Uzbekistan is separated from northern Afghanistan by the Amu Darya River with just one vitally important bridge across -- oddly named the Friendship Bridge -- over which poured thousands of Soviet troops during their brutal and, ultimately, disastrous invasion of Afghanistan in the 1980s.
The question now is whether U.S. ground troops one day will cross that same river.

Posted by at October 31, 2001 10:03 PM

If there were no negotiations, Muttaqi, along with other Taliban leaders, indicated that the war would turn into a conflict on the ground in which the Taliban would prevail - as the Afghans did against the Soviets in the 1979-1989 war.

Posted by at October 31, 2001 10:02 PM

The group, wearing green jackets, reportedly punched and kicked the journalists who then retaliated. A brawl ensued.

Posted by at October 31, 2001 09:57 PM

Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill said the list includes businesses and charitable organizations that funnel money to the Al Qaeda network of alleged terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden.

Posted by at October 31, 2001 09:55 PM

The agency spokesman said many of the Iraqis, posing as refugees, are smuggled from eastern Europe with the aid of criminal gangs. The German-Czech border is a common crossing point because of less stringent controls.

Posted by at October 31, 2001 08:20 PM

"China is also extending support and cooperation to the Taliban government, but the shape of this cooperation cannot be disclosed," Mr. Haqqani said in the interview published Oct. 22 in the newspaper Islamabad Pakistan.
A day later, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Sun Yuxi in Beijing dismissed the commander's statement as "a complete fabrication."
A U.S. official said China's contacts with the Taliban have been "limited" and "of questionable value," primarily related to economic matters.

Posted by at October 31, 2001 08:16 PM

Posted by at October 31, 2001 08:11 PM

Rumsfeld did not say which U.S. troops are in Afghanistan or how long they have been there, but from his description of their missions it seemed likely they include army special forces, commonly called Green Berets. He said fewer than 100 are in Afghanistan.

Posted by at October 31, 2001 08:08 PM

The Canadian Alliance -- despite demanding for weeks that the government release more information about the terrorism probe -- slammed Mr. MacAulay for releasing what opposition MPs said was sensitive information.

Posted by at October 31, 2001 08:06 PM

Witness "SS", named as such to protect his identity, claimed that the militias quoted the Pastor's words as they pursued him (the witness) in Kibuye prefecture, western Rwanda. SS said that he had sighted the Pastor in this gang of militias. He said he had managed to escape from the militias.

Posted by at October 31, 2001 07:53 PM

Just before he bid us goodbye, Zogby teased us with this little tidbit: He said his findings showed Sen. Hillary Clinton was drawing strong support among Democrats as a presidential candidate in 2004.

Posted by at October 31, 2001 07:49 PM

The Disclosure Project, a Virginia-based group calling for the release of top-secret information on UFOs, said shadowy government and military operations have cracked the mysteries of alien technology that could have alerted U.S. officials to the terrorist plot or prevented it altogether.

Posted by at October 31, 2001 07:46 PM

"Bombs had been part of Parvana's whole life. Every day, every night, rockets would fall out of the sky, and someone's house would explode," reads one passage in the book, written by Canadian author Deborah Ellis.

Posted by at October 31, 2001 07:43 PM

Antonin Baudys says the conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter mean Bush faces a "critical situation" until the middle or end of 2003

Posted by at October 31, 2001 07:37 PM

``The Western press also intrudes so much into private lives it is unbearable for many citizens. The death of Princess Diana is an example of the painful consequence of such a 'free press.'''

Posted by at October 31, 2001 07:33 PM

Westin maintained that "our job is to determine what is, not what ought to be." He elaborated: "I can say the Pentagon got hit, I can say this is what their position is, this is what our position is, but for me to take a position this was right or wrong, I mean, that's perhaps for me in my private life, perhaps it's for me dealing with my loved one, perhaps it's for my minister at church. But as a journalist I feel strongly that's something that I should not be taking a position on."

Posted by at October 31, 2001 07:28 PM

This, along with an announcement of further help for Colombia, already the third largest recipient of US military aid in the world, threatens to turn the country into another front line in the global war on terrorism.

Posted by at October 31, 2001 07:17 PM

The ship had undocked from the International Space Station at 4:38 a.m. Moscow time and soft-landed in the steppes at 7:59 a.m. Moscow time, Russian Mission Control reported.

Posted by at October 31, 2001 07:01 PM

The Norwegian version is smaller -- 220ft long, compared with Leonardo's projected 1,155ft -- and is made of Norwegian wood -- mainly glued pine -- rather than stone. "Our project has proved that it can be built in wood or stone, in any scale, because the principles work," Mr Sand said.

Posted by at October 31, 2001 06:58 PM

Here's your chance to be an online pioneer. If you think my voice, as a weekly columnist, is worth 20 cents a week, please send me a cheque and urge your friends to do the same. If, by 5 January 2002, I have raised 1/3 of a year's pay, I will commence writing a weekly column that will appear on this web site.

[This is not an original idea, and I haven't seen it work -- yet -- GT]

Posted by at October 31, 2001 06:01 PM

Mr. Murdoch's apology was prompted by Ms. Peyser's Sept. 21 column, in which the writer referred to Ms. Amanpour as a "CNN war slut."

Posted by at October 31, 2001 05:35 PM

"I haven't watched the news for years so I don't really care what they do," said Dennis Adkins of Syracuse New York, "As long as it doesn't interfere with Frasier I'm all right with it."

Posted by at October 31, 2001 05:22 PM

In January, Britain's parliament passed regulations under the 1990 Human Fertilization and Embryology Act to legalize the destruction of human embryos for stem cell research, and, in a global first, permit cloning to create embryos for the research.
However, the ProLife Alliance, which has launched a judicial review of the parliamentary vote, contends that parliament cannot authorize cloning under that act. They maintain embryos created by cloning do not fit the definition of embryo under the law because fertilization is not involved.

Posted by at October 31, 2001 05:03 PM

Giving consumers a peek of a Web page in theory offers a useful clue about the relevance of the information being served up. But piling on many graphics, even small ones, can cause longer page-loading times than one gets with plain text. In addition, Google's test offers only tiny pictures of Web pages, known as thumbnails, which many surfers may find illegible.

Posted by at October 31, 2001 05:02 PM

John Safa, chief technology officer at software development company BitArts Labs, said copies of Windows XP - with the protection mechanism stripped out - are available for as little as ��5 each.

Posted by at October 31, 2001 04:23 PM

The legislation winding through the EU Parliament claims the cookie is a threat to consumers' personal privacy as it collects data on their comings and goings without asking for their consent.

Posted by at October 31, 2001 01:46 PM

Welcome visitors from Socit Radio-Canada, the French language version of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

Posted by at October 31, 2001 10:56 AM

Even if US and British commandos manage to find bin Laden's cave in the windswept moonscape of Afghanistan, many experts on Islamic terrorist groups say there are plenty of experienced, motivated fighters who could carry on the work.

Posted by at October 31, 2001 08:33 AM

This means that even if the Allied military campaign, which is in its fourth week, is successful in killing Mr bin Laden and his senior lieutenants, further attacks may not be prevented, a horrifying reality for efforts to counter the threat of terror attacks inside America and on US targets overseas.

Posted by at October 31, 2001 08:29 AM

Judge Matz' ruling grants PlayMedia a preliminary injunction against AOL until the company's case against the media giant has been judged in court. The ruling prevents AOL from shipping AOL 6.0 - either directly or through third-parties - while it contains AMP code, though it is permitted to ship the MP3 decoded in WinAMP. Equally, it has to block any AOL 6.0 user whose installed version of the software contains AMP - though said users are allowed access to the AOL service in order for the company to remove the offending code through its Live Update mechanism.

Posted by at October 31, 2001 06:19 AM

The Invisible Library is a collection of books that only appear in other books. Within the library's catalog you will find imaginary books, pseudobiblia, artifictions, fabled tomes, libris phantastica, and all manner of books unwritten, unread, unpublished, and unfound.

Posted by at October 31, 2001 06:17 AM

At its Scotford plant in Alberta, Shell previously vented its CO2 emissions into the atmosphere as a waste product. Carbon dioxide, blamed by some scientists for being a principal cause of global warming, is produced as a byproduct of fuel combustion and some chemical processes.
Shell said it is selling the carbon dioxide to a neighboring company, Air Liquide, which processes the gas so that it can be used to carbonate soft drinks. Shell said it eventually would sell 62,000 tons of carbon dioxide a year to Air Liquide.

Posted by at October 31, 2001 06:16 AM

Defying the United States, which has made clear its desire for a full pull-out, senior Israeli officials said the army would withdraw from its positions only when the Palestinians guaranteed security.

Posted by at October 30, 2001 09:13 PM

The names of those detained have not been released. Nor have the reasons for their detentions, the names of those who represent them and the status of their cases. Nor will the authorities say how many have now been released. Many appear not to have been allowed contact with their families. Their lawyers have been ordered not to speak to the press. Indeed, it is not clear that all suspects have lawyers. Most seem to be detained for immigration violations or under ?material witness? provisions.

Posted by at October 30, 2001 09:12 PM

It was as though up there was a divine supermarket, and at last it had become open to people in the Muslim world. They didn't understand that the goods that gave them power in the end were made by another civilization. That was intolerable to accept, and it remains intolerable.

Posted by at October 30, 2001 09:06 PM

This is troubling, say bioterrorism specialists. While the terrorists behind the anthrax-laced mail US might have got hold of the strain of anthrax in several laboratories around the world, the method the US developed for turning a wet bacterial culture into a dangerous, dry powder is a closely-guarded secret.

Posted by at October 30, 2001 09:01 PM

Navy patrols are reported to have rescued 12 crew members and 13 security personnel from the tanker, named as the MV Silk Pride, but three people are missing.

Posted by at October 30, 2001 08:59 PM

"We must work more. People have to be taught. Even a presidential nominee will have to be taught how to walk, think and speak the way we need him to."

Posted by at October 30, 2001 08:45 PM

Schiphol airport in Amsterdam is trialling a new system to scan frequent flyers' irises and record their personal data, removing the need for them to brandish a passport every time they pass through customs.

Posted by at October 30, 2001 04:08 PM

"I couldn't afford to send big files over the wide area network. It didn't fit into my budget. Now employees just look for the file on a PC closest to theirs, which can be in the same office. It's cheaper. It's faster."

Posted by at October 30, 2001 04:06 PM

We'd also like to remind you that the name of this site is Disinformation. We encourage you to research each topic for yourself: check out all the links, especially the ones that seem contrary to your views; question the motivation of the writer and publisher; and form your own opinion about the information that is being presented. We suggest that you treat all other news/information outlets in the same way - the media have strong biases which directly affect the way in which news and information is presented to you - and very often that leads to disinformation.

Posted by at October 30, 2001 03:18 PM

Mr. Blanchard's 1998 memoir, Behind the Embassy Door: Canada, Clinton and Quebec, credited the Prime Minister and his team with "rescuing the country" during the referendum by promising to recognize Quebec's distinctiveness and grant the province a constitutional veto.
But Mr. Blanchard is less flattering in the 10-page memorandum he wrote for his government.
He says the federalist campaign was hampered by "poor co-ordination" and "strategic miscalculation" by federalists in both Ottawa and Quebec. Even assuming Mr. Chretien and Daniel Johnson, the Quebec Liberal leader, were "still in power during the next referendum campaign, they are likely to employ different/stronger support staff and tactics."

[Chretien's behavior in 1995 makes most sense if he's actually a separatist mole -- something I've vaguely wondered for years -- GT]

Posted by at October 30, 2001 02:44 PM

"The camera could pick up a muzzle flash and a sound of a gun firing, and it would autonomously direct counter-fire," Davis said.

Posted by at October 30, 2001 12:21 PM

The logical response - "But if nothing is happening, why are you so reluctant to let me see it?" - left Agent No-Name unmoved, as did the official letter from Tehran suggesting that for three days the Herald had the run of Iran's eastern border.

Posted by at October 30, 2001 11:55 AM

"There is a sensitivity over the legitimacy of this president."

Posted by at October 30, 2001 11:54 AM

...we've learned about Saudi schools. As this newspaper recently reported from Riyadh, the 10th-grade textbook for one of the five required religion classes taught in all Saudi public schools states: "It is compulsory for the Muslims to be loyal to each other and to consider the infidels their enemy." This hostile view of non-Muslims, which is particularly pronounced in the strict Saudi Wahhabi brand of Islam, is reinforced through Saudi sermons, TV shows and the Internet.

Posted by at October 30, 2001 11:50 AM

China's exports of toys, plastics, housewares and consumer electronics to the United States - which topped $100 billion in 2000 - were showing signs of slowing before Sept. 11, building on a downward trend for the year. The world's most populous country was also reeling from a slowing global economy, economists said.

Posted by at October 30, 2001 11:45 AM

Maybe we're losing that battle for Afghan hearts and minds in part because the Bush State Department appointee in charge of the propaganda effort is a C.E.O. (from Madison Avenue) chosen not for her expertise in policy or politics but for her salesmanship on behalf of domestic products like Head & Shoulders shampoo. If we can't effectively fight anthrax, I guess it's reassuring to know we can always win the war on dandruff.

Posted by at October 30, 2001 11:22 AM

The reputed leader of the Hells Angels in Quebec was in high spirits yesterday during his first visit to the new courthouse built to house the biker mega-trial.
His attorney was not.

Posted by at October 30, 2001 10:53 AM

Mr. Ressam also was said to have blamed the United States for the conflict in Bosnia in which many Muslims died.

Posted by at October 30, 2001 10:50 AM

In one of the most striking shifts, only 18 percent of Americans said they had a great deal of confidence that the government could protect them from terrorism; a month ago, 35 percent had such confidence. A majority, 58 percent, said they had a fair amount of confidence. The rest had little or no confidence.

Posted by at October 30, 2001 10:31 AM

Samir al-Maktari appears on a list of several hundred suspects, material witnesses and others created by the FBI that had been mistakenly distributed by authorities in Finland.

Posted by at October 30, 2001 10:28 AM

Milosevic dismissed the indictments as documents written at the level of "a retarded 7-year-old child."

Posted by at October 30, 2001 10:20 AM

A police source said authorities were stunned by the large amount of al-Qaida activity -- from fundraising, recruiting and counterfeiting of documents -- that was taking place here.

Posted by at October 30, 2001 10:16 AM

...accused of telling the cashier that a doctor's appointment was in order because the credit card she used to pay with had been infected with anthrax, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

Posted by at October 30, 2001 10:15 AM

Lucent CEO Henry Schacht said posting the $8.8 billion net loss, its fourth consecutive quarterly deficit, proves that terrorists have not been totally successful in disrupting the American way of life.

Posted by at October 30, 2001 10:11 AM

We are creating an interactive performance suit and developing functional cybernetic units that will be worn with it. Ultimately we seek to fully transform an individual into a new and unexpected hybrid organism with fully integrated control systems. Our research has several objectives: experimenting with simple solutions for animating the suit with movement, sound, and light devices; exploring possibilities for manual, automatic, and remote activation of these devices; and creating a beautiful, organic, yet entirely unfamiliar human/machine chimera.

Posted by at October 30, 2001 09:07 AM

At Remote, all of the cameras within the lounge are controllable by the bar patrons themselves, who can view the output of the different cameras at custom-designed Cocktail Consoles. The Cocktail Consoles also allow customers to then remotely pan and tilt any camera they are viewing using a joystick. Patrons therefore"spy" on other patrons and will be "spied" on in return. The cameras act as the "remote eyeballs," or the visual prosthetics, of the bar customers. This distortion of the usual way in which people interact, at the same time more (virtually) intimate and (physically) remote then typical bar encounters, is at the core of the fun to be had using the gadgets at Remote.

Posted by at October 30, 2001 09:03 AM

Here on Herschel Island, a windy mound of land off the north-western tip of Canada, graves are pushing up from the ground as the ice within the carpet of permafrost melts, spitting up foreign contents, sending whole hill slopes sliding downward. On a far tip of this island an entire grave site one day got up and slipped into the sea.

Posted by at October 30, 2001 08:21 AM

The last word goes to Paul Nash, who signed up for a CWC account before the company was bought by NTL and was promised 'a one-off ��10 registration fee gives you internet access for life'.
"Question is, whose lifetime? Not mine by the look of things," Nash told silicon.com. "So perhaps those nice people at NTL will send me my tenner back?"

Posted by at October 30, 2001 08:00 AM

Primeau said that although the facility was built for the [Hell's Angels] biker trial, it was constructed with a certain amount of flexibility in mind.

Posted by at October 30, 2001 07:46 AM

The latest research into Britain's VIPers - the 10% of the population made up of wealthy professionals, entrepreneurs and media types - shows that while daily newspaper consumption is down slightly, internet use is up by more than 50%.

Posted by at October 30, 2001 07:40 AM

"Since Sept. 11, (we) have been very sensitive to content in all programming we distribute," a representative of Columbia Tri-Star Television Distribution told the [TV Guide] online service.

Posted by at October 29, 2001 09:42 PM

"I had the honour to defend my nation from the criminal aggression committed against it and to protect my people from terrorism, with which the Clinton administration closely co-operated," Mr. Milosevic told the court.

Posted by at October 29, 2001 09:36 PM

But Landry emphasized that [Quebec] sovereignty was discussed only briefly and was not a priority in light of the more pressing issues dominating the international agenda since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Posted by at October 29, 2001 09:33 PM

Democrats want all workers -- from security screeners to luggage screeners -- to be full-fledged federal employees. If they were, they likely would become unionized.
The Bush White House and House Republicans said they want federal supervisors overseeing a private work force that does not have union or civil service protection shielding them from disciplinary action and firings for poor work performance.

Posted by at October 29, 2001 09:26 PM

There's a whole process of onsite editing taking place that is absolutely new.
A whole collection of material, that may well be far more interesting in the months and years after the event than in the hard news context, is being lost at that stage.

Posted by at October 29, 2001 09:17 PM

He added: "It is worth bearing in mind that in Islamic countries when there has been conflict, typically the conflict has not stopped during Ramadan."

Posted by at October 29, 2001 08:57 PM

Afghanistan says it does not want the help of thousands of Pakistani tribesmen-turned-soldiers who have gathered along the border between the two countries.

Posted by at October 29, 2001 08:55 PM

...while the information was not specific, the FBI was issuing the alert to the American people because "they can make good judgments and can understand this kind of information."

