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...detained the Taliban?s former Chief Justice and Deputy Foreign Minister but that their subsequent whereabouts were unknown. THE PHILIPPINES New Front The jungle island of Basilan became the latest focus of the war on terrorism as U.S. and Philippine troops launched joint military exercises against Islamic extremists. The six-month mission, Washington?s first outside Afghanistan, will deploy about 600 U.S. personnel, including 150 special forces, to train and advise Philippine soldiers fighting Abu Sayyaf guerrillas. The group has been linked to the al-Qaeda network and has held two U.S. missionaries and a Filipino nurse hostage for eight...
...about the $12,000 surgery, agreed that it would be an investment in Xiaohong's future. "First impressions are what matters," says Xiaohong, perched on her hospital cot. "People in China will always pick the taller woman, even if the shorter person is more talented." When Xiaohong finishes the six-month exercise and rehab program in Beijing, she knows she will have to tell her mother about the extravagant expense. After all, you can't hide an 8-cm growth spurt. But Xiaohong's not worried. "When I am tall, I will be able to face many obstacles," she says...
Person of the Week CHOSEN ONE Tapped to head the six-month interim Afghan government, ethnic Pashtun Hamid Karzai quickly promised amnesty to rank-and-file Taliban, and Western justice for top leaders and foreign fighters. But the rickety Bonn agreement could collapse at the whim of rogue warlords...
...Despite aggressive legislation from Minority Leader Trent Lott, the Senate has declined to schedule a vote on a six-month moratorium on cloning into this year's docket (which was enthusiastically endorsed in the House pre-9/11). Apparently they prefer to wait until 2002 - when presumably everyone will have more time to debate the intellectually demanding subject matter. On the stem cell front, efforts of anti-abortion activists were also stymied by the terror attacks, when their congressional allies were forced to sideline challenges to President Bush's announcement that he will allow limited stem cell research...
...spots--San Francisco, Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon. On Oct. 1, 2001, she visited America again--this time to experience the magic of Findlay, Ohio. Sabag, 25, her boyfriend and nine other young Israelis moved into a Findlay apartment complex (45 miles south of Toledo) and signed a six-month lease, but they didn't get to stay long. On Oct. 31 Rachel and her comrades were taken into custody by three dozen federal agents, even though as Israeli Jews they are perhaps the least likely al-Qaeda suspects in the world...