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...desire to adopt the best of Western values. "I ask for political freedom for everybody," he says, rejecting the goal of militant groups to establish an Islamic dictatorship. Yet he believes that British author Salman Rushdie should be put on trial for blasphemy, and he refuses to condemn Sheik Omar Abdul Rahman, convicted on terrorism charges in New York City. And there can be no peace with Israel, he adds, so long as the Jewish state occupies Jerusalem...
...quirks. Twice divorced (he has two children, Khalid, 18, and Reem, 14), Alwaleed is not currently linked with any woman. He laughs sheepishly when people tell him, as they frequently do, that he is the world's most eligible bachelor. In contrast to the stereotype of the whoring petro-sheik, he calls himself a "calorie counter" who doesn't drink or smoke and has an American's obsession with fitness (he now weighs in at 136 lbs.). His only vice seems to be, hardly surprisingly, an appetite for luxury. He is very fond of his 282-ft. Kingdom...
...grisly firsthand accounts of the massacre of 58 tourists at the Hatsepshut temple emerged Tuesday, so did the culprits. The outlawed al-Gamaa al-Islamiya, or Islamic Group, claimed responsibility for the attack through faxes to Western news agencies. The group claimed it had been seeking the release of Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman...
...fifth annual event took place Saturday and Sunday at Boston's City Hall plaza, featuring local bands and more than 10 superstar national performers like Sarah McLachlan, Paula Cole, 10,000 Maniacs, Duncan Sheik, Third Eye Blind, Sister Hazel, The Monkees and Bare Naked Ladies. The concert extravaganza is the primary promotional event each year for MIX and Assistant Program and Music Director for the station Michelle Engel said that the event is the "largest radio sponsored concert in Boston, and the largest free radio concert in the country." What is even more impressive is that the artists (with...
...delicately trying to restart negotiations with the Palestinians. What's more, the Israelis, to repair the damage they'd caused, were compelled not only to provide an antidote to save the life of the man they had meant to kill but also to release from one of their prisons Sheik Ahmed Yassin, the founder and spiritual leader of Hamas...