Posted by at October 29, 2001 08:52 PM

It's not a new world order, not yet, and is not God's war. It's a horrible, necessary, humiliating police action to redress the failure of our intelligence services and cur blind political stupidity in arming and exploiting fanatics to fight the Soviet invader, then abandoning them to a devastated, leaderless country. As a result, it's our miserable duty to seek out and punish a bunch of modern medieval religious zealots who will gain mythic stature from the very death we propose to dish out to them.

Posted by at October 29, 2001 08:21 PM

The real money at Webvan went into technology. Walking through rooms stacked ceiling to floor with Sun and Compaq servers and Cisco switches and routers -- all late or current models -- one realizes why these companies can't sell a new product when it can be had for 10 to 20 cents on the dollar from dead dot-coms.

Posted by at October 29, 2001 07:29 PM

Although 38 percent of Web leaders could not say when their consumer Web site would break even, 69 percent believe that cutting back further Web investment would damage their firm's business.

Posted by at October 29, 2001 06:52 PM

The $6 training wage will apply to the first 500 hours of employment or roughly the first six months of a new part-time job, he said. It takes effect Nov. 15.
There is nothing stopping employers from laying off workers who are nearing 500 hours and the $8 minimum wage, Mr. Bruce conceded.
"They may very well do that," he said. "They are not in violation if they did.
"What we've accomplished is that a young person now has a record of employments, has had some training and can take that record along to other jobs," Mr. Bruce said.

Posted by at October 29, 2001 06:39 PM

To better understand how data storage and retrievel works in an XML world, this paper will first discuss the past, present, and future of structuring XML documents. Then we will delve into the languages that add the ability to query an XML document similar to a traditional data store. This will be followed by an exploration of how the most popular RDBMSs have recognized the importance of this new data storage format and have integrated XML into their latest releases. Finally the rise of new data storage and retrieval systems specifically designed for handling XML will be shown.

Posted by at October 29, 2001 06:30 PM

The Goal: To unite millions of people in an effort to 'paint' a red spot on the dark portion of a first-quarter moon using common laser pointers during a five-minute period this autumn.

Posted by at October 29, 2001 06:23 PM

With the competition for news fierce, many candidates understand that the cheapest way to generate publicity is by holding press conferences and stirring up controversy.
But media watchers warn that the claims made by candidates are often unchecked and usually forgotten after an election is over.

Posted by at October 29, 2001 06:20 PM

This may not be terribly surprising to those that frequent Advogato, but it's something that it pains me to say. I'm one of the co-editors of the RTSP specification, and have been a very active member of the W3C's SYMM Working Group working on SMIL.

Posted by at October 29, 2001 06:10 PM

The Internet Archive Wayback Machine puts the history of the World Wide Web at your fingertips. The Archive contains over 100 terabytes and 10 billion web pages archived from 1996 to the present.

Posted by at October 29, 2001 05:40 PM

Be master of your petty annoyances and conserve your energies for the big, worthwhile things. It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out - it's the grain of sand in your shoe. -Robert Service, writer (1874-1958)

Posted by at October 29, 2001 06:49 AM

Posted by at October 28, 2001 07:38 PM

"I felt very bad for my employees - they believed in boo."

Posted by at October 28, 2001 06:16 PM

After a leak to the French press in late September produced unwanted publicity, militants scrambled to escape the expected sting, one clambering out a back window in Brussels as the police burst into his apartment. There were a series of hasty arrests. But the chance to observe over the long term a militant Islamic network planning attacks on American interests and to arrest dozens was lost. Nonetheless, law enforcement officials across Europe say the plot against the U.S. Embassy in Paris gave them a glimpse of how Mr. bin Laden has operated in their midst and offered some clues about the attacks in the United States on Sept. 11, as well as to how future plots may unfold.
The plotters against the Paris embassy, they say, were students, fathers and delinquents; they were zealous, naive and ruthless. Some came from middle-class homes that embraced modernity; many grew up in Europe and did not even speak Arabic.

Posted by at October 28, 2001 04:27 PM

"The money's missing? Yes. Where is it? God only knows," Guglielmo said. "We have New York City firemen's money in here. Do you know how embarrassing that is? It's a horror story."

Posted by at October 28, 2001 04:18 PM

He is a shy, soft-spoken man and doesn't look like a terrorist," Mir said. "I still think he isn't involved in terrorism."

Posted by at October 28, 2001 04:16 PM

Two thirds of patients still had a diagnosis of mental illness a year after their initial diagnosis and in nearly half the diagnosis was still major depression.

Posted by at October 28, 2001 03:25 PM

"In the absence of minimum work standards, workers in escort agencies, massage parlours and other indoor employment venues have no legal avenue to protect themselves against exploitative conditions of employment," the study concluded.

Posted by at October 28, 2001 03:17 PM

Iran has roundly condemned the attacks, but Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi said on Sunday they were a result of Washington's misguided policies in the Middle East, and now air strikes on Afghanistan were stoking sympathy in Islamic countries for the ruling Taliban.

Posted by at October 28, 2001 03:06 PM

Any action based on political, ideological or religious motivation that's meant to intimidate the public or compel the [Canadian] government to act in a certain way could qualify.

Posted by at October 28, 2001 03:04 PM

Companies from Canada and Sweden are exploiting Sudan's oil resources. The government uses the petrodollars to wage its ceaseless war against the Dinkas.

Posted by at October 28, 2001 02:57 PM

He organized rebellion forces and plotted many violent riots in Tibet. He sent secret agents and intelligence personnel to carry out terrorist activities in Tibet. He spread rumors and calumnies and engineered other sorts of separatist activities.

Posted by at October 28, 2001 02:55 PM

Auger pointed out acidly that the anti-terrorism legislation is zipping through Parliament, even though there has not been a single victim of terrorism in Canada.
"In the case of the anti-gang legislation, there were 20 people - innocent bystanders - who were either killed or wounded in the war with the bikers," he said, pointing out that the anti-gang legislation is still stalled in the Senate.

Posted by at October 28, 2001 02:53 PM

Violence against journalists in Ukraine is drawing special attention since last fall's killing of internet journalist Georgy Gongadze, which sparked a political scandal in the country.

Posted by at October 28, 2001 02:48 PM

A TV Asahi reporter who last week linked the anthrax attacks in the United States to Jewish "control" of the U.S. media is set to apologize for his comments in a special segment, an international Jewish human rights organization said Thursday.

Posted by at October 28, 2001 02:47 PM

"In the spirit of the traditionally good relations between our two countries, (the Afghan authorities and the Afghan charge d'affaires) applied a preferential approach to solving the problem with the Bulgarian journalists, and to their overall treatment on Afghan soil," said the release.

Posted by at October 28, 2001 02:46 PM

"The tribe comes across and decides it doesn't want to be a Taliban member and will either go neutral or they will join with the other forces," Fitzgerald said.

Posted by at October 28, 2001 02:43 PM

Yet it remains unclear whether the people involved in the conversations were participants in the plot, or merely exulting in the audacity and destructiveness of the attacks on the American "enemy." The authorities have not said whether any of the people detained on the basis of the intercepts were cooperating, but none have been charged with crimes related to Sept. 11.

Posted by at October 28, 2001 02:36 PM

The militant Palestinian group Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the shooting in a videotaped message.

Posted by at October 28, 2001 02:32 PM

Four gunmen entered the church, locked the doors and sprayed worshippers with bullets. Two others waited outside to shoot anyone who tried to escape.

Posted by at October 28, 2001 02:31 PM

Carriers could face paying compensation of more than ��10 million for allegedly failing to warn British travellers about the dangers of the condition, which can cause potentially lethal blood clots.

Posted by at October 28, 2001 01:15 PM

We will share a unified grid with more than half a petabyte of disk storage, a 40-gigabit-per-second national optical backbone (a carrying capacity equivalent to 40,000 cable modem connections), and 13 teraflops of aggregate compute power.

Posted by at October 28, 2001 12:02 PM

"The committee is of the view that there should not only be new personnel hired to implement reinforced security measures of entry points, but also to process and review new immigration applications and refugee claims."

Posted by at October 27, 2001 11:31 PM

Since the September 11 terrorist attacks, Twin Cities-based Cursor has posted hundreds of links to news, political commentary and media criticism. Each day, Cursor staffers comb the Internet for the most important reportage and analysis from U.S. media sources and leading English- language newspapers in Europe and around the world -- a general interest digest that allows readers to keep abreast of events on a variety of fronts.

Posted by at October 27, 2001 11:09 PM

Looking at all the details so far - nothing really adds up neatly for me, except that Flight 93 had a midair crisis that caused debris to fall before it crashed. I remain skeptical of all the theories... except one. We are not being told what happened - and the Government knows exactly what happened.

Posted by at October 27, 2001 11:06 PM

THOUSANDS of Pakistani warriors armed with automatic weapons, axes and swords headed for the Afghan border yesterday to join forces with the Taliban regime shielding Osama Bin Laden.

Posted by at October 27, 2001 11:04 PM

Now the 34-year-old sits in a New York jail cell as investigators unravel the complex threads of his life and try to address the questions that emerge: Why was a man who worked as a store clerk for $5 an hour transferring thousands of dollars through banks? Why were there forged documents found at one of his former addresses? And why did Canadian immigration officials release a man whom intelligence agents name as an agent of Osama bin Laden?

Posted by at October 27, 2001 06:31 PM

On October 24 a Chinese internet news site, Zhongxin Wang, ran a piece describing in detail the purported assassination of Osama bin Laden and Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar by members of their retinue at an underground base near Kandahar on October 16. They were both shot twice in the back. One of bin Laden's sons and two of Omar's were also killed. The story was picked up today by the Tokyo-based Yomiuru Shimbun, the largest daily newspaper in Japan. Of course rumors and war go hand in hand, and without proof one way or another what is one to think?

Posted by at October 27, 2001 06:10 PM

"He also has some electronic equipment with which he might be providing information to the US and other military sections," he said.

Posted by at October 27, 2001 06:08 PM

"I think there's going to be a whole recasting of what social movements in civil society do. Our movement is trying to find a thoughtful place in which to participate."

Posted by at October 27, 2001 06:06 PM

"As this war goes on against terrorism it has to address terrorism in India. So I think that's quite explicit and I think both leaders will be discussing that during the Prime Minister's visit," Blackwill said in an interview on Zee News.

Posted by at October 27, 2001 05:53 PM

"People need to know that there are drugs other than Cipro, that the supply will not be a problem and that these drugs will be available to the government at a reasonable price," said Henry A. McKinnell, chairman of Pfizer. "We don't intend to make a profit on this threat to the nation."

Posted by at October 27, 2001 05:42 PM

It is unclear for how long the withdrawal has been cancelled. Israel remains under international pressure, notably from the United States, to leave the Palestinian-controlled areas as soon as possible.

Posted by at October 27, 2001 05:38 PM

Among their latest raids, the Americans are reported to have targeted Taleban tanks and anti-aircraft positions on a hill that overlooks Bagram airport, a crucial opposition Northern Alliance front line position.

Posted by at October 27, 2001 05:37 PM

A 22-page document circulated by U.S. authorities alleges that Khadr, also known as Al-Kanadi -- Arabic for The Canadian -- is a suspected associate of Osama bin Laden. From 1988 to 1995 he was director of HCI, which had a regional office on Howard Avenue in Windsor.

Posted by at October 27, 2001 05:36 PM

The United Nation's High Commissioner for Refugees says Taliban-approved refugee camps along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border may become Taliban-recruiting centres.

Posted by at October 27, 2001 05:35 PM

Despite that warning, Industry Minister Brian Tobin and Human Resources Minister Jane Stewart are set to ask cabinet to approve a $6-billion innovation package that would boost research and development, expand high-speed Internet into rural Canada and increase government support for training and adult education.

Posted by at October 27, 2001 05:33 PM

Besides being chief scientist at Mirror Worlds Technologies, Gelernter is professor of computer science at Yale and chief technology advisor at the K12 internet school. And he has still had time to publish several books, including Mirror Worlds (1991); The Muse in the Machine (1994), which looked at poetry and artificial intelligence' the novel 1939 (1995); a memoir, Drawing Life (1997); and Machine Beauty (1998). He has also published many technical articles and serves as art critic at the Weekly Standard.
David Gelernter joins us this week to talk about his new interface and our evolving relationship to our own data.

Posted by at October 27, 2001 03:20 PM

The doctors, from the Institute for Reproductive Medicine and Genetics in Los Angeles, managed to make eggs in female mice duplicate the necessary number of chromosomes to start cell division.

Posted by at October 27, 2001 03:04 PM

The two-legged H7 robot is around 54 inches tall and weighs 121 pounds. It has 36 joints--or "degrees of freedom"--which H7's developers claim means it has full body motion. An onboard computer, built around two 750MHz Pentium III processors, runs the RT-Linux operating system.

Posted by at October 27, 2001 02:58 PM

The sign would be painted in time for Veterans Day and would be returned to its traditional white after Thanksgiving.

Posted by at October 27, 2001 02:52 PM

"Ordinary music is like engineering, where everything's built according to a plan, and it's the same every time you play it. Generative music is more like gardening; you plant a seed, and it grows different every time you plant," he said.

Posted by at October 27, 2001 09:50 AM

One of the more bizarre tangents of the 11 September suicide attacks on the USA is a report that purports to link Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda network to two deadly bombings in Buenos Aires in 1992 and 1994 that killed 177 people and which remain unsolved.

Posted by at October 26, 2001 09:24 PM

"The Muslims of the world should see these events correctly," Omar said. "America, with its powerful media, is giving the impression that holy war is terrorism, and the media is declaring freedom fighters terrorists."

Posted by at October 26, 2001 09:22 PM

A poll by Leger Marketing finds 59.1 per cent of Quebecers say they would vote against sovereignty if a referendum was held today.

Posted by at October 26, 2001 09:16 PM

At about the same time, a 500-pound (220 kg) bomb intended for the warehouses "inadvertently" hit a residential area about 700 feet (200 metres) south of the warehouses, apparently because the bomb's guidance system malfunctioned, Central Command said.

Posted by at October 26, 2001 09:13 PM

"Soldiers who were standing there trying to protect both sides of the community were attacked by these people, clearly with a view to killing them," said Belfast Police Commander Alan McQuillan.

Posted by at October 26, 2001 09:12 PM

200 Royal Marine Commandos are getting ready to board the assault ship HMS Fearless. Another 400 commandos returning to Britain from Oman, where they have been taking part in military exercises, will be held at high readiness.

Posted by at October 26, 2001 09:09 PM

once, so they claim, the legendary Chicago gangster, Al Capone, hid out here in the deep Canadian forest 180 kilometres east of Ottawa, having fled America until it was safe to go home again.

Posted by at October 26, 2001 08:58 PM

At the open debate of the council held last week, Dr. Abdulmejid said "arms have been shipped to Somalia by air and sea making the situation in that country much worse. The uncontrolled arms flow into that country has enabled terrorist organizations to carry out attacks deep inside Ethiopia," he said.

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The death of Commander Haq, 43, who is not believed to have received any backing from the United States government, illustrates the difficulties of organizing resistance to the Taliban in southern Afghanistan, said Michael R. Gordon, international security correspondent of The New York Times. There is no equivalent there to the Northern Alliance, made up mainly of minority Tajiks, Uzbeks and Hazaras, which is fighting Taliban forces on a number of fronts.

Posted by at October 26, 2001 08:48 PM

...the Dec. 2005 expiration date embedded in the USA Act -- which the Senate approved 98 to 1 on Thursday -- applies only to a tiny part of the mammoth bill.

Posted by at October 26, 2001 08:28 PM

"Their big problem right now is that 70 percent of their revenues come from advertising. And you tend to get nervous when you're largely dependent on one thing. So (subscriptions) would just give them another revenue stream in a fairly efficient manner," said Danny Sullivan, editor of industry newsletter and Web site SearchEngineWatch.com.

Posted by at October 26, 2001 06:29 PM

Konrad von Finckenstein, Canada's commissioner of competition, will be interim chairman of the group.
Charles James, assistant attorney general in charge of the U.S. Department of Justice's antitrust division, said the organization will "avoid abstract discussions" and instead focus on concrete, practical antitrust enforcement solutions.

Posted by at October 26, 2001 06:26 PM

An exhaustive, 527-page report commissioned by the Canadian Association of University Teachers says that Apotex was wrong to order Dr. Olivieri not to inform anyone -- including people taking part in clinical trials -- about the risks of the drug deferiprone in treating people with thalassemia, an inherited form of anemia.

Posted by at October 26, 2001 06:20 PM

"You know how long it took for the tampon to become standard?" Leeper of The Female Health Co. said recently from Chicago.
"It took almost 15 years before it became everyday standard procedure.... I'm 60 years old and I was of the first generation that used the tampon.
"It took me four hours to put it in, with my sisters on the other side of the door encouraging me. (The female condom) is that same concept. 'I'm going to put this thing inside my body.' And adding on to that is... is the fact that you're dealing with a man, and you want to have sex with him."

Posted by at October 26, 2001 06:18 PM

"Microsoft's approach regarding the spell checker dictionary and thesaurus is to not suggest words that may have offensive uses or provide offensive definitions for any words. The dictionary and spell checker is updated with each release of Office to ensure that the tools reflect current social and cultural environments."
Was the world's foremost software designer worried about offending dullards, dunces and dolts?

Posted by at October 26, 2001 05:59 PM

MailSafe is a boxlike chamber that is based on technology and materials used in laboratories to protect scientists from environmental hazards.

Posted by at October 26, 2001 05:36 PM

With so little extra DNA to sift through, it will be easier to electronically line up the pufferfish genome with the human, and pinpoint genes.

Posted by at October 26, 2001 05:34 PM

Michel Gagne, director of the water plants, said yesterday that authorities contacted him shortly after the attacks on the World Trade Center and advised him to take immediate precautions.

Posted by at October 26, 2001 11:04 AM

Israel's decision to withdraw its troops came in a top-level cabinet meeting called after an Israeli army incursion into the Palestinian-ruled village of Beit Rima on Wednesday, which resulted in a bloodbath whose details remain hotly disputed.

Posted by at October 25, 2001 11:01 PM

The Western sources say that the suspected mastermind of the September 11 attacks on America does not have the capability to mount a nuclear attack but fear he would do so if he could.

Posted by at October 25, 2001 10:55 PM

"And I think that they came eastbound and because the sun was in their eyes that morning, and because the White House was beyond a grove of trees, I think they couldn't see it."

Posted by at October 25, 2001 10:43 PM

UAE Central Bank governor Sultan Nasser Sweidi said authorities have found seven transactions prior to Sept. 11 from Marwan Al Sheiki, a key suspect in the suicide attacks on the World Trade Center. Four of the transactions took place during a six-month period last year from UAE banks to Sheiki's bank account in Florida.

