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...INDICATORS Shock And Audit Insurers in the U.S. filed a $300 billion lawsuit against al-Qaeda and its backers, seeking damages for claims relating to the Sept. 11 attacks. The firms, who have paid out $4 billion to date, also cited Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia for facilitating the disaster...
...Outwardly at least, Hanif did not seem dangerous. Neighbors saw him as a quiet, religious, hardworking man, who left home every morning at daybreak and returned late. In Chimatpada, where Hanif's auto-rickshaw sits covered in blue tarpaulin, there is now a sense of shock and bewilderment over the arrests. "We simply can't believe it," says Amir Jaha, who lives two blocks from the Hanifs. "They were just like...
Okhotin and his brother both expressed shock and disgust with the Russian justice system after the hearing...
...Saudi Arabia has long advocated and indeed promoted the most extreme form of Islamic practices. And for the house of Saud to fein shock and disbelief that their own citizens were part of the Sept. 11 attack on this country is downright shameless on their part. Not only should we not maintain any alliance with this country but we should regard Saudi Arabia as a clear and present danger and should treat it as we would any other country we deem our enemy. Stella Wilson Houston, Texas...
...campaign has even divided the government, with Prime Minister Göran Persson leading the charge in favor of the euro, while five of the 19 ministers in his cabinet are opposed. Even Persson's Social Democratic Party is sharply divided. If the referendum fails, it could send shock waves far beyond Sweden to Britain, where the government is still debating when to put the issue of joining the euro to a vote. The no side has consistently led in the polls all year. Still, a week before the vote, some 20% of voters were undecided. So far, the late...