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...plenty of attractive soft targets scattered throughout the Muslim world where affiliated franchises are available and able to take on the job. Al-Qaeda has evidently found a powerful rallying point for jihad in the U.S. occupation of Iraq. Since the invasion, the number and frequency of attacks have risen dramatically. It serves al-Qaeda's propaganda purposes to make people believe it is behind every outrage--even if like-minded groups are acting on their own. Investigators suspect bin Laden's outfit had a direct hand in the May bombings in Saudi Arabia and the August suicide assault...
Democrats have been approaching this centrism thing all wrong. They think that by becoming more conservative, they can appeal to moderates. Meanwhile, the Republican Party has risen to predominance by being more conservative than ever, giving occasional rhetorical nods to the left. Democrats should stick to their guns, but they need to lie about it if they’re going to compete with Bush...
...Hebei province on suspicion of killing 65 people in four provinces, and another in Henan for allegedly murdering 17 boys. Cops, long reliant on heavy-handed monitoring of neighborhoods, struggle to maintain law and order amid China's increasing freedoms: the incidence of violent crime has risen 73% over the past five years. "Society now has blind spots that have become a heaven for killers," says Ren Jiantao, head of the School of Government at Zhongshan University in Guangzhou, who warns that serial killing in Shenzhen, China's migration capital, is "just a few years ahead of everywhere else...
Inspired equally by the ocean, forest animals and Joy Division, the three-year-old band has risen quickly in profile. Since the release of their debut, they have enjoyed glowing, awestruck reviews from music publications on both sides of the Atlantic. They have also developed an infamous stage show that now features locally pruned foliage, a few toy birds and a stunning, seasick climax that—so far—stands as their greatest achievement...
...nationally. In fact, this year’s Harvard-Yale game will be carried by the national cable channel WGN out of Chicago. This television explosion is the culmination of a trend which has led Ivy League football back to national prominence. And the quality of play has risen too. In the last few years Harvard and Penn have spent time in the national rankings. Penn is currently eighth in the Sports Network national poll...