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...professes a devout Islamic faith, but he didn't grow up in a religious family. "We never saw [Basayev's father] Salman go to the mosque until the mid-'90s," recalls former neighbor Abdul. In his teens, Basayev fulfilled his military service as a fireman, spending his ample spare time devouring books on world politics. After leaving the army, he and his younger brother, Shirvani, worked for their father as builders in southern Russia, before Basayev drifted to Moscow with vague plans of studying law. His education didn't last long; he was thrown out of the Institute of Land...
...Meanwhile, buildings in Iraq full of equipment useful for making atomic bombs have been "systematically dismantled" since the U.S.-led invasion, according to a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). A Western diplomat familiar with the report says the theft includes "equipment that would be useful for spare parts for a nuclear program in a country under sanctions, such as Iran." Europe really doesn't have much to offer Tehran for good behavior. Most European countries are trading with Iran already, evidenced by last month's reported €3.25 billion agreement by Spanish and Anglo-Dutch oil concerns...
...weeks that British engineer Ken Bigley was held captive in Iraq, I prayed that the gang that held him would listen to the voice of their conscience, even if that voice had become just a whisper, and spare Bigley’s life. But my prayers weren’t answered...
...good friends over at The Harvard Independent, the thinking man’s alternative to Spare Change, have discovered the perfect antidote to a slow news week: making shit...
...Acquaintances no longer saw me as someone to greet—I was someone engrossed by my music. To Japanese tourists, I was not someone who knew directions around the square—I was just a lazy American bouncing to my funky beat. And best of all, that Spare Change man in front of ABP no longer saw me as a target—he stopped saying “Why hello, sir!” All I had to do was listen to Beyoncé, Christina and Hanson...