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...Richard Reid, was formally charged last week. At the time of his arrest, the man - whom neighbors described as a quiet student working to become an Islamic cleric - was in possession of a small amount of explosives. He is charged with "unlawfully and maliciously" conspiring with Reid "and others unknown to cause ... an explosion of a nature likely to endanger life or cause serious injury to property in the United Kingdom or elsewhere." The charges cover the period between Sept. 1, 2001 and Nov. 28, 2003, the day after the man was arrested. On Dec. 22, 2001, Reid tried...
Discovering a really good new album offers many of the pleasures of exploring a new city or country, full of unknown history, odd geography and surprising characters. Streetcore is no exception: The final album by Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros, it is a ramshackle, raucous trip through Strummer’s wires. Alas, it is the last of its kind: at the end of 2002, several months before the album’s release, Joe Strummer, former frontman of punk originators The Clash, died of a heart attack. See what I mean about history...
...infected with HIV—new records, both. Prevention efforts are falling far short; AIDS continues to spread unchecked through much of sub-Saharan Africa, and infection rates are rising at alarming speeds in countries such as Russia, India and China. Life-prolonging anti-retroviral drugs are all but unknown throughout most of the globe; in sub-Saharan Africa, treatment is inaccessible for more than 99 percent of those in need. A recent United Nations press release put the matter bluntly: “The global AIDS epidemic shows no sign of abating.” The worst is still...
...runs the day-to-day business from his ninth-floor office at the Cheung Kong Center, while his father, on the 70th floor, guides strategy. Some investors wonder if the relatively unknown Li can effectively succeed his father, 75, whose net worth Forbes estimates at $7.8 billion. Still, it is widely assumed that Li--and not his younger brother, telecom tycoon Richard Li--is next in line. Victor avoids the issue but notes how much he's like Dad. "We almost always arrive at similar conclusions," he says. That may be a result of close tutoring. Father and son share...
...With a Knife by Yoshitomo Nara, long before Nara became one of Japan's top painters. The film Hush!, which Takei helped market, has received numerous awards, including the Yokohama Film Festival 2001 grand prize. His freshest discovery is Rinko Kawauchi. Takei simultaneously published three books by this then-unknown female photographer in 2001; later that year Kawauchi received the prestigious Kimura Ihei Memorial Photo Award and the Photographic Society of Japan's Newcomer's Award...