Posted by at October 25, 2001 10:41 PM

China rejected a U.S. offer of $34,000 that American officials said they viewed as fair and reasonable.

Posted by at October 25, 2001 09:10 PM

In disregard of China's strong opposition, the Vatican got ahead with a canonization ceremony on October 1, 2000, China's National Day, for foreign missionaries and their henchmen in China, who committed notorious crimes in China. The action aroused strong indignation and protest from the Chinese Foreign Ministry as it deeply hurts the feeling of the Chinese people and dignity of the Chinese nation.

Posted by at October 25, 2001 09:09 PM

The Labor Department said the number of newly laid-off workers filing for unemployment benefits rose to 504,000 last week, a level usually associated with recessions, while the total number of unemployed collecting benefits rose to an 18-year-high of 3.65 million people, 66 percent above the level of a year ago.

Posted by at October 25, 2001 09:05 PM

Posted by at October 25, 2001 07:45 PM

The goal was to find concepts that can be developed and fielded in 12 to 18 months, a blink of an eye compared with standard Pentagon acquisition and deployment procedures.

Posted by at October 25, 2001 06:25 PM

Organizers for Paul Martin, long considered the frontrunner to replace Prime Minister Jean Chretien as leader of the federal Liberal Party, are already counting on the support of at least sixty-five Ontario MPs according to a document apparently distributed accidentally from a Finance ministry e-mail account.

Posted by at October 25, 2001 05:55 PM

The producers say it will be done tastefully and the idea came from relatives of victims.

Posted by at October 25, 2001 05:53 PM

Partly because of the air raids, carefully directed as they may be, life in Kabul, the capital, and Kandahar, the Taliban stronghold, is becoming miserable and chaotic. Sebghatullah Saiq, the security chief in the provisional northern capital, Faizabad, wants an immediate stop to bombing in the towns.

Posted by at October 25, 2001 05:42 PM

Slashdot is now four years old ... and I want it to still be here four years from now. I hope you can understand the expensive reality associated with making this site happen every day for a quarter of a million readers.

Posted by at October 25, 2001 05:32 PM

This page attempts to convey the chilling effect that responses to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, have had on information availability on the Internet as well as some sense of the effect on people trying to provide this information.

Posted by at October 25, 2001 05:28 PM

Some sites have voluntarily taken their content offline. Warren S. Apel, webmaster of the Flag Burning Page, wrote on his page that he decided to shut down his site to "show respect" after the terrorist attack, but in the next breath complained that "People who disagree with popular opinion are being silenced. Don't allow this to happen."

Posted by at October 25, 2001 05:26 PM

Posted by at October 25, 2001 03:35 PM

"Out of five stores that have playable demos within a ten mile area, only two have working units," says the employee.

Posted by at October 25, 2001 03:13 PM

The Natal Witness reports the grenade was dropped and exploded during a scuffle when a bystander, Mandla Patrick Sithole, intervened in the argument.

Never interfere in a boy and girl fight. -- William S. Burroughs

Posted by at October 25, 2001 03:01 PM

A judge has rejected a lawsuit against a book which says a late Brazilian soccer legend had a large penis.

Posted by at October 25, 2001 02:59 PM

"This provision would be an unnecessary and unjustifiable removal of vital privacy rights of Canadians," Mr. Radwanski said.

Posted by at October 25, 2001 02:51 PM

"In 10 to 20 days, because of the loss of soldiers, the Taliban won't be able to defend the front line," said Satar Nyazi, 18, one of the defectors.

Posted by at October 25, 2001 01:34 PM

The conference was opened by a close associate of Afghanistan's ex-king, Zahir Shah. Deposed in 1973, Zahir Shah is said by analysts to be the only person capable of bringing all of Afghanistan's fractious tribes together.

Posted by at October 25, 2001 01:17 PM

Nilsen claims he is being discriminated against because heterosexual porn magazines such as Escort and Razzle are freely available among prisoners at Whitemoor top security prison in Cambridgeshire.

Posted by at October 25, 2001 12:09 PM

No independent confirmation of civilian casualties from the attacks was available as the world's superpower unleashed its sophisticated armoury against rifle-carrying soldiers in World War One-style trenches for a 19th day.

Posted by at October 25, 2001 12:08 PM

"He will leave behind a generation of dedicated, fanatical terrorists to carry on his work," Holbrooke said.

Posted by at October 25, 2001 12:06 PM

The BBC's Kate Clark in Shomali, north of Kabul, says the bombing has hit infrastructure targets but the Taleban have not collapsed and their forces appear to be relatively intact.

Posted by at October 25, 2001 11:57 AM

"Since the Palestinian Authority did not take action, they left us with no choice but to use Mr. Bush's words 'bring justice to them,'" he said.

Posted by at October 25, 2001 11:56 AM

Baird and Ornstein stressed the urgency of the situation, but conceded that if Congress refuses to act on the amendment before recess, it might be a good idea to appoint a panel to study the issue.

Posted by at October 25, 2001 11:53 AM

"People are telling us, you must trust the general," complains Ian Paisley Jr., the son of hardline Protestant preacher and politician Ian Paisley. "Well, if you want to start building confidence in Northern Ireland, we want to see the evidence. Where did this decommissioning happen? Was it 1% of the stock or 99%? Will there be more?"

Posted by at October 25, 2001 11:50 AM

"We must educate all our children about the faith, religion, morals and ethics practised by [650,000 of] their fellow Canadians. Such knowledge is the surest weapon of all in combatting the tragic effects of systemic ignorance, which in turn lead to prejudice, discrimination, racism and bigotry," the congress letter said.

Posted by at October 25, 2001 11:47 AM

One potential target, he said, was not only Al Qaeda and Taliban leadership, but stashes of opium and heroin, which the Taliban have been accused of selling to raise funds to buy arms.

Posted by at October 25, 2001 11:44 AM

Armed men dressed in military uniforms massacred more than 200 people in central Nigeria after rebels killed 19 soldiers in the region, according to reports today.

Posted by at October 25, 2001 11:38 AM

Twelve hours into the army's siege of Beit Rima, the Israelis said they had captured a man from the village whom they accuse of driving the getaway car for gunmen who shot dead the ultra-nationalist icon Rechavam Zeevi in a Jerusalem hotel last week.

Posted by at October 25, 2001 11:12 AM

He was, his captors said, "stunned" to be found with a laptop computer, two mobile phones, cameras, a Canadian passport, other identity documents and a certificate saying he is an aircraft mechanic.

Posted by at October 25, 2001 11:11 AM

Humayun gained control of this little empire three months ago when his father, Aghagan, 40, was killed in a Taliban rocket attack. Since then, all that he had built up passed to his son. "It was not just because of being his son," says Humayun. "There was a great council meeting. They decided to give it all to me."

Posted by at October 25, 2001 11:10 AM

You may know me from my years of having authored Compaq's "Rapidly Changing Face of Computing" technology journal.

Posted by at October 25, 2001 10:07 AM

"We've had great response so far," says Canadian distributor Michael Borer, who will not ship out any of the key chains until 40,000 are ordered, just to stem the frustration of a lonely Gaydar owner waiting in vain for that beep in the night.

Posted by at October 25, 2001 09:00 AM

...since the questions are worded so broadly, they mean that the Pentagon's website and whitehouse.gov -- which contain clinical descriptions of deaths caused by anthrax, news articles about America's military actions, and promote using highly destructive weapons against the Taliban -- all of which could receive ratings as "violent." News articles about sexually transmitted diseases or former President Clinton's affair with an intern would be "sex" rated.

Posted by at October 25, 2001 08:34 AM

Thirty-one percent of both broadband and dial-up users complain that online ads make their online experiences less enjoyable.

Posted by at October 25, 2001 08:31 AM

Recently we have received many requests from our users all over the world asking for an English version of the Web site. We are studying this request now, and we will be able to launch it within one year from now.

Posted by at October 24, 2001 09:16 PM

Taliban soldiers are visiting residential neighborhoods, ordering people to report to armories to pick up weapons to fight the Americans, the agency said. The Taliban disarmed the Afghan population soon after seizing power in 1996 in attempt to restore peace in the war-ravaged country.

Posted by at October 24, 2001 08:42 PM

Mr. Woolsey's speech was preceded by that of Paul Wolfowitz, deputy defence secretary, who stopped short of singling out Iraq as the next target, but vowed that in the war against terrorism, "we're not just going to pick off individual snakes, we intend to drain the entire swamp."

Posted by at October 24, 2001 08:29 PM

Tahav Agerzu, spokesman for Benue's state government, said uniformed soldiers in armoured personnel carriers rounded up civilians in Gbejir village on Monday. Women and children were separated out and the attackers then opened fire on the men in a public square.

Posted by at October 24, 2001 07:33 PM

The new price is about $1.50 Cdn (95 cents US) per tablet. The government had been expecting to pay about $2.00 per tablet.

Posted by at October 24, 2001 07:31 PM

The long-awaited document calls for more powers for the provinces and constitutional recognition of Quebec's "specificity", a scaled-back version of the distinct society clause which led to the 1990 failure of the Meech Lake accord.

Posted by at October 24, 2001 07:30 PM

The Bastard Operator from Hell, the site's fictional weekly column, has been turned into a live action film series by the production company, Remote Films, and the online specialist, Culture Jam.

Posted by at October 24, 2001 06:21 PM

Once again, we published an incorrect web address, inconveniencing untold numbers of readers by sending them to the wrong web site. To make matters worse, the web site was supposed to get you a "Prayer for America" calendar but instead was a pornographic site.
Stop smiling. Lots of readers do not share our sense of perverted irony.

Posted by at October 24, 2001 06:19 PM

It means the thrice-married bass player will be eligible for a concessionary bus pass.

Posted by at October 24, 2001 05:40 PM

PCs running LindowsOS have the unique ability to run Linux(R) and Windows(R) software. No additional software is required for owners of LindowsOS to run popular Windows(R) or Linux(R) programs.

Posted by at October 24, 2001 05:36 PM

Any Evil-doer with the brains to plot lethal damage against our national infrastructure will also be degenerate enough to protect his Evil cover by faking great enthusiasm for watching and gambling on American football.

Posted by at October 24, 2001 04:56 PM

On the night of the Sept. 11 attacks, the White House Medical Office dispensed Cipro to staff accompanying Vice President Dick Cheney as he was secreted off to the safety of Camp David, and told them it was "a precaution," according to one person directly involved.

Posted by at October 24, 2001 04:51 PM

A number of articles in the overseas press, from Israel, India, Russia, and of course from Afghanistan and Arab sources, suggest that the US special forces raid in Kandahar on 10/18 was considerably less than the complete success it has been portrayed to be in the US media:

Posted by at October 24, 2001 04:47 PM

Bin Laden's neo-Kharijism clearly makes the Saudi regime very nervous?so nervous that his assertion about the world's division into believers and infidels was excised from the transcript of his statement published on Oct. 9 in the newspaper al-Hayat, which is owned by a member of the Saudi royal family.

Posted by at October 24, 2001 04:44 PM

Catherine Mathis, a spokesman for the New York Times, said: "The consortium agreed that because of the war, because of our lack of resources, we were postponing the vote-count investigation. But this is not final. The intention is to go forward."

Posted by at October 24, 2001 04:41 PM

I believe the consortium will eventually release data - and it will seem conflicting and useless. The Norc work was set up to fail, so the delay in its release means nothing.

Posted by at October 24, 2001 04:39 PM

U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly sold all her family's technology holdings between Jan. 1 and Sept. 28 to avoid potential ethical conflicts, she said in response to questions from The Associated Press.

Posted by at October 24, 2001 04:36 PM

The men, Mohammed Jaweed Azmath and Ayub Ali Khan, were arrested on September 12 after being found on a train in Texas with boxcutters, thousands of dollars in cash and black hair dye.

Posted by at October 24, 2001 04:34 PM

Posted by at October 24, 2001 04:07 PM

Bigfoot reflects its name in 'walking' an array of powered steel feet across suspect ground, exploding and disposing of anti personnel mines while leaving the land in a good state for cultivation.

Posted by at October 24, 2001 03:53 PM

"To the best of my knowledge, the deal will be signed today," Bayer spokesman Michael Diehl said at the company's Leverkusen headquarters Wednesday morning. "I have no information on the final price."
He did not dispute earlier suggestions by Mr. Thompson that the price to the government would be less than $1 (U.S.) per tablet. "I expect that if Mr. Thompson says so, it will be close to that," Mr. Diehl said.

Meanwhile, Drug firm gives Health Minister a break

"We're going to take the hit for the $1.5-million," [Apotex] spokesman Elie Betito said in an interview with Canadian Press on Wednesday.

Posted by at October 24, 2001 03:40 PM

"The delays, particularly U.S.-bound, continue to be significant and higher than normal," Manley said. "This is why it's urgent, why it's important. This is a vital economic link for both of our countries ... And if the border isn't open and moving well, it's going to hurt both our economies."

Posted by at October 24, 2001 03:17 PM

"As I understood the statement, he was using a theological term. In Christianity, the term is used to refer to Satan. Bush, as a conservative Christian, appeared to be asserting that Satan was behind the Sept. 11 attacks," said Lynn Mitchell, who teaches Christianity and Christian ethics at the University of Houston.

Posted by at October 24, 2001 03:16 PM

"They said, 'You wanted to fight with the Taliban then you can bury your dead in Afghanistan,' " Hanifi said.

Posted by at October 24, 2001 03:15 PM

He would not reveal what that final offer was, but he told CNN's "Larry King Live" late Tuesday that it was under $1 a pill.
Bayer did not return phone calls seeking comment.
Bayer just promised the Canadian government to deliver emergency supplies of Cipro, in the event of a bioterrorism attack there, for $1.30 a pill. That agreement apparently ends Canada's threat to suspend Bayer's Cipro patent and buy the medication from a generic producer instead.

Posted by at October 24, 2001 03:06 PM

"At this point in the investigation the FBI is interested in talking to the Hassans about the bank fraud charges and the food stamp fraud charges"

Posted by at October 24, 2001 02:52 PM

With a cryogenic engine, India could launch 2.5-ton satellites to an orbit of up to 22,000 miles from Earth.

Posted by at October 24, 2001 12:29 PM

Mr. Ammon led a group of investors in buying a US$70.5-million debenture convertible into a 19.5% stake in Moore, and installed Robert Burton as president and chief executive. Mr. Burton was a long-time associate of Mr. Ammon's who had previously been involved in KKR-related companies, including World Color Press, bought by Montreal-based Quebecor Printing Inc. in 1999 for US$2.7-billion.
Mr. Burton, a former NFL football player, has lived up to his reputation as a brutal, hard-nosed cost cutter this year, sacking all 25 of Moore's vice-presidents, firing more than 1,500 employees and gutting whole departments on his way to cutting US$100-million in annual costs. He also moved Moore's headquarters from opulent offices in Chicago and Toronto to a modest space in Stamford, Conn., near his home.

Posted by at October 24, 2001 12:26 PM

The company reported an adjusted loss of $58 million, or 16 cents a share, in line with what analysts polled by Thomson Financial/First Call were expecting. That's a 35 per cent improvement over an adjusted loss of $89 million, or 25 cents a share, a year ago.

[And it only took them seven years to cut their losses this much! -- GT]

Posted by at October 24, 2001 12:23 PM

"We are not condoning the possession of cannabis," he said in a newspaper interview after the launch of the initiative.
"We are saying that at this moment the police are having to deal with this offence informally because there are too many more serious offences that we need to spend our time on first."

[If it's not serious, why not decriminalize it? --GT]

Posted by at October 24, 2001 12:20 PM

He says the Corrections and Conditional Release Act needs to be amended, so that when a person on parole is told by a judge that any charges have been dropped and he is free to go, that he can go -- without having to apply for parole over again.

Posted by at October 24, 2001 12:09 PM

He says the Corrections and Conditional Release Act needs to be amended, so that when a person on parole is told by a judge that any charges have been dropped and he is free to go, that he can go -- without having to apply for parole over again.

Posted by at October 24, 2001 12:09 PM

The last time Nasa tried to put a probe into orbit around the Red Planet it was a dismal failure but researchers are saying that the success, and promise, of Mars Odyssey will make up for past losses.

Posted by at October 24, 2001 12:00 PM

"The debugging information includes a memory dump which may contain all or part of the document being viewed or edited. This debugging message potentially could contain sensitive, private information."

Posted by at October 24, 2001 11:58 AM

"AltaVista has lost a huge amount of its audience," said Danny Sullivan, editor of industry newsletter Search Engine Watch. "How Google has shot up the charts is in direct proportion to how AltaVista has declined.

Posted by at October 24, 2001 09:47 AM

During the Vietnam War, organizing a nationwide peace movement took years. During the Gulf War, months. This time, it's taken days.

Posted by at October 23, 2001 09:52 PM

In the fatal shooting, Bekim Kastrati, an ethnic Albanian journalist with the newspaper Bota Sot, was killed instantly by gunfire aimed at the car in which he and others were riding. The newspaper is one of Kosovo's largest and is close to the political party of Ibrahim Rugova, one of the main ethnic Albanian leaders.

Posted by at October 23, 2001 09:48 PM

...it was possible that the seniors' center and the hospital cited by the United Nations were in fact the same building. "Yes it is possible," the spokeswoman, Victoria Clarke, said, "but it has been described to us as a senior citizens' center."

Posted by at October 23, 2001 09:46 PM

All three letters were dated September 11, the date of the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington.
[...]
[US Attorney General John Ashcroft] said authorities did not have evidence to link the anthrax letters to the September 11 attacks.

[Awfully strange coincidence -- GT]

Posted by at October 23, 2001 09:43 PM

"If the US attacked a terrorist camp in Iran we would not say a word - not a word," insists one retired Russian intelligence officer. But it would be an extraordinary feat by Mr Putin if he were able to enforce that degree of restraint on the Russian political establishment. Russia's foreign intelligence service, which has few illusions about the world, might understand his logic. But most of its politicians, generals and businessmen would not.

Posted by at October 23, 2001 09:40 PM

...it is larger than the United Kingdom (94,500 square miles) plus Germany plus the Netherlands, a total of 248,333 square miles. Just as these nations have found it desirable to be independent, so too it is entirely possible that some of the different ethnic groups in Afghanistan might find it desirable to form their own sovereign states.

[Confucius say, may your country be small and your population smaller -- GT]

Posted by at October 23, 2001 09:37 PM

The Dark Winter exercise portrayed a FICTIONAL scenario depicting a covert smallpox attack on US citizens. The scenario is set in three successive National Security Council (NSC) meetings (Segments 1,2 and 3) which take place over a period of 14 days.

