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PLEADED GUILTY. RICHARD REID, 29, British citizen and terror suspect known as the shoe bomber; to attempting to blow up an American Airlines flight using explosives contained in his hiking shoes; at a hearing in Boston. He faces 60 years to life in prison. "Basically, I got on the plane with the bomb," he told the court, smirking and chuckling at times. "I am a member of al-Qaeda and I pledged to Osama bin Laden. I am an enemy of your country...
...plans this year because of market weakness, while 39% expect to cut capital spending further next year. BOTTOM LINES "I used to look up at the Imperial Hotel, now I stay at the Imperial Hotel. It's nice to see the working class doing well, isn't it?" John Reid, Britain's Northern Ireland Secretary, on the success of the Labour government's policies "I will not be ashamed to say in three years' time that I've done nothing." Paolo Scaroni, Enel CEO, saying he won't turn the Italian utility into an empire "I don't think...
...agents and their handlers. If the I.R.A. has indeed been spying on the British government, Trimble says, London should throw Sinn Fein out of the power-sharing arrangement. Doubts about the I.R.A.'s intentions have already led Trimble to threaten a January walkout from Stormont. Northern Ireland Secretary John Reid said he wants the police investigation to run its course before any political fallout, but unionists say Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has to rein in the I.R.A. now. The crisis was pulling in Prime Minister Tony Blair, as Trimble headed for Downing Street seeking action, and British officials looked...
...FRANCE Foiled Bombing Customs police in the northeastern city of Metz discovered 100 g of explosives on a chartered Royal Air Maroc plane, raising fears the material was planted for use in a terror attack. The wad of plastic explosives - similar to that carried by alleged shoe-bomber Richard Reid - had been wedged beneath an armrest with no detonation device attached. It was found by sniffer dogs during a random inspection of the flight from Marrakesh, Morocco. French antiterror officials said the find may have thwarted a two-step plot, in which one operative planted the bombing material...
...reality is that the academic world is changing,” said Reid Professor of English and American Literature Philip J. Fisher. “There is now active recruiting in humanities at other universities, and Harvard is being forced to start earlier...