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...Malaysian officials say the security problem is compounded by the country's successful push in recent years to boost the numbers of visitors from the Middle East, attracted in part by Malaysia's policy of visa-free entry for citizens of most Islamic countries. "How do we stop these Arabs?" asks one official. "Even if we suspect them we can't just arrest people...
...began to call her school "Jihad U" and "University of Suicidal Fanatics." Critics noted that al-Arian's brother-in-law, Mazen al-Najjar, a former U.S.F. professor cited by the Federal Government as a security threat based on "secret evidence," is in a Florida prison for overstaying his visa. Says Norman Gross, a prominent Tampa Jewish leader: "You have to put the good of the school and the country ahead of [al-Arian's] tenure." A week before Christmas, Genshaft, with the backing of her trustees and Governor Jeb Bush, decided to jettison al-Arian...
...considered plans to tighten security measures in the city, scores of military reservists criticized the army?s heavy hand in the Palestinian territories and refused to serve there. AUSTRALIA Return to Sender Asylum seekers at a detention center called off a two-week hunger strike after reassurances that their visa applications would be processed. But the standoff seemed likely to continue as lawyers for the mainly Afghan refugees said they would oppose a plan to offer them cash to leave the country. Prime Minister John Howard said his government would provide "resettlement assistance" since it was now "safe" for Afghans...
...Moussaoui, the French operative arrested in August and indicted Dec. 11 for planning terrorist attacks. U.S. officials believe that Binalshibh is a hard-core suicide martyr who wanted to be the 20th hijacker. A member of the Hamburg cell led by Mohammed Atta, he unsuccessfully tried to obtain a visa to enter the U.S. to take flying lessons on four occasions in 2000. He also wired thousands of dollars to the hijackers; last August he sent $14,000 to Moussaoui. On Sept. 5, he fled Germany and has been at large since. In January 2000, Binalshibh met in Malaysia with...
...there's already talk about revising the state's Open Records laws, which make diagrams of dams and water-purification plants publicly available. At least eight states are weighing proposals to tighten rules for obtaining driver's licenses. Some, like Florida, propose having foreign nationals' licenses expire when their visa or work permit does; that would prevent illegals from using licenses as permanent IDs. North Carolina has created a registry of institutions possessing anthrax or other biological agents. And Colorado is likely to abolish a law that requires women to obtain the written permission of the Governor before serving...