Posted by at October 23, 2001 09:29 PM

He was not only a master bomb maker, but also recruited suicide bombers, and was the most wanted Hamas terrorist in the Nablus region.

Posted by at October 23, 2001 09:26 PM

Was Bush's ascension to power somehow connected to the Sept. 11 attacks, given his father's close ties to the Persian Gulf's oil sheikdoms that are bin Laden's principal targets? Did those Bush family relationships and America's diminished image as a beacon of democracy, following the election debacle, embolden the terrorists to strike?

Posted by at October 23, 2001 09:22 PM

"They (Bayer) are playing a shell game here," Rock said after a cabinet meeting. "A week ago they told us not once, but twice, they couldn't respond to our request for Cipro."

Posted by at October 23, 2001 07:32 PM

Foreign Minister Naji Sabri last week denied any link to the U.S. anthrax cases, telling reporters: ``It's bullshit.''

Posted by at October 23, 2001 05:42 PM

"In the past, we had seen some links to Afghanistan, but we saw them as more or less acting here without close connections to Al Qaida," said a senior German intelligence official. "Now, we are seeing more and more links between cells and to Al Qaida. We are rethinking everything."

Posted by at October 23, 2001 03:39 PM

"It's embarrassing, it's confusing," Salah Tarif, a cabinet minister from Labor, said of his party's position. He said that he would like to leave the government immediately but that he felt torn. "It's not easy for Labor - it's not easy for the whole left - to be for peace," he said. "Everybody is laughing."

Posted by at October 23, 2001 03:38 PM

The airport was immediately closed and the pilot announced that the aircraft was returning to the terminal. At that point four male passengers of Middle Eastern appearance stood up in the cabin and began urgently consulting each other, sources told The New York Times. Flight attendants asked them to return to their seats but they refused and "as soon as the door opened these guys bolted"

Posted by at October 23, 2001 03:17 PM

She says companies must create flexible hours or grant time off but most of all, they must make it an acceptable practice for employees to ask for such things.

Posted by at October 23, 2001 02:51 PM

"We don't want it to be a kitsch," he said. "But this government wants to do business. We're not afraid to exploit the Dracula myth to save a town that's a national monument."

Posted by at October 23, 2001 02:38 PM

Ultra-slim 5-gigabyte hard drive doubles as a FireWire disk for files and applications.

[Pretty looking little mp3 player, although the 1000 songs it claims can constitute my "entire music collection" is a tad on the light side. Hell, that's less than 100 CDs -- much more convenient than 100 CDs, but still nowhere near my entire collection. -- GT]

Posted by at October 23, 2001 02:32 PM

"There are too many things, too many examples of stolen identities, of cleverly-crafted documentation, of coordination across continents and between states ... to stray very far from the conclusion that a state, and a very well-run intelligence service is involved here," he told the national convention of the American Jewish Congress on Monday.

Posted by at October 23, 2001 01:59 PM

La Presse reports that documents filed in a Paris courtroom indicate that members of Fateh Kamel's group regularly visited a Montreal apartment along with convicted millennium bomber Ahmed Ressam.

Posted by at October 23, 2001 01:56 PM

Mr. al-Marabh explained that he was simply trying to visit some long-lost relatives in the United States. And his lawyer argued that, despite his client's forged papers and his history of slipping across borders at will, he should not be detained. What the young man really needed was spiritual guidance. This would be provided by an uncle in Toronto, Ahmad Shehab, who is an imam. Mr. Shehab has preached on such topics as "How to protect your family from Satan," and bills himself as a special consultant to something called the International Association of Educators for World Peace.

Posted by at October 23, 2001 01:54 PM

The Palestinians have accused Israeli troops of firing indiscriminately, without regard for civilians. Israel has said it is targeting suspected militants who it said are often using civilians as human shields.

Posted by at October 23, 2001 01:51 PM

"We believe that nine al Qaeda camps were occupied before the start of the military operation. I can now tell you that we have successfully put all these camps out of action," [UK] Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon told a news conference.

Posted by at October 23, 2001 01:49 PM

The union has been running the house, called a dom tvorschestva, or house of creativity, for the last 11 years, but the building has been a focus of journalistic activity since 1920. Generations of journalists know the house, which serves as a venue for press conferences, seminars, lectures and conferences as well as a place where retired journalists meet. It also houses a restaurant.
After inspecting the House of Journalists, the ministry concluded that none of the space was being used as it should be. It informed the union that it has been breaking the rules, and that funds generated by subleasing surplus space cannot be used to subsidize other activities.
The ministry told the union that it wants its own subsidiary, Efes, to manage the building and to divert cash generated there to the federal budget, while all "noncommercial" activities would be able to continue at no charge.

Posted by at October 23, 2001 01:47 PM

Ouzghar and others, including Fateh Kame, an Algerian who won refugee status in Canada and who was later arrested in France for belonging to an international terrorist group, and Ahmed Ressam, a convicted terrorist who lived in Canada, were allegedly part of a Canadian cell connected to the French group, documents from France contend.

Posted by at October 23, 2001 01:42 PM

Dr. Jean Swings, a microbiologist at the University of Ghent in Belgium who is the group's president, denied that current security was lax. But he said, "We have to restrict the availability even more." It was not immediately clear if the union could force member organizations to comply.

Posted by at October 23, 2001 01:34 PM

Airport authorities should welcome the new bra because security personnel take "considerable labor and time to identify what sets off metal detectors, resulting in slow immigration and boarding procedures," Kyodo quoted Triumph as saying.

Posted by at October 23, 2001 01:30 PM

"We were willing to give them some short-term authority if they had the agreement of both parties in both houses," Obey said. Aides to President Bush talked about such a plan with congressional aides, but the Bush proposal "was very different from what had been discussed on the phone," Obey said. "On both sides of the aisle in the House it was felt that was too far-reaching."

Posted by at October 23, 2001 01:20 PM

UN spokesperson Stephanie Bunker said independent UN sources have reported the hospital is located within a military compound in the western city of Herat. The sources could not confirm whether the hospital was operational at the time of the hit.

Posted by at October 23, 2001 01:15 PM

It's the first time the IRA, which is fighting British control of the country, has put its weapons out of active service. It pledged to do so in May 2000, but the timetable was never formalized.

Posted by at October 23, 2001 01:14 PM

"The deaths of those innocent civilians under the circumstances reported in recent days are unacceptable. And we call upon Israel to ensure that its armed forces exercise greater discipline and restraint and consider where their actions are leading."

Posted by at October 23, 2001 01:06 PM

[Gerry Adams] confirmed: "Martin McGuinness and I have held discussions with the IRA and we have put to the IRA the view that if it could make a groundbreaking move on the arms issue that this could save the peace process from collapse and transform the situation."

Posted by at October 23, 2001 12:43 PM

Now, when computer users try to register with Yahoo, they must pass a test to verify that they are human, not a robot.
The test is administered by a computer program.
"Here you have a computer program that creates a test, administers it and grades it, but can't pass its own test," Blum said.

Posted by at October 23, 2001 11:49 AM

"We have suffered throughout the ages and will suffer no more. This is the era of cyberwarfare, where once again the Muslims have prevailed. We will not rest till every node, every line, every bit of information contained in our suppressors has not been wiped out, returning them to the dark ages," said the message.

Posted by at October 23, 2001 11:28 AM

Terrorism is an act against God, not for Him. Anyone who tries to justify such atrocities ultimately fails because both Islamic law and theology punish these acts as moral sins and heinous crimes. This is true regardless of one's grievances towards American foreign policy. The Quran instructs Muslims in times of adversity to act with justice and persevere with patience.

Posted by at October 23, 2001 11:26 AM

"I'm not sure whether it was a conscious decision to go around the Patent Act, or an ignorance about that provision of the Patent Act, or a panic in the situation," a source said.

Posted by at October 23, 2001 10:53 AM

This report was confirmed, reports DEBKA, by Pakistani sources in Peshawar, who discovered the Chinese presence alongside the Taliban from their own intelligence reports on the death of the commander of Arab Afghan troops in Jalalabad. That commander was Basir al Masri, a senior aide to Osama bin Laden and the Egyptian Islamic Jihad chief, Ayman al-Zawahiri.

Posted by at October 23, 2001 10:50 AM

Haqqani, whose visit to Islamabad raised eyebrows, said China would react sharply in the longer run as the US would dig in Afghanistan.

Posted by at October 23, 2001 10:47 AM

Posted by at October 23, 2001 10:45 AM

"After Penny spends $125 on CDs with her five-cent salary, she meets a boy, Mega, who tells her about a napster-like website he made called EZ Jackster. All weekend she was sitting at the computer, downloading music from EZ Jackster. Finally, Dijonay comes over and asks what she was doing over the weekend. Penny asks Dijonay if she can keep a secret, knowing that she can't. Penny tells Dijonay to tell everyone she knows about EZ Jackster. Her telling everybody about EZ Jackster has a ripple-effect all around the world. From India to Africa to Suga Mama! But rap singer, Sir Paid-A-Lot is threatened by this because he got a five-cents salary instead of his million-dollar salary. But suddenly, after wrestling, the news interrupted the next program telling about EZ Jackster. It shows a house of where the EZ Jackster-spreader lives. Oscar comments how ugly the house is, not realizing it was their house. Trudy is mad at Penny for stealing music so she takes away her computer. Later, Penny gets a call from Mega, asking if she is still using EZ Jackster. Will Penny listen to her parents?"

Posted by at October 23, 2001 10:44 AM

Posted by at October 23, 2001 10:33 AM

Dr. Jon Shaw, director of child and adolescent psychiatry at the University of Miami, said one of his college patients hides his Ritalin at night because he fears his dorm mates might try to swipe some pills.

Posted by at October 23, 2001 10:32 AM

The author pored over thousands of handwritten ``affirmations'' from Nixon to himself, memos to his staff, and records of private meetings with his closest advisers. From these documents, all carefully preserved under seal and recently declassified, emerges a fascinating picture of daring and self-doubt.

Posted by at October 23, 2001 10:18 AM

"The spacecraft, ground system and flight team are ready for Mars orbit insertion," said Matthew Landano, Odyssey project manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. "We uplinked the sequence of commands that control the orbit insertion Oct. 15. Now we will closely monitor the spacecraft's progress as it approaches Mars and executes the orbit insertion burn."

Posted by at October 23, 2001 10:16 AM

It's the season for the newest toys to be released and time for newer standards to be set. Of these newest toys these are the ones I see as the straight out, hard-core bad ass ones.

Posted by at October 23, 2001 10:12 AM

...arguing that if America could destroy terrorist camps in Afghanistan, then India, too, should attack terrorist camps in Pakistan.

Posted by at October 22, 2001 06:44 PM

Clues are always clearer in hindsight. One FBI official noted, a little ruefully, that the bureau's Phoenix, Ariz., field office cabled headquarters last summer about an unusual number of Arabs who seemed to be taking flight lessons. "But that was all they could tell us -- Jeez, there are a lot of Arabs taking flying lessons!" said the official.

Posted by at October 22, 2001 06:40 PM

Al-Marabh, 35, who has been described as a "leading bin Laden agent in the U.S," is being held in solitary confinement at New York's Metropolitan Correctional Center.

Posted by at October 22, 2001 06:30 PM

Revealing new details from the plot that was uncovered in Azerbaijan in November, Araz Gurbanov, spokesman for the National Security Ministry, said Iraqi citizen Kianan Rostam underwent training in Afghanistan and in 1997 reached Russia's breakaway republic of Chechnya.

Posted by at October 22, 2001 06:28 PM

"The goal might be to get companies that use packet data to have those packets go to one place for purposes of wiretap and other intercept capabilities," Baker said. "It's clear they [the Bureau] have decided that in the next year or so they are going to make a big push on packet data and they are going to use whatever leverage they can to get people to cooperate and to build a set of packet data systems that are more wiretap friendly than the ones we have today."

Posted by at October 22, 2001 06:24 PM

"I just wonder if he's been talking to his minister of defence or his chief of the defence staff because I don't know where he's going to get peacekeepers," said Jim Hanson of the Canadian Institute for Strategic Studies.

Posted by at October 22, 2001 06:21 PM

Gulnisa had almost a year of school before Taliban anti-education decrees took effect. She was only 7 then. "I can remember a little -- like something in a dream," she said shyly, ducking her head.

Posted by at October 22, 2001 06:16 PM

Prior to Oct. 12, the more than 200,000 applicants a year who sought to replace their birth certificates had only to fill out a four-line form identifying their parents and the place and date of birth.

Posted by at October 22, 2001 06:10 PM

"I would underscore, whether it's bilaterally with Mexico, or bilaterally with the U.S. or tri-laterally with both of them, that Canada is not engaged -- and I underscore that word -- we are not engaged in any discussion about a so-called North American energy policy," said Mr. Goodale, who was on an energy trade and investment mission in Mexico last week. "We are interested in market expansion. We are not interested in policy subordination and I think that's an extremely important distinction."

Posted by at October 22, 2001 06:08 PM

"We're very interested in seeing them take the town in the north, Mazar-i-Sharif, and I'm quite confident that they want to at least invest Kabul," [Colin Powell] said. "Whether they actually go into Kabul or not, or whether that's the best thing to do or not, remains to be seen."

Posted by at October 22, 2001 06:05 PM

The tribesmen are demanding one thousand dollars as ransom to release them.

Posted by at October 22, 2001 05:52 PM

"They want to go through every single government in the Middle East and purge it of the imperfection until it all looks like the Taliban," Clinton said.

Posted by at October 22, 2001 05:50 PM

The White House wants President Bush to have the right to automatically extend funding legislation to keep the federal government open if Congress cannot meet, the White House said on Monday.

[Although it would be unconstitutional -- GT]

Posted by at October 22, 2001 05:47 PM

Remember: It was the CIA which, by experimenting on college students in an effort to develop mind-control drugs, inadvertently introduced LSD into the counterculture. In the Nineties, Kristol and his allies in the CIA simply found a way to perform the trick in reverse. In their impossible quest to conjure up a cadre of conservative youth who'd rebel against a Sixties they'd never known, Kristol and Co., the theory maintains, conspired to dose Generation X with the concentrated essence of what they called "OK-ness."

Posted by at October 22, 2001 03:51 PM

While some analysts believe that the unique nature of mobile phone connections (i.e they are handheld and used in public) will mean such services are a non-starter, others point to the extraordinary rise of Internet pornography, which is arguably the biggest e-commerce success story on the web.

Posted by at October 22, 2001 02:54 PM

Finally, the findings shed light on why children have no episodic memories until about age 4.

Posted by at October 22, 2001 02:51 PM

A spokesman for bin Laden's al-Qaida organization warned Westerners previously against remaining in the Gulf region, saying: "the land will burn with fire under their feet, God willing."

Posted by at October 22, 2001 11:52 AM

...Ayers lets us know that America "is not a just and fair and decent place." This, from the man who is now a distinguished professor of education at the University of Illinois, Chicago, and who brags at the end of Fugitive Days that he is "Guilty as hell, free as a bird -- it's a great country." As for those who might believe without irony that America is a great country, Ayers has one reaction: "It makes me want to puke."

Posted by at October 22, 2001 11:50 AM

"We don't know what kind of solution that the United Nations could propose," he said. "If there is a proposition for peacekeepers, perhaps we will have a role, because we tend to be invited at any peacekeeping operation. But we're not there yet."

Posted by at October 22, 2001 11:37 AM

"Patients and doctors were killed. ... It is clear that American planes are targeting the Afghan people to punish the Afghan nation for having chosen an Islamic government."

Posted by at October 22, 2001 11:12 AM

...Mr. McGruder, the 27-year-old creator, writer and illustrator of "The Boondocks," has not backed down. Last Wednesday, his strip satirized the newspapers that pulled his work. The first panel carried a supposed editor's note, saying that "due to the inappropriate political content of this feature in recent weeks, it is being replaced by `The Adventures of Flagee and Ribbon.' "

[no issues with McGruder's subject matter -- but the strips were utterly unfunny -- GT]

Posted by at October 22, 2001 11:05 AM

Under huge military pressure, the Palestinian Authority late Sunday outlawed the militant group that assassinated Israel cabinet minister Rehavam Zeevi last week, blaming it for giving Israel a pretext to launch its tank and troop deployment in and around six of its main autonomous towns.

Posted by at October 22, 2001 11:02 AM

U.N. inspectors believe Taha... tests her poisons on human guinea pigs.

Posted by at October 22, 2001 11:00 AM

Qatar-based Al-Jazeera television aired pictures of landing gear, tyres, metallic pieces and a large casing stamped with the words "Boeing" and "Philadephia, Pennsylvania" underneath.

Posted by at October 22, 2001 10:54 AM

"What's the role of the Internet and technology? Being able to get a fishing license at 2 a.m. on a Saturday night because you want to go fishing the next day. That's pretty cool. You may laugh, but to someone who wants to go fishing the next day, that is the apotheosis of the Internet."--Maine Gov. Angus King

Posted by at October 22, 2001 08:20 AM

"I figured I had to make the hero that young so there would be no way that Nick Nolte could play him," Vonnegut joked.

Posted by at October 22, 2001 07:58 AM

Not since the 1960s when then-president John F. Kennedy authorized attempts to kill Fidel Castro has the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency been given such a bald assassination order.

Posted by at October 21, 2001 10:35 PM

The exhibit was postponed after the September 11th terrorist attacks, then reinstated under government pressure.

Posted by at October 21, 2001 10:33 PM

"For the first time," says Laprairie, "lawyers will have to report to a federal agency what their clients are doing and not tell their clients."

Posted by at October 21, 2001 10:29 PM

In Wynnewood Manor they know her as Terry, the mother in her mid-30s who collected their mail every weekday for three years. Today, Terry is being treated for exposure to anthrax, and black-jacketed FBI agents are swarming over the route she took. The net is closing on the anthrax terrorists and Terry might just be their critical mistake.

Posted by at October 21, 2001 10:22 PM

Dr Abdul Bari said he had treated the boy for abdominal injuries and a broken femur in a hospital in Kandahar and that Mullah Omar had stood by, pleading with the doctor to save his son's life.

Posted by at October 21, 2001 10:18 PM

"Once the consumer says he or she wants to have a tomato ripe three days from now, the model understands how to adjust the temperature and make the tomato ripen three days later," he said. "I think there will be a tremendous market for it. In our society we are much more conscious of food quality and so this will provide a way to have high-quality food."

