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...Abdul Wahhab. To defuse the religious leaders' hostility to modernization, the Sauds gave the Wahhabists broad power to dispense their forbidding brand of Islam in the country's mosques and schools and to regulate daily life in the kingdom. During the five daily prayer times, official morality squads roam streets and shopping malls, ordering businesses to close and bystanders to head to the nearest mosque...
...embassy officials in Kabul declined to comment despite TIME's inquiries. But for an area of Afghanistan where hold-out Taliban commanders still roam free - among them, it is believed, the fundamentalist movement's leader, Mullah Omar - U.S. contributions in bricks and mortar may be the best bet of bringing the locals in from the cold...
...many people flock to see Shoei Asai in Kawaguchi that dozens of latecomers must wait outside in the lobby because there isn't room for them in the auditorium. Black-suited men with walkie-talkies and earplugs roam through the crowd, reminding people to turn off their cell phones. Two of these guards, surprised to see a foreign visitor, stop me from entering before another explains that I was invited. It's the first time a journalist has been allowed to witness a Nichiren Kenshokai meeting...
...immediately closed diplomatic missions in Pakistan as well as the American Center in Islamabad. MEANWHILE Camels to Arabia In a new twist on coals to Newcastle, Australia has exported more than 100 camels to Saudi Arabia - for their meat. Introduced in the 19th century, 500,000 camels now roam wild in Australia while in Saudi Arabia, the breeding of beasts for racing has left fewer available for the table...
...consumers are doing it; sales of wireless home-networking products in 2001 were 12 times what they were the year before, according to Stephen Baker, director of research for NPD Techworld. And it's easy to see why. Not only does a wireless network give you the freedom to roam around the house or yard with your laptop without losing your Internet connection, but the latest equipment has also got considerably cheaper and more reliable...