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...others. The fate of interfaith stalwarts seeking to undo that heritage and locate in the patriarch a true symbol of accord should be meaningful to all of us suddenly interested in the apparent chasm between Islam and the West. Says Abraham author Feiler: "I believe he's a flawed vessel for reconciliation, but he's the best figure...
...such shipments. Until the sinking, there had never been a death among sailors or smugglers. That changed on Nov. 18, when the 200-ft. Samra sank at 4 a.m. in 10-ft. seas, drowning the two sailors and four Iraqis. Sixteen were rescued, including six U.S. sailors. The leaking vessel, owned by a United Arab Emirates shipper, was built to transport grain but secretly carried four large tanks inside its cargo hold for smuggling oil. The Navy's first mistake was to underestimate the amount of oil on board, which made the ship more likely to go down...
Half the races in the regatta featured Flying Juniors, the standard college racing vessel, while the other half showcased Technical Dinghies, used exclusively...
...Theory Two governments announced details of the threat posed by a group that wants to set up an Islamic state in the region. Singapore said that some of the 21 suspected Muslim militants it arrested in August had staked out the city-state's Changi Airport, a U.S. naval vessel, chemical plants and a bar popular with U.S. military personnel. The suspects were all Singaporeans, members of the militant group Jemaah Islamiah. In the Philippines, a jailed Indonesian operative of Jemaah Islamiah told police of plans to bomb Western targets as part of a war to form an Islamic state...
...Kurdish group suspected of links with al-Qaeda, while Italian authorities took 15 suspected terrorists, believed to be Pakistanis, into custody from a ship docked in Sicily. They had pretended to be seamen, but their ignorance of navigation aroused the suspicion of the ship's captain, who diverted his vessel from Libya to Sicily. The men had false passports, along with lists of names with the annotation "about to get married" - believed to be a code used for a terrorist who is about to attack. U.S. Ultimatum at the U.N. In a forceful speech at the United Nations, U.S. President...