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...Harvard's project manager for the bells said Thursday that a foundation backed by a Russian metals mogul has agreed to pay roughly $1 million to transport the 25 tons of sacred bronze back to Moscow and buy replacements for Lowell, possibly ending a decades-long ordeal in which Harvard sought to repatriate the bells but declined to pay for their transfer...
...show a large majority of the public finds slaughtering them for a gourmet dinner to be repugnant. "It's one of the most inhumane, brutal and shady practices going on in the United States today," complains Republican Rep. John Sweeney, who sponsored the measure to ban the sale and transport of horses to the slaughterhouses. Sweeney's congressional district includes the Saratoga Springs harness racing track...
...Standard's own parent company, [an error occurred while processing this directive] Associated Newspapers. Launched last week with 400,000 copies daily, London Lite aims for young professionals seeking to ease commuter boredom, but not willing to shell out the U.S. 95? for the Standard. Handed out at transport hot spots around the city, the skinny read blends top headline coverage with entertainment news and reviews, gossip and sport. Concerns about cannibalizing the Standard aside, it's easy to understand Associated's gambit. While the circulation of national morning newspapers has dipped 2.3% since February, distribution of Metro, Associated...
...they're attacking us." That reality hit home again last month, when a video of Shehzad Tanweer, one of the four July 7 suicide bombers, was released on the eve of the bombings' one-year anniversary. In it, he promises that attacks like the one on London's public transport network that killed 52 would become stronger, his Yorkshire accent a bitter reminder that he and his cohorts were British citizens, three of them born here. Those who knew the July 7 bombers described them as "ordinary" guys who had never caused any trouble before...
...five men charged with planning the failed July 21 operation - where four small explosions shut down the London transport system - also lived and worked in Britain. "The enemy within is the most daunting, because you don't have people crossing borders, which would make them easier to detect, since they're already integrated and often in very tight communities" says Will Geddes, managing director of ICP Group, an international security consultancy. "The more extreme groups tend to isolate themselves. I hate to draw this analogy, but it's a bit like with pedophile rings. They remain in their own isolated...