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...cells of alleged al-Qaeda schemers busted in Europe over the last year have been accused of planning attacks ? in Paris, Brussels, Rome and Strasbourg ? that luckily never happened. None has been linked to the one that tragically did: the suicide bombing plot of Sept. 11, centered around Mohamed Atta?s apparently autonomous cell in Hamburg. That changed last week when Spanish investigative judge, Baltasar Garz?n, released a preliminary indictment against eight men alleged to have constituted a long-standing al-Qaeda cell in Spain...
...have been endemic to Afghanistan's politics for the past quarter century, first among the royals, then among the communists and finally among the anti-Soviet mujahedeen - and right now its the latter who are reclaiming power. King Zahir Shah, who the U.S. hopes will return from exile in Rome and lead a democratic renaissance, was overthrown in 1973 by his cousin, Mohammed Daoud, who was himself overthrown by a communist military coup in 1978. But as infighting among two rival communist factions became more violent and chaotic, the Soviets invaded in 1979 and installed their preferred faction. That united...
Tomatoes are not native to Rome, explains Leah J. Whittington 02, founder of Harvards Latin Table. Inspired by a trip to the Eternal City, Whittington first tried to start the table in the spring of 1999. She is convinced that the current mode of teaching Latin as a purely written language is a somewhat backwards system that deprives us of a fundamental language capability, which is the spoken word. After several failed attempts to hold the Latin Table in dining halls, Whittington petitioned the Classics Department to help fund her labor of love at a more appropriate venueBertuccis. With...
Karzai's foray into Afghanistan was more discreet than Haq's. On Oct. 8, Karzai spread word that he was traveling to Rome to confer with the aging King. Instead, Karzai and a group of armed and loyal tribesmen grabbed a sat-phone and headed into southwest Afghanistan, the Taliban stronghold. For weeks, Karzai met with tribal elders, probing what success an insurrection backed by U.S. firepower might have against Taliban leader Mullah Omar. Karzai eluded the Taliban until last week, when its network of spies picked up his movements along the mountain trails of Uruzgan. On Thursday, Karzai...
...Tokyo. A brilliant art scholar as well as a skillful dealer, Wildenstein was also devoted to horse racing, owning prominent stables and was named six times as France's leading owner. DIED. HOWARD FINSTER, 84, a fiery Baptist preacher and prominent American self-taught artist; in Rome, Georgia. Finster used his folk art, which ranged from paintings that hung in the Library of Congress to album covers for rock bands like R.E.M. and Talking Heads, to spread his evangelical Christian message. DIED. JOHN PLUMB, 90, natty British historian of the 18th century and best-selling author; in Cambridge. A former...