Posted by at October 21, 2001 07:23 PM

"As a result of what transpired (the day of the alleged [media] ambush) I feel very sick and have now lost all enjoyment for Bert in total and any mild respect I once had for the whoring media is gone," Pozniak wrote.

Posted by at October 21, 2001 06:01 PM

More than 100 Catholics and 50 Protestants had to be driven apart by police in full riot gear during the confrontation in the Limestone Road area of north Belfast -- a sectarian front line plagued by rioting in recent months.

Posted by at October 21, 2001 05:58 PM

The focus of violence Sunday was Bethlehem, where Palestinians said three people were killed by Israeli gunfire - a police officer and a civilian in a nearby refugee camp and another civilian when a shell landed near a hospital. Israel's army said Palestinians threw a bomb at an Israeli tank near the refugee camp, setting off an exchange of fire, and were looking into the hospital incident.

Posted by at October 21, 2001 05:47 PM

In Kabul, meanwhile, grieving neighbours pulled dust-covered bodies of seven civilians - three women and four children - from the ruins of two homes destroyed Sunday by a U.S. bomb. "This pilot was like he was blind!" sobbed one neighbour.

Posted by at October 21, 2001 05:44 PM

"The music hall agency had no official permission from the licence keeper to use these costumes and we therefore called the police."

Posted by at October 21, 2001 05:42 PM

"There are about six (plagiarism-checking) programs that exist that I'm aware of, but in our judgment, turnitin.com is the best of those," says Guppy.

Posted by at October 21, 2001 02:46 PM

He told The Jordan Times that the letter -- signed by representatives of Al Sabeel, Al Hadath, Al Liwa, Al Itijah, Shihan, Al Bilad, Al Jazeerah, Al Shahid, Al Hilal, Hawadeth il Saa -- called for cancelling articles in the law allowing for the incarceration of journalists found to be violating it.

Posted by at October 21, 2001 11:51 AM

Nakibullah's wife has been forced to beg from shopkeepers to get enough food for their four children, aged between four and 12. His brother, Ali Gul Mohamand, who earns 3,000 rupees (��33.80) a month as a weaver, is now trying to support nine children, including his own. Mohamand said the family have heard nothing from the Express since the arrest of Ridley on 28 September.

Posted by at October 21, 2001 11:47 AM

Mr Cheney, who has returned to the White House after he was spirited away to a "secure location" as the FBI issued a warning on October 10 of a "credible threat" of a new attack, said terrorism was now "normal".

Posted by at October 21, 2001 11:46 AM

"The gloves are off," one senior official said. "The president has given the agency the green light to do whatever is necessary. Lethal operations that were unthinkable pre-September 11 are now underway."

Posted by at October 21, 2001 11:45 AM

...with four counts of trafficking in obscene publications with intent of corrupting public morals.

Posted by at October 21, 2001 08:51 AM

"The number of immigrants ... We're getting too many, not just black, I mean, we're getting too many from other countries, too, that are coming here for a free ride," [Mike Harris] grunted to a rural audience a couple of years ago.

Posted by at October 21, 2001 08:39 AM

If, as analysts believe, the raid was a 'dry-run' for future operations, this would have been vital to demonstrate that US forces can take and secure territory inside Afghanistan.

Posted by at October 20, 2001 10:58 PM

'The situation is completely untenable inside Afghanistan. We really need to get our point across here and have to be very bold in doing it. Unless the [US air] strikes stop, there will be a huge number of deaths,' one UN source said.

Posted by at October 20, 2001 10:55 PM

Downing Street has accepted an offer by the Prince to use his influence to try to improve relations between the coalition against Osama bin Laden and the Saudi rulers.

Posted by at October 20, 2001 10:54 PM

...once she has finished weaning her baby, state-owned Daily Times newspaper said.

Posted by at October 20, 2001 09:48 PM

Axworthy suggested re-directing money and resources from the airdrops to "a more direct application," but he wouldn't say what the alternatives may be.

Posted by at October 20, 2001 09:45 PM

The company also announced plans to donate 200,000 tablets to be stockpiled "in case of need for those gallant front-line workers."

Posted by at October 20, 2001 09:44 PM

Under the new act, Canadian authorities could receive unprecedented powers, including the right to tap communications between Canada and other countries; and the right to censor the Internet.

Posted by at October 20, 2001 09:35 PM

"I am not working at the Oneida Daily Dispatch as of yesterday because of repercussions from allowing the Sept. 19 editorial to be published. I am not anti-Semitic, and anyone who knows me knows that," Ryan wrote in a statement issued Thursday.

Posted by at October 20, 2001 09:33 PM

Abu Sabaya, a leader of the Abu Sayyaf rebels, warned Monday that he would kill Martin and Gracia Burnham of Wichita, Kan., to coincide with President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's Nov. 20 visit with President Bush.

Posted by at October 20, 2001 09:08 PM

Posted by at October 20, 2001 09:02 PM

"It is a testament to the surreal complexity of the litigation of the election," Mr. Toobin writes, "that even these lawyers had a hard time knowing if they'd won or lost."
So his book offers a step-by-step description of the process, from a keen observer who makes no bones about his bias. "The wrong man was inaugurated on Jan. 20, 2001, and this is no small thing in our nation's history," Mr. Toobin ultimately writes. "The bell of this election can never be unrung, and the sound will haunt us for some time."

Posted by at October 20, 2001 08:51 PM

...Afghanistan is not unique. And, because it is not unique, the lessons it is teaching cannot be segregated from American foreign policy more generally.

Posted by at October 20, 2001 08:49 PM

20 October: DEBKAfile has learned from military sources in Dushanbe and Bishbek, capitals of Tajikistan and the Kyrgizstan respectively, that at least 15 Chinese fighting men on the side of the Taliban, were killed in last week��s US bombing over Kahandar and in a separate incident on the ground.

Posted by at October 20, 2001 08:45 PM

Beijing is said to have made a deal with al-Qaida to acquire the missiles despite the fact that it was facing a growing threat from Muslim separatists in the Xinjiang region. In 1999, China accused Bin Laden's organisation of training members of the independence movement in guerrilla warfare.

Posted by at October 20, 2001 08:44 PM

Posted by at October 20, 2001 08:35 PM

Any political process that moves forward without the representation and participation of women will undermine any chances that the principles of democracy and human rights will take hold in Afghanistan. It will be the first clue that little has changed.

Amen to that!

Posted by at October 20, 2001 08:33 PM

...since the American-led air campaign began, some members of the ruling Taleban have become increasingly hostile or keen to take the opportunity to loot.

Posted by at October 20, 2001 08:21 PM

Hector Lombardo said a travel brochure mailed from Florida to Argentina tested positive for anthrax spores but said nobody was exposed.

Posted by at October 20, 2001 08:18 PM

Health Minister Allan Rock said his officials believed Bayer was unable to deliver the amount of mediation required, and so turned to Toronto-based Apotex Inc., which produces a knock-off version of Cipro that it has not been able to market because Bayer holds the patent until 2004.

Posted by at October 20, 2001 08:12 PM

"It was hit inside Afghanistan and landed in Pakistan just across the border," said Sohail Shaeen, spokesman for the Taliban mission in Islamabad. "The United States is calling it an accident because they don't want to hurt their morale of their troops."

Posted by at October 20, 2001 08:08 PM

``U.S. forces were able to deploy, maneuver and operate inside Afghanistan without significant interference from Taliban forces,'' Myers said. ``They are now refitting and repositioning for potential future operations against terrorist targets in other areas known to harbor terrorists.''

Posted by at October 20, 2001 08:06 PM

"How is it worth it to take extra security measures at laboratories when you can find the same anthrax in nature?'' Villalva asked. ``The labs are not the problem.''
On the wooded Mexico City campus of the biological sciences school, vials of anthrax are kept in an unlocked, closet-sized office marked ``private.''

Posted by at October 20, 2001 08:01 PM

"There's not much left in the cupboard," Hansen said. "If this turns into a fairly long commitment, you've got a third of the frigates and a third of the available destroyers over there."

Posted by at October 20, 2001 07:57 PM

In an effort to defuse the controversy, the government called for an emergency meeting early next week with officials from Bayer AG, the German company that owns the Canadian patent for Cipro.

Posted by at October 20, 2001 07:54 PM

Emad Jamal Hassan, Yousef al-Amleh and Mohamadkhair Salah were arrested last week in Fort McMurray, Alta., and are now in custody in Edmonton.

Posted by at October 20, 2001 07:42 PM

Chretien downplayed the suggestion that he was open to a discussion on standardizing border policies. He said Mexico and Canada should work out border issues separately with the United States because the problems in each case are different.

Posted by at October 20, 2001 07:30 PM

"The breakthrough occurred in our first meeting where we made a determined effort to work together to find common ground when it comes to a new strategic arrangement."

Posted by at October 20, 2001 07:29 PM

The document did not specifically mention the overthrow of the Taliban as had a draft of the declaration.
However, President Jacques Chirac of France said this difference over wording did not hide the fact that there was "no question" that the Taliban had to be replaced by a democratic regime.

Posted by at October 20, 2001 07:18 PM

Mr. Ridge also said the anthrax in all three instances was not, strictly speaking, "weaponized," meaning it was not ground so finely and precisely as to make it ideal for use in biological weapons.

Posted by at October 20, 2001 07:16 PM

If the US Treasury is right about "Blessed Relief", it is a serious blow to the UN's reputation.

Posted by at October 20, 2001 07:14 PM

"An assault on an Israeli ambassador is tantamount to an attack on the state of Israel."

Posted by at October 20, 2001 07:13 PM

Four Palestinian civilians were killed in the Bethlehem area, while two members of the Palestinian security forces died in Tulkarm and a Palestinian policeman and a member of the Islamic militant group Hamas were killed in Qalqilya, according to Palestinian sources.

Posted by at October 20, 2001 07:12 PM

"The amount of work and the lengthy hours in the IT industry are not seen as suitable for older people."

Posted by at October 20, 2001 07:11 PM

"We think it's a bad idea for consumers to buy these antibiotics and to use them indiscriminantly," said FDA pharmacy chief Tom McGinnis. Not only does Cipro cause side effects, but "we're worried about antibiotic resistance when consumers take them without a legitimate need."

Posted by at October 20, 2001 06:59 PM

They found that farms using these techniques showed no increase in diversity of bird, plant and insect species over more traditional farms.

Posted by at October 20, 2001 06:53 PM

The push for national standards in education would be a problem, many point out, since education is a provincial responsibility.

Posted by at October 20, 2001 06:30 PM

All of these systems follow relatively simple rules, but they project those rules out over thousands (or, in the case of the brain, billions) of interacting agents. Given enough interactions, and given the right rules, something magical happens: the colony starts organising its workforce; the brain starts thinking; the simulated city comes to life on the screen.

Posted by at October 20, 2001 05:58 PM

Microsoft confirmed Friday that the code, written by a programmer using the pseudonym "Beale Screamer," can strip off the protections that prevent a song from being copied an unlimited amount of times.
[...]
"We have been forthright that no technology and no DRM is 100 percent secure," [Group Product Manager Jonathan] Usher said. "We anticipated...hacks and designed renewability into the system."

Posted by at October 20, 2001 05:05 PM

Pentagon officials aren't talking publicly. During an analysts' call on Oct. 18, Boeing Chairman and CEO Philip M. Condit said not to count out his company. "Right now, this thing is dead level," Condit said. That's not the view shared by Air Force officers. Says one senior Air Force general: "The Lockheed design wins hands down."

Posted by at October 20, 2001 04:25 PM

The device -- called the iPod -- can be synched with the computer using a high-speed cable connection that allows consumers to download their music into a portable system, which can then be accessed by either a car or home stereo system.

Posted by at October 20, 2001 04:23 PM

The San Diego, Calif.-based company said its MP3.com Web site will still give customers a place to listen to music. A new division, dubbed MP3 Technologies, will provide the technology for MP3.com and other Web sites, including the forthcoming Pressplay online subscription service.

Posted by at October 20, 2001 04:21 PM

The move comes just nine days after the giant U.S. automaker cut its quarterly dividend for the first time in a decade, citing financial pressures compounded by the aftermath of the terror attacks on the United States.

Posted by at October 20, 2001 04:06 PM

CFRN also reported some of the female sergeant's shots were aimed at people.

Posted by at October 20, 2001 09:26 AM

A Pakistani military analyst told CNN's Walter Rodgers that the coalition troops may be arrayed near the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar, preparing to strike against Taliban troops if they should begin retreating from Kabul.

Posted by at October 19, 2001 12:28 PM

Select "Quebec" as the province. "By Area" will now give you the option to search "Québec (Capitale-Nationale)". In English, that's "Quebec City (National Capital)". That is, the Canadian federal government acknowledges Quebec City as capital of a nation on the federal HRDC web site.

Posted by at October 19, 2001 09:27 AM

I also ran through some poll results from before September 11 to see if I could spot any sort of a post-attack trend. There was none. These people were as radical and anti-Western before September 11 as after. Some highlights:

Posted by at October 18, 2001 09:42 PM

The Stealth Hawk is made from a high-tech, nonmetallic laminate known as MP45. Its 4 1/2-inch, serrated blade is so strong it can be "pounded through steel drums, car doors, wood planks, etc. without damage," according to the description in a catalog issued by Shomer-Tec, a mail-order firm in Bellingham, Wash.

Posted by at October 18, 2001 09:32 PM

"One of the ways for Americans to overcome their trauma and survive the fear and continue to live and thrive in the midst of the insecurity which has suddenly swallowed them is to admit that their suffering is neither unique nor exclusive, that they are connected -- as long as they are willing to look at themselves in the vast mirror of our common humanity -- with so may other human beings who, in faraway zones, have suffered similar situations of unanticipated and often protracted injury and fury."

Posted by at October 18, 2001 09:30 PM

...in the international aid community, airdrops are known to be the least efficient and most expensive way of getting food supplies to needy people--almost 12 times as costly as taking food by truck. In Afghanistan, food drops may also fall into the many minefields left over from more than two decades of war.

Posted by at October 18, 2001 09:25 PM

Time Inc., a major magazine publisher, abruptly fired all of its mailroom staff Thursday and announced that an outside firm was hired to deliver all mail and packages.

Posted by at October 18, 2001 09:13 PM

"We have a good idea what his motive was but we'll save it for the courtroom"

Posted by at October 18, 2001 09:09 PM

The researchers scrutinised more than 2 million images from popular Web sites like eBay auctions since April or June. They began their search following a report in USA Today in February that cited unidentified US officials and experts as saying bin Laden's associates were using a masking method called "steganography" to hide secret messages on their activities inside innocent-looking photos on the Web.

Posted by at October 18, 2001 09:00 PM

The clearinghouse, called "Patriotism's 2-Edged Sword," can be accessed directly on the Guild site at http://www.newsguild.org/2edged.php. Already on the site are news articles and commentary about the flow of information and the role of journalists during this period. The Guild is soliciting opinions and examples of journalists who have been disciplined for expressing a dissenting point of view. The Guild's e-mail is guild@cwa-union.org.

Posted by at October 18, 2001 08:55 PM

"Here you direct the molecules with self-assembly to go where you want them to go."

Posted by at October 18, 2001 08:31 PM

"We are the people who invent and design and develop the tests for the testers to use. Firing us means that several years down the line there will be no more new tests for the testers to do the testing, because you will have all new strains of bacteria. [...] If going to university and becoming registered microbiologists in public health is no more valuable than a two-year community college degree, you might as well close down all the universities," Dr. Lo said.

Posted by at October 18, 2001 08:31 PM

The micro-endoscope is as thin as a few strands of human hair. It is inserted through the nipple and sends magnified images of the inside of the milk ducts in the breast to a television screen, allowing doctors to see what is going on inside.

Posted by at October 18, 2001 08:27 PM

And just as people have been filing past the casket, which has been lying in state in the forecourt of the Israeli parliament, the truce ... is threatening to come apart at the seams.

Posted by at October 18, 2001 08:16 PM

[Judge Sand] said he understood that the four men were assumed to be indigent. "But we read on an almost daily basis of the discovery and freezing of assets held or controlled by organizations said to be co-conspirators," the judge continued, "and I am not clear what disposition will be made of those funds, and whether or not Kenyan victims will be entitled to lay claim to any of those funds."

Posted by at October 18, 2001 08:07 PM

"The bottom line is that the federal policy and regulatory system has been very ineffective," Reddick said.

Posted by at October 18, 2001 08:02 PM

"Many fear that we are now moving from being a conduit for terrorists to possibly a direct target of attacks."

Posted by at October 18, 2001 08:00 PM

"A good laboratory can test for almost anything -- but you need to tell them what substances to look for first, and it would probably cost about $150 a pop," said Morgan, of CUNY. "Maybe the government might choose to test something if they heard it was contaminated, but they'd rather try to get rid of it altogether," which they haven't been very successful at.

Posted by at October 18, 2001 07:57 PM

I am only interested in serious offers. By serious I mean in the six figure range. This is not high, especially considering the money the site brought in w/o any promotion on my part.

Posted by at October 18, 2001 06:01 PM

...one of the sustainable products used in its Northwest Regional Facility includes a rainwater collection system that gathers accumulated rainwater on the roof. They system funnels the water into a more than 340,000-litre storage tank for on-site use.

Posted by at October 18, 2001 05:36 PM

"Profit-making relies on how many cameras we can collect and how many times we can recycle them, which can be recycled for several times," says Katsuhiko Miyata, an Asahi Optical spokesperson, noting that the manufacturing cost of the camera, even at this quality level, is still more than the service fee [$16 for 24 prints].

Posted by at October 18, 2001 05:33 PM

"The terrorist attacks came just as our big customers were setting their budgets for the coming financial year. We've started to get letters giving us three months' notice to end our contracts."

Posted by at October 18, 2001 05:24 PM

Microsoft is certainly investing a lot in creating a positive-feedback loop for the Xbox. PC-like design tools make it much easier to create games for the Xbox than for its main competitor, Sony's PlayStation 2. And Microsoft will sell the Xbox for only $299, well below its component costs. Before breaking even in 2005, the Xbox business will lose $2 billion, estimates Henry Blodget of Merrill Lynch, an investment bank. To recoup this investment, Microsoft will charge licensing fees from game developers and, more importantly, sell games developed in-house.

Posted by at October 18, 2001 05:23 PM

UN officials say the current Afghan stockpile is enough to keep every [heroin] addict in Europe supplied for three years. It is also enough to allow the Taliban and their allies to dominate the European, Russian and much of the Asian market for another two years, if they can retain control of the stockpile.

