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...some, the appeal of I.J.T. has less to do with ideology than a desire for a platform to voice their grievances. Rana Naveed, 22, a soft-spoken communications student who sports just the beginnings of a beard and wears tight, acid-washed jeans, is troubled by some of I.J.T.'s more extreme pronouncements, especially its stand on the proposed new music program. But he is excited about the prospect of becoming a full-fledged member in a few weeks, when he will take an oath of loyalty and then work to spread his faith and dedicate himself to the welfare...
...Muhammad Amir Rana, author of A to Z of Jihadi Organizations in Pakistan, takes a different view, claiming that explosives training is exactly what visiting foreigners are getting from Pakistan-based cells. "We have seen that the foreigners aren't interested in battlefield training, they are only interested in making explosives," he says, referring to the research he does with the Pakistan Institute for Peace Studies in Lahore. "You can download bomb-making instructions from the Internet, but when you don't have practice, it's still very difficult to do. So you come to Pakistan for the experience side...
Most nights, armed men stomp through the Périgord-Limousin Regional Park in southwestern France with orders Vignette StoryServer 5.0 Tue Jul 14 08:50:22 2009 to shoot ... frogs. But not just any amphibians. They're after Rana catesbeiana - the North American bullfrog - introduced to France in 1968 by a French aviator who liked the idea of the critters croaking in his garden. They're now an ecological menace. Weighing up to a kilo, these voracious predators gorge on crustaceans, fish, other frogs, salamanders and even the occasional bird. "It's capable of attacking anything it can swallow...
...unusually high demand for work visas this year and Harvard’s traditionally late graduation date, some international students have failed to obtain the work visas they need to keep their prospective jobs and remain in the United States next year.Three days before her graduation, Monica Rana ’06 thought her future was settled. She had an apartment in New York and a job with Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW), an investment banking company. But Rana received a call yesterday morning informing her that the company would probably have to rescind her job offer.Rana, who is from Nepal...
...Crown Prince took his place at the teak dining table in a room that could accommodate 50 people ... After pouring himself another drink, he began arguing with his parents, shouting at his mother, Queen Aiswarya, who didn't approve of the Crown Prince's romance with longtime paramour Devyani Rana ... The Crown Prince was furious that his family wanted him to marry Priyanka Shaha, a princess of royal blood. His sister Shruti scolded him to 'stop slurring your words! You're the future King.' According to a high-ranking official, the Crown Prince then retired to his sleeping quarters, where...