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...document is believed to have been written by Issa al-Hindi, an al-Qaeda operative captured in Britain last year. It recommends concealing bombs in limos because the vehicles "blend in" and "can transport larger payloads than sedans ... and do not require special driving skills." The limos can "access underground parking structures that do not accommodate trucks" and "have tinted windows that can hide an improvised explosive device from outside." The document calls for the deployment of three limos, each carrying 12 or more compressed-gas cylinders to create a "full fuel-air explosion by venting flammable gas into...
...country's estimated 800,000 illegal immigrants who can prove at least six months' employment and evidence of residence in Spain for at least six months. The move is expected to increase social security payments and generate new tax revenues for Spain, which has a thriving underground economy. Youth to Power ROMANIA The youthful Cabinet of new Prime Minister Calin Tariceanu - with six Ministers under 40 - was sworn in in Bucharest. The youngest nominee, 29-year-old former primary-school teacher Cristina Pirvulescu, was dropped as the candidate for Minister for European Integration after failing to identify the governing body...
...movie takes place in 859 A.D. as China’s ruling Tang Dynasty is in decline. The most serious threat to push the increasingly corrupt government into anarchy is an underground organization known as the House of Flying Daggers...
...music definitely comes first. Xuan loves his music—both listening to it and creating it. “Music is my absolute passion,” he says. His tastes run to the underground, the indie and the experimental. A member of two bands that he describes as “future rock” in style, Xuan specializes in analog synthesizers and electronic music. He’s even carving time out of his premed course load to take a year-long electronic music class. A close friend of Xuan’s, Tim H. Wong...
Honorable mentions go to Franz Ferdinand, the Arcade Fire and the Kings of Convenience, wrapping up a year in rock that may go down to some as the year indie broke, but to others just another solid year in underground music...