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They looked like they were on a family outing. On Aug. 25, Syed Hanif, a middle-aged auto-rickshaw driver living in the northern Bombay area of Chimatpada, climbed into a taxi along with his wife, Fahmida, and two daughters, 16-year-old Farheen and four-year-old Shakira. As police later recounted, Hanif threw a heavy bag into the trunk of the cab and instructed the driver to take them to the Gateway of India, a Bombay landmark and one of the city's most popular tourist spots. Once there, the family told the driver to wait for them...
...injured 175 in Bombay. While Ansari allegedly placed his bomb in a taxi at Zaveri Bazaar, a crowded jewelry market, police say the Hanifs had packed explosives in the bag they stashed in the taxi's trunk, then detonated it at the Gateway. With their youngest daughter, Shakira, in tow, the Hanifs then walked through the panic-stricken crowds to safety. Although Hanif's third child, a teenage boy, was not involved, Maria says Hanif's wife and teenage daughter "were both willing accomplices...
...winning are celebrity associations that fashion companies are using them to craft their brand images and their products. Reebok has teamed up with 50 Cent, Shakira and Diane von Furstenberg; Birkenstock with Heidi Klum; and LeSportsac with Gwen Stefani. And designers like Marc Jacobs, in the absence of seismic shifts in fashion, are siphoning some adrenaline from Hollywood by putting celebrities in their ads: Cate Blanchett for Donna Karan, Adrien Brody for Ermenegildo Zegna, Christina Aguilera for Versace...
...last two albums the hooks mostly disappeared, and so did the fans. Jewel has taken the hint. 0304, produced by Lester Mendez (he helped Shakira cross over), aggressively mines rap, pop and dance in search of something that'll get you moving. Mendez isn't picky, and the first single, Intuition, opens with an accordion riff inspired by a Ms. Dynamite song. Still, it's a good riff, and Intuition is a tight, erotic song. Even Jewel is swept up by it, purring something about letting your mind go. On Doin' Fine, she keeps things weightless, singing, "Come on, baby...
...When the room is packed, I say, 'Thank you, Shakira and MTV,'" says Mesmera, who teaches belly dancing in Los Angeles. Mesmera (real name: Laurie Rose) began belly dancing 27 years ago and in recent months has seen her class sizes swell. She says she doesn't care what brings people in; she's just happy to get out the message that belly dancing "gives you a stronger sense of self," even if that self doesn't look like Shakira. "We're all different shapes and sizes, but Mesmera makes everybody feel beautiful," says Monica, a high school teacher. Echoes...