Posted by at October 18, 2001 02:21 PM

Improved Crystal images of terrorist camps in Afghanistan reveal primitive methods employed to conceal training facilities and substantial equipment in tunnels and makeshift shacks. Images such as these are also utilised by the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, generating digital point precision databases for precision bombing.

Posted by at October 18, 2001 02:18 PM

Levy predicted that Canadian activists will "pull together a very vociferous and powerful protest." Asked about the political risks involved in mounting demonstrations at a time when the public's abhorrence of violence is high, he replied: "I think it's fairly easy for us to persuade reasonable people that there is a several order of magnitude difference between people who advocate nonviolent civil disobedience, such as sit-ins and human blockades, and people who crash airplanes into buildings."

Posted by at October 18, 2001 02:10 PM

...there are "suspicions that there are undeclared stocks of smallpox virus in Russia," particularly at a top-secret virology laboratory under control of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

Posted by at October 18, 2001 01:53 PM

The U.S. intelligence official conceded that the FBI had very little to go on. "They had the guy's names, passport numbers and last addresses. It would be very difficult to find someone based on that. . . . And they didn't."

Posted by at October 18, 2001 01:50 PM

Mr. Bush's comments raised more questions than they answered. The United States has so far shied away from carrying out airstrikes against the Taliban front-line troops that block the Northern Alliance from moving toward Kabul or Mazar-i-Sharif in the north.

Posted by at October 18, 2001 01:48 PM

The letter that tested positive for anthrax had been mailed Sept. 8 from Atlanta, Ongeri said, and was received in Kenya on Oct. 9. It was opened on Oct. 11.

Posted by at October 18, 2001 01:44 PM

And he hinted intelligence gathering limits may have more to do with money than with the CSIS mandate.

Posted by at October 18, 2001 01:08 PM

A jury deliberated for 12 days in May before finding the men guilty of all 302 counts in the indictment -- a list that detailed a broad conspiracy aimed at attacking U.S. facilities in Kenya and Tanzania. The guilty verdicts were the first U.S. convictions for crimes believed to have been carried out by Mr. bin Laden's al-Qaeda network.

Posted by at October 18, 2001 12:56 PM

The employee is a mail handler who was on duty at the time the letters were sent through the main Trenton postal center in Hamilton Township, state officials told The Associated Press, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Posted by at October 18, 2001 12:53 PM

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- Afghanistan's Taliban militia on Thursday returned one of two World Food Program warehouses seized at gunpoint two days earlier along with its stores of donated wheat, an official with the U.N. agency said.

Posted by at October 18, 2001 12:51 PM

"The calculations of the crusade coalition were very mistaken when it thought it could wage a war on Afghanistan achieving victory swiftly"'

...assuming two years means "swiftly" to a people who get free pizza if it's delivered in over 30 minutes.

Posted by at October 18, 2001 12:50 PM

"[Israel would] act against the Palestinian Authority in the way currently accepted by the international community to act against a leadership that supports terror".

Posted by at October 18, 2001 12:39 PM

``We learned this morning that a CBS News employee in Dan Rather's office has tested positive for the cutaneous form of anthrax,'' CBS News president Andrew Hayward said in a statement.

Posted by at October 18, 2001 12:38 PM

Nuclear Regulatory Commission spokeswoman Diane Screnci declined to discuss the type of threat, or how the agency received it. The commission told Three Mile Island about the threat between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m., and the airports were shut down about 9 p.m., she said.

Posted by at October 18, 2001 12:35 PM

In trading in London, Reuters shares fell 7.1 percent.

Posted by at October 18, 2001 11:26 AM

"Why are you so nervous?" [Loretta Young] said to [William Holden]. "You have the lead role. [Mitchum] doesn��t get the girl, you do."

Posted by at October 18, 2001 11:17 AM

Faced with a loss, Canada will argue that the WTO does not have the jurisdiction to make its rulings retroactive, and therefore Ottawa can go ahead as planned...

Posted by at October 18, 2001 11:09 AM

Previously, fat cells were only known to influence the brain by producing substances that would be carried through the blood stream. The brain was known to control the burning of fat and to respond to its signals by sending messages through the spinal cord and out to nerves located in and around the fat deposits. The study shows that fat and nerve cells can influence each other without direction from the brain.

Posted by at October 18, 2001 11:06 AM

"What Diane is saying is that anybody has the right to their own opinion," Brian translated. "But they ought to try living a week like she does, and then see how they feel."

Posted by at October 18, 2001 10:38 AM

"(Finland's) remarkable turnaround over the past decade serves as evidence of how quickly an economy's prospects can be transformed by strong political institutions, a focus on technology and sound macroeconomic management," said the Global Competitiveness Report 2001.

Posted by at October 18, 2001 09:55 AM

Every one of these worms exploited vulnerabilities for which step-by-step exploit instructions had been widely published. But the evidence is more far conclusive than that. Not only do the worms exploit the same vulnerabilities, they do so using the same techniques as were published �� in some cases even going so far as to use the same file names and identical exploit code. This is not a coincidence.

Posted by at October 18, 2001 09:42 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) - Preliminary tests show the anthrax sent to NBC in New York and a tabloid newspaper company in Florida were the same strain, and the FBI is pursuing ``substantive leads'' in the investigation into who may have sent the bacteria, officials said Wednesday.

Posted by at October 17, 2001 10:33 PM

There is no reason to fire a Quebec envoy who took part in a foiled 1965 plot to blow up the Statue of Liberty and other U.S. landmarks, Premier Bernard Landry said Wednesday.

Posted by at October 17, 2001 08:45 PM

The discovery of the bomb came at a critical point in Northern Ireland's peace process, with pro-British Protestant ministers threatening to walk out of a powersharing provincial executive with nationalist Roman Catholics unless the IRA disarms.

Posted by at October 17, 2001 08:43 PM

The federal government is aiming to inform panicked Americans that other widely available -- and cheaper -- antibiotics than Cipro can also fight anthrax.

Posted by at October 17, 2001 08:41 PM

So far we've had two Commander Datas, two Al Gores, two R2D2s, two Roy Battys, a Bender and a Maximillian (from the Black Hole). What about you, Shad (or anybody else passing through, mail me your results so I can pretend I have an excuse to not be writing).

Posted by at October 17, 2001 05:56 PM

They traveled to the United States and underwent a controversial procedure in Chicago at a price of 30,000 pounds in order to ensure that the resulting baby would have a matching immune system for their four-year old son who suffers from leukemia. They want the baby to be able to serve as a bone marrow donor for their now four-year-old son if he has a relapse.

Posted by at October 17, 2001 05:40 PM

New York Senator Charles Schumer asked the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesday to suspend Bayer's patent rights to allow the government to buy generic versions of the drug, chemically known as ciprofaxin, from other companies.

Posted by at October 17, 2001 01:45 PM

``There's a variety of theaters. So long as anybody's terrorizing established governments, there needs to be a war,'' he said...

Now let us ponder on the recent headlines connecting Al-Qaida, the mafia in Chechnya and the Real IRA.

Posted by at October 17, 2001 01:44 PM

"Is it exploitive to do something like that? Not if it's handled properly," Moonves said.

Posted by at October 17, 2001 01:19 PM

Once our military decides to enact this plan, citizens of our great country should donate their own collections to bombard Afghanistan. So gather up your copies of "Barely Legal," or "High Society" or "Juggs", and let's make America great again.

Posted by at October 17, 2001 01:16 PM

A former Soviet germ-warfare expert says a steam iron will kill anthrax spores. Ken Alibek says after a letter is ironed, any spores inside will be harmless.

Posted by at October 17, 2001 01:12 PM

Tracing the activities of known terrorists and their associates in Canada shows a pattern of abuse of the legal and social systems, organized assault on financial institutions and routine victimization of the population through street crime, said officers with two of the RCMP's most secretive units.

Posted by at October 17, 2001 01:06 PM

I have always believed that there should be no subject about which one cannot make jokes, religion included. Clearly, one is always constricted by contemporary mores and trends because, after all, what one seeks above all is an appreciative audience. However, how would a film like Monty Python's Life of Brian, criticised at the time of its release for being anti-Christian, be judged under the proposed law? Or that excellent joke in Not the Nine O'Clock News all those years ago, showing worshippers in a mosque simultaneously bowing to the ground with the voiceover: "And the search goes on for the Ayatollah Khomeini's contact lens?"

And remember to never be rude to an Arab.

Posted by at October 17, 2001 12:47 PM

"The responsibility is Arafat's alone, as someone who has carried out and is carrying out acts of terrorism and never took steps against it," Sharon told a special memorial session of parliament.

Posted by at October 17, 2001 12:09 PM

"Now they have agreed to hand him over to a third country without the evidence being presented in advance," the source close to the military said.

Posted by at October 17, 2001 12:07 PM

Experts said they doubted the rifles could still be used -- though they didn't quantify those statements in reports. However, the transaction demonstrates how the U.S. is now fighting a force it once called an ally.

Posted by at October 17, 2001 11:46 AM

Mr. Rehman's party has been leading protest rallies against Pakistan's support for the U.S. anti-terrorism campaign in Afghanistan. Party officials say the government's move will not deter their anti-U.S. protests.

Posted by at October 17, 2001 11:40 AM

First, meet Yvonne Ridley, or William Boot, the hapless reporter sent to cover a war by a downtrodden foreign editor, Mr Salter, who in this production will be played by Sunday Express editor Martin Townsend, who is under the thumb of Richard Desmond - or Lord Copper - proprietor of the Sunday Express, which bears more than a passing resemblance to the Daily Beast. Substitute Afghanistan for Ishmaelia and we have Waugh's masterpiece rewritten as thesaga of the imprisoned journalist and the faltering tabloid.

Posted by at October 17, 2001 10:31 AM

"He envisions installing a worldwide Islamic government with himself as the caliph."

Posted by at October 17, 2001 10:21 AM

Posted by at October 17, 2001 10:20 AM

"But with the introduction of mobile phones 15 years ago, ghost sightings began to decline to the point where now we are receiving none."

Posted by at October 17, 2001 10:18 AM

"You can't supply tanks by air. There is a full-scale operation to control the supply lines, and about 2,000 Russian military personnel are involved. They have not penetrated far into Afghanistan, but in some places they are within 5 kilometers of Taliban positions, and there have been clashes."

Posted by at October 17, 2001 10:17 AM

"The devil is the brother of evil. The dog is the brother of the wolf," Khaiwa camp school Principal Abeda Mansoor said in her native Dari language. "We condemn both the Taliban and the Northern Alliance."

Posted by at October 17, 2001 10:15 AM

Whipping of women in public for not covering ankles.
Ban on laughing loudly

Posted by at October 17, 2001 10:12 AM

One afternoon a month ago, several dozen Taliban fighters ate their fill of rice, bread and meat at the teahouse in Taleh Barfaq, Afghanistan, but decided not to pay the owner.

Posted by at October 17, 2001 10:08 AM

The official said the letters contained phrases like "Death to America," "You're going to die" and "Allah is great." Investigators did not conclude that the reference to Allah meant that the letter writer was an Islamic extremist or linked to Osama bin Laden, the official said. But officials today refused to rule out any possible motive for the letters.

Posted by at October 17, 2001 09:56 AM

About 300 Canadians have already bought the $199 US-plus-tax package, Sam Blyth, who runs the Blyth and Co. travel agency, said Monday.
The cost per person includes return airfare on American Airlines and one night's stay at the five-star Grand Hyatt Hotel based on two people sharing a room. Single travellers can book a room for an extra $65.

Posted by at October 17, 2001 09:41 AM

He added that "The only way you can defend against terrorism is not by self-defence, because a terrorist can attack any place at any time. You simply must take the battle to them, and that's what President Bush has announced he's going to do, and that's what he is in the process of doing."

Posted by at October 17, 2001 09:36 AM

"I think they took great pains to select these guys and indoctrinate them for a long period of time," said Robert Blitzer, a former FBI counterterrorism official. " . . . They were all convinced they were going to nirvana."

Or, in the case of the non-Buddhist hijackers, perhaps somewhere else.

Posted by at October 17, 2001 09:23 AM

Posted by at October 17, 2001 09:14 AM

...to "protect society from the danger of irresponsible journalism, which is being used to tell lies and contravene public morality with lewd articles."

Posted by at October 17, 2001 09:04 AM

"The struggle in Kashmir is a genuine struggle for Kashmiris' right of self-determination and it has no link whatsoever with the Al Qaeda group," Mr Farooq said. "Kashmir and Palestine are two political issues, which cannot be used by groups for their personal ends."

Posted by at October 17, 2001 09:02 AM

The El Mundo newspaper claims it has learned from US secret service agents that the Real IRA have been involved in laundering cash for the al-Qaeda network.

Posted by at October 17, 2001 08:53 AM

Following the shooting of Mr Zeevi, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon warned that a "new era" had begun, vowing things could never be the same, Israeli public radio said.

Posted by at October 17, 2001 08:51 AM

October 16, 2001 -Omron Corporation (President and CEO: Yoshio Tateisi, Headquarters: Kyoto) will begin selling as a new product a cat type communication robot from November 20.

Posted by at October 17, 2001 08:44 AM

She was released on a $2,400 bail. [...] Mrs. Marcos is accused of laundering $352 million...

Posted by at October 17, 2001 06:26 AM

Posted by at October 17, 2001 06:05 AM

Canada and the U.S. used a little-known treaty to arrest a Canadian citizen wanted in North Carolina on charges linking him and almost two dozen others to the terrorist group Hezbollah, RCMP said Tuesday.

Posted by at October 16, 2001 08:51 PM

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has said he would agree to an independent Palestinian state if Israel's security was guaranteed, Israel radio reports.

Posted by at October 16, 2001 08:45 PM

Passengers on an Air Canada plane that never took off on Sept. 11 are being questioned after two box cutter-type knives were found in an overhead storage bin, police said Tuesday.

Posted by at October 16, 2001 08:11 PM

"Michel's morale is good. He's in good physical condition and apparently well treated."

Posted by at October 16, 2001 08:08 PM

The apparent blunder followed the killing of four Afghan guards from a UN mine clearance agency in Kabul nearly two weeks ago when another bomb went astray.

Posted by at October 16, 2001 08:06 PM

This is the stark reality illustrated by recent events and by this t-shirt.

FYI, I'm size medium.

Posted by at October 16, 2001 08:03 PM

"Nobody move please; we are going back to the airport. Don't try to make any stupid moves."

Posted by at October 16, 2001 08:01 PM

Posted by at October 16, 2001 07:12 PM

And then it dawned on Seyk why the software and support were so bad: That's the way vendors make money. They push products on the market before they've been adequately tested, demand payment up front and then are often not available to deal with the sequelae of poorly performing products.

Posted by at October 16, 2001 05:12 PM

However, US airstrikes have not yet hit Taliban and allied assets on or behind the front line: an omission that is causing frustration among UF commanders, some of whom have suggested that Islamabad has prevailed on Washington to avoid strikes that would facilitate any advance towards Kabul by the UF. Pakistan views the UF as hostile to its interests in Afghanistan.

Posted by at October 16, 2001 03:38 PM

Close to 15 per cent of adolescents taking such stimulants as Ritalin, dexedrine and benzedrine, reported having given some of their medication away. And more than 7 per cent reported having sold some of their pills.

Posted by at October 16, 2001 02:04 PM

There will be at least one more album of original Leonard Cohen material and he is putting together another live album. But in the meantime, here's some Li Po:

At Yellow Crane Terrace Farewell to Meng Hao-jan, Leaving for Kuang-ling*
At Yellow Crane Terrace in the west
    you parted from me,
Sailing down to Yang-chou through a mist
    of April flowers.
The faint shape of your lonely sail
    melts into the vacant blue --
I can only see the Long River
    streaming to the edge of the sky.

Posted by at October 16, 2001 01:51 PM

I am at the Leonard Cohen chat right now -- if "at" is the right verb -- and he is being very fine. There will probably be a transcript here later today and I urge you to go read it if you miss the chat.

Posted by at October 16, 2001 01:14 PM

A consortium of major U.S. news organizations has decided unanimously not to analyze and report the results of the $1 million audit they commissioned to identify which presidential candidate received the most votes in Florida in last November's election.

Posted by at October 16, 2001 01:10 PM

This dogged determination to manage all information in an age when information is as diffuse as the ether has driven the Bush team to blast the Al-Jezeera TV network for bringing the world pictures of Osama bin Laden. Only in the past few days has it begun to dawn on the White House that slamming the favorite network of the Middle East and refusing to grant interviews to it has handicapped the Bush team in presenting an American view of recent events to the Muslim world.

Posted by at October 16, 2001 01:04 PM

"I think this is an attack against America," Pecker said. "The World Trade Center was attacked. The Pentagon was attacked. And American Media was attacked."

Posted by at October 16, 2001 12:58 PM

...Mr Rumsfeld's rescued reputation is not merely a result of standing by his post, and dodging an awkward argument. A man with a job like his needs two connected qualities: an ability to inspire confidence, and the capacity to focus on the task in hand without getting bogged down in distractions. Mr Rumsfeld has met both tests.

Posted by at October 16, 2001 12:56 PM

This web site is the masculine equivalent to Victoria's Secret. For conspicuous yet tasteful bulge, click on.

Posted by at October 16, 2001 12:26 PM

The new Leonard Cohen album is more of the same and that's good. Get it from CDNow or Amazon and give me 45 cents. Or get it from a local independent and help keep them in business.

Posted by at October 16, 2001 12:18 PM

The report states that a large section of the U.S. media has begun to act pretty much like a propaganda machine for the state and details the many instances of self-censorship and censorship by media owners.

Posted by at October 16, 2001 11:27 AM

"This, in my mind, was not the finest hour of the U.S. Senate."

Posted by at October 16, 2001 11:21 AM

"In a situation where the thing you're looking for--a terrorist--is rare, false positives will easily overwhelm the [biometric] system." If the system is looking for someone who is one in ten million and the technology makes one error in every 10,000 scans, it's going to generate 1,000 false positives for every terrorist it spots, he explains. "That makes the system useless," says Schneier. "It's crying wolf all the time."

Posted by at October 16, 2001 11:19 AM

"Welcome to our generation's Blitz," she said. "We are going to have to get hardened up here."

Posted by at October 16, 2001 11:16 AM

"Our feeling is ... we're probably dealing with a minor chemical exposure," Cushman said, adding it could be the result of perfume or some other non-hazardous irritant.

Posted by at October 16, 2001 11:14 AM

"An unprecedented public-private co-operative effort will be necessary," the study says. "Automakers, fuel providers, and government at all levels must co-operate to develop an adequate public market demand for FCVs."

