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...double meaning of a term as apparently innocuous as "crusade" serves as a reminder of the complex geopolitical challenges involved in building and sustaining the broad coalition necessary to root out terrorism. That challenge is about a lot more than simply rounding up a posse to go into Afghanistan and arrest or kill Osama Bin Laden. President Bush may stir American feelings by invoking the image of a Wild Western "Wanted Dead or Alive" poster, but listen closely to Secretary of State Colin Powell: "Osama bin Laden is the chairman of the holding company, and within that holding company...
...outrages were horrific and tragic, for much had been going right in the province. The 1998 Good Friday agreement ushered in a period of relative peace, stability and economic growth. But the bigotry and mistrust at the root of the conflict go on. Ulster remains essentially divided, Protestants and Catholics living separate lives. Education is segregated. Less than 5% of the children go to shared schools. Sectarian attacks are on the rise again...
...bigotry and mistrust at the root of the conflict remain. For all its progress Ulster remains essentially divided, Protestants and Catholics living separate lives. Most people live in electoral wards dominated by their own religion. Education is segregated. Fewer than 5% of the children go to shared schools. Sectarian attacks are on the rise again. "It would be very odd for us to have gone through what we've gone through for the last 30 years and for there to be no scars and fears and hatred and mistrust," says Will Glendinning, chief executive of the Northern Ireland Community Relations...
...necessarily 1991 all over again. George W. has plenty of time for the recovery to take root before the 2002 midterms - and certainly before re-election time in 2004. Just one thing can really go wrong - if the voters stop spending...
...Senate on the value of stem-cell research. ("Scared me to death," he says.) So far, he has sold embryonic stem cells (at $5,000 for two vials) to some 30 research groups. Though he believes stem cells may someday be used to replace the faulty cells at the root of diseases like Parkinson's, he sees a more fundamental and perhaps more important role for them: explaining why some cells grow up healthy while others get sick and die. "We are simply ignorant about very early development," he says...