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...pigeons as "the only sign of biodiversity in the city center," but is now testing public pigeonniers - lofts like those already in use in 20 German cities. Each houses hundreds of birds: their mess is contained and their eggs removed or sterilized. Belgium adores its racing pigeons, but escapees swell the ranks of street pests, so many cities issue fines ranging from $30 to $3,000 for feeding them and hire contractors to cull birds. In Hindu mythology, the pigeon is the chosen bird of the love-god Kamadeva. Bombay's residents can feed them to their hearts' desire...
...movement over which al-Qaeda can still claim parentage. Analysts such as those at the prestigious Institute of International Strategic Studies in London (which hosted President Bush's speech on Wednesday) believe that al-Qaeda has successfully capitalized on the upsurge of worldwide Muslim outrage over the invasion to swell its ranks. And the escalating insurgency confronting U.S. troops in Iraq - punctuated by regular suicide terror attacks reminiscent of those committed by al Qaeda - may be amplifying Bin Laden's message that the path of jihad can defeat the U.S. and redeem Arab honor...
...spent the whole 15 days with my hand in this light little portable thing, swollen, and I had to keep it up so it wouldn’t swell,” Delaney-Smith said. “I looked like an absolute idiot, actually. But it’s good humor. You need humor...
...Harvard infirmary roll continues to swell...
...Hype the small. Work begins on a U.S.-Thai free trade agreement! Joint statement on terror to be issued! All good things but getting the Thai agreement won't be easy in a nation with a more protectionist Congress and a wary textile industry. Joint statements are swell and the edging of APEC from an economic group to more of a security group is intriguing but in the end it can't matter that much...