Posted by at October 16, 2001 09:19 AM

"I will resign as party leader and I will resign as Premier of Ontario as soon as a new leader is chosen."

Posted by at October 16, 2001 08:13 AM

Posted by at October 16, 2001 08:03 AM

The anthrax diagnosed in the [8 year old] child is the type that is absorbed through cuts or scratches in the skin, not the more dangerous inhaled variety, the source said.

Posted by at October 15, 2001 08:41 PM

What if, instead of sending unlabelled bags of wheat, we sent Pop Tarts, Triscuits, Beefaroni, and Dinty Moore Stew. Little Debbie cakes. Brand names, prepackaged food, emblems of the Western culture they find so revolting. Imagine the ethical dilemma a Taliban soldier about to seize our offerings would face. Should he eat the Beefaroni, satanic, yet satisfying - or should he wander into a nearby minefield to hunt down some nuts and berries?

Posted by at October 15, 2001 07:42 PM

Members of the public will bid for their name to star in novels by some of Britain's top authors.

Posted by at October 15, 2001 07:25 PM

Defense officials have declined to talk at length about the photographs, saying the images speak for themselves.

Posted by at October 15, 2001 07:01 PM

Separately, federal agents also were seeking the pilot father of a second-grade student who told a teacher last summer that his family was moving to Florida and that his dad, a Saudi citizen, "crashes planes into big buildings."

Posted by at October 15, 2001 06:59 PM

The west has decided to channel money and effort into studying other customs and practices, but no one has really given other people the chance to study western customs and practices, except at schools maintained by white expatriates, or by allowing the rich from other cultures to study in Oxford or Paris. What happens then is that they return home to organise fundamentalist movements, because they feel solidarity with those of their compatriots who lack the opportunity for such education.

Posted by at October 15, 2001 06:08 PM

"What our sources are saying, they expect he will announce that he has written the president of the PC Party of Ontario, and asked him to call a leadership convention, and that when the party decides it's time to have that convention, he Mike Harris will not be a candidate for the leadership," CTV's Mike Duffy says.

First Stockwell Day, now Mike Harris, for what more could I ask -- except someone to love, instead of only the departure of those who disgust?

Posted by at October 15, 2001 05:38 PM

State officials have sent the pornographic pictures to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta for further testing.

Posted by at October 15, 2001 05:25 PM

"In the long term, I am more worried about biology. Nuclear weapons need large facilities, but genetic engineering can be done in a small lab. You can't regulate every lab in the world," he said.

Posted by at October 15, 2001 05:14 PM

Users of the punishment pool get a lower 'contention ratio' than other users, which means that in one sense, they get a three times larger share of network resources per person. However, they are effectively being invited to a party where, though they have three times as much beer per person, it's impossible to get a drink because all the guests are alcoholics.

Posted by at October 15, 2001 04:27 PM

Dialyzers made by Baxter also were used in Spain, where 10 kidney patients died in August. An independent investigation found no link between the deaths and the equipment, but the Spanish government said Wednesday it was waiting for results of its own tests. It was unclear whether identical equipment had been used in Croatia and Spain.

Posted by at October 15, 2001 04:07 PM

Cost-benefit analyses can seem heartless, but in fact there is almost no goal so important for which any measure is appropriate or called for--not even saving lives. "If it saves one life, it's worth it," is a mantra so oft repeated (in all sorts of regulatory matters, not just ones involving terrorism) that it almost seems the new national motto. Adding hours to every airport wait for more thorough bag checking? Yet the people checking the bags may well be the weakest security link, as a July 29 New York Times article points out. If people really thought hours of their time were worth a tiny chance of increased safety or longer life, no one would ever drive a car.

Posted by at October 15, 2001 03:56 PM

Researcher Chis Hellman at Washington's authoritative Center for Defence Information could shed no light on the report."Given the kinds of things we've been hearing, I wouldn't be surprised," he said, but also cautioned that any reports about Pakistan originating in India have to be viewed with a certain amount of skepticism.

Posted by at October 15, 2001 03:49 PM

A House of Commons employee has been hospitalized and portions of Centre Block closed off after the employee opened an envelope containing a white powder and developed a rash on her arms.

Posted by at October 15, 2001 03:35 PM

[Jean Ziegler] warned that dropping food over wide areas could send hungry children into mine fields.

Posted by at October 15, 2001 03:32 PM

Some portions of the Centre Block of the Parliament Buildings, home to both the Commons and the Senate, were sealed off Monday because of concerns about possible anthrax contamination. Emergency vehicles were grouped outside the Senate side of the building.

Posted by at October 15, 2001 03:28 PM

``The key is whether the DNA fingerprint of the strain in New York matches the DNA fingerprint of the one in Florida,'' he said. ``If it matches, then one person or one organization is perpetrating this thing. If it doesn't match, then New York could be a copycat incident.''

Posted by at October 15, 2001 03:25 PM

She said the bill had three main objectives: suppress existing terrorist groups, provide police with new investigative tools, and toughen prison sentences for terrorists.

Posted by at October 15, 2001 03:22 PM

Thanks to their excellent understanding of topography and of bison behavior, they killed bison by chasing them over a precipice and subsequently carving up the carcasses in the camp below.

Posted by at October 15, 2001 03:19 PM

The Weather Channel is ticked at FuckedCompany because of somebody's forecast for Kabul.

Posted by at October 15, 2001 03:14 PM

A letter opened in the office of Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle "had anthrax in it," President George W. Bush said Monday. Bush said the envelope was field-tested shortly after being received, and the staffers who have been exposed were being treated.

Posted by at October 15, 2001 03:01 PM

"Right now we consider it a coincidence because we don't have any tie between the anthrax and the terrorists," FBI spokeswoman Judy Orihuela said. "It may be investigated further," she said, "but right now we're considering that a coincidence."

Posted by at October 15, 2001 02:59 PM

If something is not done VERY, VERY shortly, FAQS.org will have to be shutdown. FAQS.org has lost its funding and I cannot personally pay for the bandwidth needed to keep it operational. The care and feeding is not a problem, paying for the bandwidth is. I will shortly have none unless you can help.

Posted by at October 15, 2001 02:21 PM

"[Roger Caron is] one of the worst bank robbers in history. He's no good at it," Berton said.

Posted by at October 15, 2001 01:12 PM

But one of Mrs. BB's senior colleagues discounted her theory "probably because he could not believe that the Germans had been so stupid," he wrote.

Posted by at October 15, 2001 01:07 PM

"On its face, this language would allow a deliberate hack attack by a copyright owner against the system of someone who is infringing the copyright," Swire said.

Posted by at October 15, 2001 01:06 PM

In an e-mail to employees, Chief Executive Steven Brill also said the company has suspended operations for Brill's Content magazine, which also covered media and journalism. Inside.com will remain online but will feature content primarily from Primedia publications.

Posted by at October 15, 2001 12:10 PM

The judge was not impressed when Sereda, 60, answered him, "With the sovereign, hyphen, authority of the Andrew, hyphen, William, colon, Sereda is for the stating of the authority of the noun."

Posted by at October 15, 2001 12:04 PM

Each paid cash and none looked for work afterward. They spoke little or no English, and the same interpreter accompanied each group.

Posted by at October 15, 2001 11:10 AM

"Virtually none comes from Pakistan, Afghanistan or the Middle East - and then only tiny quantities brought in occasionally which are easily traceable," the association said in a statement.

Posted by at October 15, 2001 11:07 AM

On Sunday, U.S. jets destroyed Kabul's Chinese-built international telephone exchange, severing one of the last means of communication with the outside world. Residents also said the capital's historic Mogul-style Balahisar Fort, built in the medieval era and reconstructed in the early 20th century, was flattened. The report could not be confirmed because security kept outsiders from the area.

Posted by at October 15, 2001 11:04 AM

"One school was constructed to run programs dedicated to the disruption of western aviation. The training school was conducted at a western-built airport, and the latest aviation equipment was purchased and installed there. The facility even boasted a Boeing 707, a 727 and a 747. Some of the training exercises run at this school included an Islamic Jihad squad and hijacking an aircraft. Trained Islamic terrorist aircrews would then crash the aircraft into a specified target."

Posted by at October 15, 2001 11:00 AM

Not knowing what to expect, East popped the disk from Biggart's camera into his computer and on the second try got an image, then more -- 154 in all, perfectly preserved, in sequence from the moment he glimpsed the towers in the distance until... well, the last of them was time-stamped 9:28 a.m., but Biggart had evidently neglected to correct the camera's clock for daylight saving time, so it was actually an hour later, more or less the precise time of the second collapse. Looking at the hellish landscape, the stump of the South Tower barely emerging from its shroud of smoke and dust, East realized he was seeing what his friend had seen in his last moments on earth.

Posted by at October 15, 2001 10:39 AM

The lurid 1965 affair, in which Duclos drove a white Rambler, with 30 sticks of dynamite in the trunk, from Montreal to New York, was a joint venture of the Black Liberation Front, a pro-Castro American group, and sympathizers of the Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ).

Posted by at October 15, 2001 10:21 AM

The officials said the plots involved attacks on the U.S. Embassy in Paris, an American building in Turkey, embassy structures in Yemen and a NATO building in Brussels, Belgium.

Posted by at October 15, 2001 09:37 AM

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Posted by at October 15, 2001 08:09 AM

Called the McMaster Rotary Engine (MRE), it has no oil, no seals, no rings, and no coolant; it is designed to run completely dry. The burnished-steel apparatus weighs just 220 pounds -- about a third lighter than a typical six-cylinder car engine -- yet McMaster claims that it could theoretically generate more than 1,000 horsepower, enough to drive an M-1 tank. In a car it would eliminate the need for the transmission, the drivetrain, and the exhaust system.

Posted by at October 15, 2001 07:18 AM

Research found that the baboons could understand and recognise small similarities between different images, an ability that is considered to be a benchmark of complex reasoning and intelligence.

Posted by at October 15, 2001 06:41 AM

Mr. Beishlag said he supports Mr. Harper because he is a true conservative in the mould of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher and is a true believer in rebuilding the Alliance rather than merging with the Tories at all costs.

Posted by at October 15, 2001 06:39 AM

The threat that a deadly disease might be a consequence of opening an envelope could be a tipping point that leads to changes in the way we look at snail mail -- and heads us down a road where daily mail delivery goes the way of the milkman.

Posted by at October 14, 2001 02:32 PM

"We are trying to stick to the conviction that we are the center and to maintain this position in a very polarized society," said Rafael Santos, co-editor in chief of Colombia's only national daily newspaper, El Tiempo. "I don't know if we are succeeding."

Posted by at October 14, 2001 02:27 PM

"We also say and advise the Muslims in the United States and Britain, the children, and those who reject the unjust US policy not to travel by plane. We also advise them not to live in high-rise buildings and towers."

Posted by at October 14, 2001 02:26 PM

"We also say and advise the Muslims in the United States and Britain, the children, and those who reject the unjust US policy not to travel by plane. We also advise them not to live in high-rise buildings and towers."

Posted by at October 14, 2001 02:26 PM

Blair now talks of creating a 'security bridge', a period of ceasefire that will allow negotiations to start between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. 'You need to construct at least the right platform of security [so] that people feel they're not seeing funerals on their television screens, heightening the tension and anger and bitterness, then the violence. You need to get that sufficiently under control in order to give yourself the space to move into a process of talking and confidence-building, which allows in particular the Palestinians to have some sort of ability to go about their daily lives.'

Posted by at October 14, 2001 02:24 PM

Contact has already been made with an Iraqi opposition group based in London with a view to installing its members as a future government in Baghdad.

Posted by at October 14, 2001 02:22 PM

Yesterday, in what those sources call a positive sign, prominent Muslim clergyman Yusuf Kardawi issued a fatwa on Palestinian radio, saying that terror boss Osama bin Laden has no authority to issue his own fatwas, which are Islamic religious decrees.

Posted by at October 14, 2001 02:20 PM

Right now, Canada does not list outlawed terrorist groups, or their "fronts." Naming groups has always been regarded as open to challenges based in part on constitutional guarantees of freedom of association. But Ottawa has recently adopted the U.S. list for the purposes of seizing terrorist assets.

Posted by at October 14, 2001 02:17 PM

The technique developed by BioDiem, in concert with the Institute, involves combining a harmless master influenza strain with a live, virulent virus to produce a safe but accurate copy of the prevalent infection.

Posted by at October 14, 2001 11:34 AM

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Posted by at October 14, 2001 10:46 AM

"Our cooperation began long before the events of Sept. 11," said Rustam Jumaev, chief spokesman for Uzbek President Islam Karimov. In an interview, Jumaev said significant military and intelligence joint efforts extended back "two or three years" but would not discuss specifics of the cooperation.

Posted by at October 14, 2001 10:44 AM

"Today, in the world, the United States is the most dangerous and the most powerful global force unleashing horrific levels of violence," Sunera Thobani told delegates of a feminist conference. "There will be no emancipation for women anywhere on this planet until the western domination of this planet is ended."

Posted by at October 13, 2001 09:51 PM

"The Queen believes that Rudolph Giuliani was an inspiration to political leaders around the world as well as to his city."

Posted by at October 13, 2001 09:49 PM

Posted by at October 13, 2001 09:48 PM

How do I get a private room?
To get your own room, enter the Lobby or Cafe Ole and go to one of the 'Room-O-Matic' booths (they look like high tech telephone kiosks, to the right of the entrance). Click on a booth and the 'Room-O-Matic' will appear - just follow the instructions that pop up. All rooms are free at Habbo Hotel.

Posted by at October 13, 2001 06:55 PM

The unit's EC-130 cargo planes contain the armed forces' most up-to-date psychological operations, known as ``psyops,'' equipment -- much of it from the 1960s and `70s.

Posted by at October 13, 2001 06:51 PM

The reason it is considered by the West to be attractive for use as a biological weapon is twofold: first, the spores are robust, surviving exposure to both ultraviolet radiation and the sterilising effect of high temperatures far better than other pathogens; secondly, anthrax causes a non-transmissible disease. This is an important factor as the consequences of releasing a highly infectious disease as a weapon against a population may be unintentionally collateral.

Posted by at October 13, 2001 06:16 PM

The isolation of just one component of the UF in the post-Taliban landscape could herald a gradual reintroduction of the bloody aftermath of the Soviet withdrawal in 1989. This period was characterised by a five-year struggle for supremacy by a multitude of warlords originating from the dissolved mujahideen that saw off the Soviet Union.

Posted by at October 13, 2001 06:14 PM

Public health investigators were contacting Microsoft employees to determine who might have handled the letter, which contained pornographic material.

Posted by at October 13, 2001 05:05 PM

Posted by at October 13, 2001 04:58 PM

The deportation hearing (it took 11 months) did indeed find that Mr. Mohammad had lied his way into Canada. He had omitted the 1968 airplane incident, for which he was sentenced in 1970 to 17 years in a Greek jail. He got out a year later when he and other Arab prisoners were freed in exchange for the release of a hijacked Greek plane and its passengers. Even so, we couldn't kick him out because his refugee claim was still pending. His lawyer said the process of hearings and appeals could "theoretically take up to eight years."

Posted by at October 13, 2001 04:57 PM

It is unclear which buildings the Kuwaiti man's documents may have detailed. The Los Angeles Times report refers to "documents that identified specific buildings in an Ottawa government complex -- notably the atomic-energy building and the virus- and disease-control labs."

Posted by at October 13, 2001 04:55 PM

"Robotics is not a new industry that exists all by itself,'' she added. ''It's like Internet - it's going to be part of everything.''

Posted by at October 13, 2001 03:47 PM

The Taliban claimed today that at least 200 people were killed on Wednesday in an air strike on the remote village of Karam, about 80 miles east of Kabul.

Posted by at October 13, 2001 03:19 PM

By the study's estimate, the two recent federal executions will save approximately thirty-six lives. On the final day of 1999 (the last day for which we have accurate figures), there were 3,527 prisoners under sentence of death in American prisons. This study suggests that if all those sentences were carried out 63,000 lives would be saved. There were approximately 15,000 homicides in America in 1999, meaning that the deterrence effect could be the equivalent of four years free from murder.

Posted by at October 13, 2001 02:11 PM

An Army reservist called up for homeland defense after the Sept. 11 attacks on America was killed by police on Friday after he shot and wounded two Fort Dix soldiers and two policemen, authorities said.

Posted by at October 13, 2001 09:21 AM

The agreement defuses, for now, what had been rapidly escalating tension between Congress and the White House over who gets to know what about the war on terrorism. The tension crossed party lines and ideological boundaries. Liberal Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer said Wednesday that one person's leaking "doesn't mean that Congress can't be trusted," while conservative Alaska Republican Sen. Ted Stevens vowed to stall a defense spending bill until the briefings resumed.

Posted by at October 13, 2001 09:18 AM

Young's proposal is the latest sign that House Republican leaders plan to fight the federalization of airport security a day after the Senate voted unanimously to add baggage screeners to the federal payroll. House Republicans say the Senate plan would add 28,000 jobs to the federal workforce for no viable security reason.

Posted by at October 13, 2001 09:16 AM

"Four were murdered in the US -- Abd Ali Ahmad Al Rabei and Ali Mohammad Mansur in California, and Hammud Qaied Al Shaef and Abderrahman Dhifani in Virginia. Tarek Faruk Lokman, a 19-year-old student, was killed in Canada," he said.

Posted by at October 13, 2001 09:08 AM

"This is all we heard, the pilot asked one of his crew, "Where are we hit?" You see, it looks like he was trying to get precise information about the damage caused by the missile explosion," Zhukov said.

Posted by at October 13, 2001 09:02 AM

Other cases of suspicious mail, at the State Department in Washington, the New York Times and a subsidiary of the Microsoft Corporation in the state of Nevada, are being investigated.

Posted by at October 13, 2001 08:39 AM

"For-profit, for the wealthy retirement homes can hardly be considered affordable housing."

Posted by at October 13, 2001 06:12 AM

"A couple of years ago, we ran a series of [polygraph] screenings among staff at a large supermarket chain. And soon enough the numbers of missing items -- packs of cigarettes, or even chunks of sausage -- dropped to almost zero," Korovin said.

Posted by at October 13, 2001 06:05 AM

Health officials in the state of Nevada say preliminary tests show a letter sent to a Reno company contained anthrax. Additional tests on the letter should be completed by Saturday.

Posted by at October 12, 2001 10:42 PM

There was no immediate claim of responsibility. However, the outlawed Basque separatist group ETA routinely detonates car bombs as part of its violent campaign for an independent state in the northern Basque region of Spain.

