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People generally like to be up to speed with the general trends society is following, which is why fads come so quickly and then die when new fads replace them. The rapid rise to prominence of the Harry Potter books created an “in” group—suddenly, you were not cool unless you knew what Hogwarts’ was. Before I had begun to read the series, I would hear people of all ages—from my small cousins to my friends to my mom—rave about the latest Potter book...
...This would be a tall order for anyone, much less someone with no diplomatic experience whose tools at her disposal don't even work that well when you are just trying to make Uncle Sam all warm and fuzzy. Still, she's doing what she can with leaflets and rapid response. Bin Laden had his say unanswered the first time, but she's been ready with Yankee counter-programming since, shuttling Powell, Condoleeza Rice and, most recently, former Syrian ambassador, Chris Ross, over to Washington's Al Jazeera studios on quick notice. Minutes after bin Laden's latest tape...
...doesn?t wear a burka in public. Her privileged status as an overseas-educated aid worker partially protects her from the beating Osema received. But when Nazir shakes hands with a Western man, she looks around furtively. It is the same motion countless Afghan women make every day, the rapid adjusting of veils to cover their faces or the eyes quickly downcast when men enter the room. To help empower women, Nazir runs workshops that include reading the Koran, Islam?s holy book. "If women can read the Koran themselves," she says, "they will learn there is nothing in Islam...
With the Silver Line, the country’s oldest subway system is going high-tech. Now under construction, it is the product of the most advanced Bust Rapid Transit technology in the world. The project will be completed in three stages. This spring the Silver Line service will begin operation between Dudley Square and Downtown. At the end of 2003, a route between South Station and Logan Airport via the South Boston Waterfront will open. When finally completed in 2010, the Silver Line will not only offer a one-seat ride from Dudley Square to Logan for over...
...generals Rashid Dostum and Mohammed Atta, that contrary to expectations, Northern Alliance forces have moved unopposed through the Shol Ghar pass south of Mazar-i-Sharif. They now claim to be four miles south of the city, and are promising to capture it tomorrow (Thursday). The reason for their rapid advance, they say, is that the Taliban forces defending the city have abandoned Mazar, heading west to Herat and east to Kunduz...