Osama bin Laden, as well of other key al-Qaeda figures...
...passions aroused by international competition are plain to see at every World Cup and regional tournament: There are painful histories in play every time Germany clashes with Holland or the Czech Republic, for example, and the reason Mexican fans recently egged on their Under-21 team with chants of "Osama, Osama" had everything to do with the fact that their rivals on the night were the Under-21s of the United States. England-Argentina clashes will always call forth bitter memories of their 1982 war over the Falkands Islands, for example, and a bitterly contested World Cup qualifier between...