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Last week, with no leads on a mechanical cause for the crash of the flight, the case's investigator told the Associated Press that the Egyptian Muslim co-pilot had made a "cryptic reference to Allah" (News, Nov. 17) as the plane was going down. Had it been a Christian American pilot crying "God help me," such a suggestion would never have been made...
...professors who have canceled classes, so that the holiday's eve is a quiet night at home instead of a harrowing ordeal on a crowded bus, train or plane, thank...
...controversial New York resident, whose speech was sponsored by the Black Men's Forum (BMF), arrived sporting pinstripes, a crimson tie and his characteristic James Brown-style hairdo for his second visit to Harvard this year. A crowd of over 100 waited through his hour-long plane delay to hear...
...jeopardizing America's key strategic relationship in the Arab world. As National Transportation Safety Board officials worked with their Egyptian counterparts in Cairo to solve the EgyptAir 990 mystery, the Egyptian press Monday took aim at the latest round of leaked revelations concerning the contents of the doomed plane's voice-data recorder. Although the two sides are cooperating closely at the top, press coverage of NTSB leaks - and the Egyptian pooh-poohing of such conjecture - has made life difficult for both Washington and Cairo. "There's a lot at stake here because both sides need to preserve their strategic...
...Nawaz is charged with ordering airport officials in Karachi to stop an airliner carrying General Pervez Musharraf, whom he'd just sacked as military chief, from landing. Military intervention allowed the plane to land, and within hours General Musharraf had taken control of the country in a coup. But stabilizing military rule demands that any challenge from Nawaz's supporters be neutralized, and charging him with capital offenses serves as a warning to any challengers to General Musharraf. Unfortunately for Nawaz, thus far the general is way ahead of him in the court of public opinion. Ordinary Pakistanis...