Posted by at October 12, 2001 10:38 PM

When I appeared on a public radio program recently, the interviewer asked me to comment on reports that the Net was the source of epidemic "misinformation" about the terrorist attacks. The question was almost startlingly retro.

Posted by at October 12, 2001 08:09 PM

"My wife, my two children, they do not matter," Rahim said. "For Afghan people like me war is normal and now we are ready for a long war with America."

Posted by at October 12, 2001 08:00 PM

The site, operated by a Dutch man who identifies himself on his site only as "J-roen", carried the following message on Friday: "Due to the great amount of comments (both positive and negative) since a picture from this website was recently featured in a collage poster, I have decided to take this section of the site offline."

Posted by at October 12, 2001 07:58 PM

Three more bars were set ablaze Friday, bringing the number razed by fire to about 20 as police suspect biker gangs are fighting for control of the illegal drug trade in local bars.

Posted by at October 12, 2001 07:53 PM

"The person who typed it just named it that.... The person named it and wasn't really thinking," the FBI spokeswoman said.

Posted by at October 12, 2001 07:48 PM

In the meantime, the White House will have greatly reduced the chance that any hidden information will be discovered. The American populace is large and diverse, with a great deal of knowledge and expertise dispersed through it. It includes subcultures knowledgeable about the Middle East, about Afghanistan, about radical Islamism, about international terrorism's personnel and methods, even subcultures knowledgeable about codes, cryptography, and other methods of transmitting hidden data using new technologies. By blocking access to the tapes, the White House will have prevented knowledgeable persons from examining and discerning possibly important clues. The administration seems to think that everyone with germane knowledge is known to it, which is manifestly absurd and potentially dangerous.

Posted by at October 12, 2001 07:34 PM

The suit seeks unspecified damages, but her lawyer James Beasley said a jury could award hundreds of millions of dollars.
He said this money could be taken from assets frozen by the US government.

Posted by at October 12, 2001 07:22 PM

The television anchor is not alone. In eastern Germany, two schoolteachers near Dresden have been suspended for making comments that seemed sympathetic to the terrorists who attacked New York and Washington. In Siegen, a small town in western Germany near Bonn, a teacher of "peace studies" was suspended after he gave a speech urging high school graduates to avoid military service by taking the entirely legal option of volunteering for social work instead.

Posted by at October 12, 2001 07:10 PM

...suspended air attacks on scheduled targets in Afghanistan on Friday because it is the Muslim day of prayer.

Posted by at October 12, 2001 06:50 PM

The original complaint alleged Thobani violated the Criminal Code during a speech to a women's conference in Ottawa where she received a standing ovation after arguing the U.S. government unleashes "prolific levels of violence all over the world."

Posted by at October 12, 2001 06:47 PM

The anthrax is not the same respiratory anthrax that killed a Florida man, NBC News said in a statement.

Posted by at October 12, 2001 06:42 PM

Waylaid by one-hour film developing shops and a heavy debt load, the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company's core business suffered from the rise of digital cameras while being late to develop its own digital technologies.

Posted by at October 12, 2001 03:54 PM

Palestinian officials have seized photos and footage of anti-U.S. rallies on several occasions recently. They banned foreign reporters from Gaza for two days this week to prevent coverage of the aftermath of clashes between police and demonstrators that killed two civilians and wounded dozens more.

Posted by at October 12, 2001 11:09 AM

"We gave them a choice and they chose unwisely," Mr. Bush said of those behind the Sept. 11 attacks. "The terrorists will be pursued, they'll be isolated, surrounded, cornered until there's no place to run, or hide or rest."

What is all this crap about how brilliant and stately Dubya's been lately? He's got the same f-2 pupils and he's still mediocre. People are just so goddamn used to seeing no-thing that if they see some-thing it looks good, no matter how banal and unimpressive it would appear compared to real grace. When you're used to 2/10, 4/10 is twice as good, but for chrissake, it's not even 6/10.

Posted by at October 12, 2001 11:07 AM

"If you cough him up and his people today, then we'll reconsider what we are doing to your country," he said. "You still have a second chance."
"Just bring him in," he added. "And bring his leaders and lieutenants and other thugs and criminals with him."

Posted by at October 12, 2001 10:52 AM

"As a Ukrainian citizen, it is painful for me to say this, but there is a lot of information to support such a version."

Posted by at October 12, 2001 10:50 AM

The Abkhaz attempted to counter-attack in order to confine the guerrilla groups to the mountainous Gulripshsky region but their defense lines were overrun and rebels managed to advance halfway to Sukhumi, stopping barely 15 kilometres (nine miles) away, the guerrilla commander said.

Posted by at October 12, 2001 10:48 AM

The EscapeChute is our emergency parachute system that has been specifically developed for low altitude exit and deployment. A typical scenario for its use might be by high-rise tenants in the event of fire or earthquake.

Posted by at October 12, 2001 10:47 AM

That he was paid for his work for CSIS in cash through Canada Post in an "attempt to conceal his activities or the fact of his employment from scrutiny by ministers of the Crown, and a desire to deprive him of the rights and benefits normally accorded an employee."

Posted by at October 12, 2001 10:40 AM

"They just yanked us," Mr Towle told the New York Daily News.

Posted by at October 12, 2001 09:19 AM

...the affair has rankled with Judge Patel who said it "looks bad, sounds bad, smells bad" even if no anti-trust behaviour is found to be behind it.

Posted by at October 12, 2001 07:58 AM

Posted by at October 11, 2001 07:08 PM

"There is an iron rule in international relations which mustn't be violated," Sergei Rogov, a respected Russian political analyst, told the Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper. "Even if you do something in your own interests, you must charge a price from your ally."

Posted by at October 11, 2001 05:07 PM

"I don't think we can say it (is a bioterrorism attack) conclusively, but obviously anthrax is a very serious matter, and its presence would be very unusual in that setting," Ashcroft said. "We are treating this as a criminal matter and are investigating it with great care."

Posted by at October 11, 2001 03:17 PM

"This advertising campaign will communicate that positive message to millions of Americans and help the city and state of New York continue our recovery from the horrific events of Sept. 11."

Posted by at October 11, 2001 03:15 PM

"He told me they were sitting around a table talking about how the American public is frustrated, angry and heartbroken, and want to do something, and `America's Most Wanted' does something," Mr. Walsh recalled.

Posted by at October 11, 2001 03:10 PM

And it's not just the bombs causing destruction: Pro-Taliban supporters set fire to a conema in Quetta, Pakistan.

Posted by at October 11, 2001 03:05 PM

Several songs in the MP3 format have popped up since September 11th centered around Osama bin Laden. Here's the list.

Posted by at October 11, 2001 03:03 PM

MIT is careful to point out that the OpenCourseWare project is not a distance-learning initiative. Indeed, according to Hal Abelson, a professor of computer science and engineering who served on the committee that developed the idea, OpenCourseWare represents a repudiation of distance learning. "It's a large effort at MIT that says, 'We're not going to do distance education,'" says Abelson. "It really is making a statement about what the university is about and what it's not about."

Posted by at October 11, 2001 12:13 PM

The executives said that they would broadcast only short parts of any tape issued by Al Qaeda and would eliminate any passages containing flowery rhetoric urging violence against Americans.

Posted by at October 11, 2001 12:07 PM

Surprisingly, many people said life remained nearly normal. Shops have stayed open in Kandahar, the spiritual capital of the ruling Taliban in the southern part of the country, and traffic across the border in Pakistan at Chaman was a routine mix of traders and visitors with visas.

Posted by at October 11, 2001 12:04 PM

In the past al Qaeda operatives have often held low-paying jobs or resorted to petty crime to finance their expenses.

Posted by at October 11, 2001 12:03 PM

Channel 2 features David Bowie as DJ, playing his favorite songs over the last 50 years (by various artists). He gives each song a personal introduction...

Posted by at October 11, 2001 12:01 PM

"How could the agency not have known about 15 foreign pilots all paid from one source?"

Previous article, same source: Death in Venice (Florida)

Rudi Dekkers was actively marketing his flight school in Germany at the exact same time Mohamed Atta and his terrorist cell left Hamburg and moved to Florida, where several immediately enrolled in his school. Both ringleaders, Mohamed Atta and Marwan Alshehri, each believed to have piloted a plane into the World Trade Center Towers, learned to fly at Huffman Aviation flight school in Venice, FL.

Posted by at October 11, 2001 12:00 PM

To add to the insult, a preliminary analysis of the numbers suggests that fuzzy math is back: the administration appears to be greatly understating the true budget cost of its proposals and pretending that a package that consists overwhelmingly of tax cuts is evenly split between tax cuts and spending.

Posted by at October 11, 2001 11:56 AM

"I think the data's ready, but we're not. We'll publish when we're ready."

The above story is from Sept 25.

Posted by at October 11, 2001 11:55 AM

The chart below outlines the changes proposed by the ATA, and the ACLU's objections to those changes.. Also compared are the latest versions of anti-terrorism legislation being considered in the House and Senate.

Posted by at October 10, 2001 09:18 PM

Posted by at October 10, 2001 09:15 PM

"The passenger handed a threatening note to the flight attendant, she alerted the pilot and he requested clearance to land here in Shreveport,'' Chance said.

Posted by at October 10, 2001 09:14 PM

He said: "We have reason to hope, now. Yesterday, the Taliban were sure they had arrested a spy, and now, thanks to the information we were able to transmit to them, they are considering that Peyrard may be a journalist."

Posted by at October 10, 2001 09:06 PM

"When the forms are processed, all data is encoded and we have given Jedi Knight a code because a large group of people have entered it on their forms," an ONS spokesman told the Daily Express.
"But we are not saying that this is an official religion," the spokesman added.

I hesitate to use the word 'moron' -- so I'll go for 'morons'. That is a 'large group' of morons.

Posted by at October 10, 2001 08:13 PM

"I was angry, and I'm still kind of angry. That's my tax dollars, your tax dollars. You've got no business flying in to get doughnuts," said Keith Turner, who works nearby and was taking a smoke break when he saw the chopper swoop in.

Posted by at October 10, 2001 06:11 PM

looking at the pictures, judging by the angle, perspective, shadows and the crumples, it seems easier to remove bert than to place him. plus the bertfree poster has a contrast/brightness gamma problem. the corner with the picture of bin laden where bert should be has a bit darker gamma than the rest of the photo. my theory is that AP is trying to cover up this thing with the edited bertfree image.

Posted by at October 10, 2001 04:54 PM

"It was going to be really expensive and they couldn't come to a consensus on price,'' a law enforcement official told the Boston Globe. "Either they thought it was too extravagant or they didn't have enough money left.''

Posted by at October 10, 2001 04:49 PM

But -- is it fate or coincidence? -- the sign featured a Bert muppet sitting on the left side of the man believed to be responsible for the bloodiest terrorist attack in U.S. history.

Posted by at October 10, 2001 04:46 PM

"I want U.S. strikes to be more powerful, because they've had no effect here," he says, adding that he is frustrated the air strikes had yet to target Taliban forces on the front lines.

Posted by at October 10, 2001 09:44 AM

The investigation of Thursday's crash is still going on but Russian experts said on Tuesday they had found what appeared to be missile parts among the wreckage of the Tupolev Tu-154 which exploded over the Black Sea, killing all 78 on board.

Posted by at October 10, 2001 09:42 AM

The Iraqi UN ambassador to the UN, Mohammed al-Douri, said his country had no reason to fear attack from the US "because we are not involved in what happened on 11 September".

Posted by at October 10, 2001 09:39 AM

"They circled the lodge and were going to land. The plane suddenly lost altitude and crashed into the lake," Abney said.

Awful lot of plane crashes lately.

Posted by at October 10, 2001 09:36 AM

The ruling Taleban regime in Afghanistan has said it will free up Bin Laden, whom it is sheltering, to wage a jihad. He had previously been barred by the regime from using telephones, fax machines and the internet.

Posted by at October 10, 2001 09:34 AM

"To put out a public document telling the world he doesn't trust the Congress and we leak everything, I'm not sure that helps develop unanimity and comradeship," said Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.), who is on the Foreign Relations Committee.

Posted by at October 10, 2001 09:27 AM

The document says Mr. Khadr uses the names Abd Al-Rahman, Ahmad Al-Kanadi, Ahmad Al-Canadi, Ahmed Sa'id Khadr, Ahmad Said Khadr, Ahmad Sa'id Khadir and Ahmad Sa'id Khader.

Damn this war for making me read the National Post!

Posted by at October 10, 2001 08:56 AM

Investigators cautioned that tests confirming that the bacteria strain was manufactured are not complete, but a positive match would mean the strain was man-made and would move the case closer to a criminal investigation.

Posted by at October 10, 2001 08:52 AM

By the gate now, the moss is grown, the different mosses,
Too deep to clear them away!

Posted by at October 10, 2001 07:32 AM

Analyzing data from 500 diagnosed cases of bladder cancer, as well as 1,000 control subjects, the researchers found that non-coffee drinking smokers were seven times more likely to develop the disease as non-smokers.

Posted by at October 10, 2001 06:11 AM

"Look at Cambodia, a terrible example of loss of humanity, loss of culture. When you treat a sick person you don��t feed them beefsteak but soup until they have built up their strength. When I went to Cambodia ten years ago, the level of skill was so low; it had been destroyed. We didn��t want simply to give money so we paid people to do simple tasks. Now people are studying the arts again and the skill is slowly coming back. Humanity is returning."

Posted by at October 09, 2001 04:06 PM

"The last couple of years have been dominated by squabbling over Chechnya, Moscow's friendships with rogue states, Kremlin corruption, Russia's strange brand of capitalism and a million other differences. Who could have imagined all those problems could evaporate so quickly?"

Posted by at October 09, 2001 04:03 PM

The pilot and three passengers died Monday afternoon when their Otter aircraft crashed in a snowstorm 30 kilometres outside La Redemption, about 300 kilometres northeast of Quebec City. Dead are pilot Richard Martin, 52, of Laval, passengers Guy Morin, 50, of Bellefeuille, Adalbert Martin, 60, of St-Gabriel-de-Brandon, and Gerard Rodier, 60, of Ste-Elizabeth.

Posted by at October 09, 2001 02:31 PM

Conrad's daughter says an FBI agent told her that her father was stabbed and buried in the community of Deerfield, near Yarmouth. Elizabeth Parent says the agent also told her "a lot of bodies" were buried on the same property.

Posted by at October 09, 2001 01:04 PM

"I used to brag about being a marketing guy at an Internet company like I was running a Hollywood studio," says Greenberg, a paunchy and balding 37-year-old with a booming voice -- the better to be heard over the honks and squeals of forklifts just outside his office. "I don't work at an Internet company. Like it or not, all we are is a retailer."

Posted by at October 09, 2001 11:14 AM

"A great number of metallic parts were found which are very similar to parts of the S200 rocket"

Posted by at October 09, 2001 10:02 AM

Three employees of American Media, which publishes The National Enquirer and other supermarket tabloids out of Boca Raton, Fla., told The Post that the FBI wants to question a summer intern who left the company recently after sending out an e-mail to employees saying thank you and "I left you all a little present."

Posted by at October 09, 2001 09:27 AM

This document does not purport to provide a prosecutable case against Usama Bin Laden in a court of law. Intelligence often cannot be used evidentially, due both to the strict rules of admissibility and to the need to protect the safety of sources. But on the basis of all the information available HMG is confident of its conclusions as expressed in this document.

Posted by at October 09, 2001 08:39 AM

The law would force all new personal computers and digital home entertainment devices sold in the United States to have government-approved "policeware" built-in.

Posted by at October 09, 2001 06:25 AM

It really is best to be sold as a niche product" in health-food stores in Asian nations like Japan and China. Cashing in on ice seems natural in Nunavut.

Posted by at October 09, 2001 06:17 AM

The goal is to go straight up 30 miles. There are no plans for orbit, just to set the altitude record for a private citizen.

I am sure there are simpler ways of getting high in Oregon. Some people need to do it the hard way.

Posted by at October 08, 2001 11:46 PM

Some details about Canada's military contribution to the war on terrorism:

Posted by at October 08, 2001 10:28 PM

Beijing fears anger over the attacks could exacerbate anti-government sentiments among many Muslims in its Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous region where Taxkorgan is located.

Posted by at October 08, 2001 10:26 PM

Anti-aircraft fire could be heard in the Afghan capital, Kabul, electricity was cut and Taliban radio told residents to close the blinds on their windows and remain indoors, The Associated Press reported. Other strikes were under way on the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar in the south and on Mazar-i-Sharif and Kunduz in the north, sources in those cities told Reuters.

Posted by at October 08, 2001 10:24 PM

"The United States reserves the right to defend itself," Fleischer said.

Posted by at October 08, 2001 10:20 PM

20 civilians -- and this is an unconfirmed claim by the Taliban -- is pretty damned good considering bombs fell on 31 different targets. 0 civilian casualties would be perfect, but what is?

Posted by at October 08, 2001 10:14 PM

Mululeki George, chairman of the parliamentary committee and a stalwart of the African National Congress (ANC), said on October 1st that ?our long-term objective is that there will be no role for foreign companies. All security companies in South Africa must be owned and run and controlled by South Africans.? The bill could become law in a couple of months.

Posted by at October 08, 2001 07:30 PM

The Terrorism Research Center is dedicated to informing the public of the phenomena of terrorism and information warfare.

Posted by at October 08, 2001 06:52 PM

A prototype robot capable of hunting down over 100 slugs an hour and using their rotting bodies to generate electricity is being developed by engineers at the University of West England's Intelligent Autonomous Systems Laboratory.

Posted by at October 08, 2001 05:09 PM

Any debate inside the corridors of power about using tactical nukes will be heightened by the intelligence buzz surrounding bin Laden's possible ownership of Russian nuclear "suitcase" bombs purchased from Chechen mafia.

Posted by at October 08, 2001 05:06 PM

I have just come from a meeting of the North Atlantic Council which met to review the situation and to reaffirm its full support for these targeted actions.

Posted by at October 08, 2001 05:04 PM

A sample of anthrax was taken from a computer keyboard at the Sun, said Dr. John Agwunobi, the state's secretary of health. It was not immediately whose keyboard was involved.

Posted by at October 08, 2001 05:03 PM

As reported by Debka.

Posted by at October 08, 2001 05:01 PM

"The old red light district was more or less uncontrolled," a city spokesman said, adding that it had become a blight on the cathedral area with passers-by sometimes mistaken for prostitutes.

Posted by at October 08, 2001 02:07 PM

"Shortly before noon today, I confirmed to president Bush in a telephone conversation that we'll provide the military support requested," Chretien said later.
That's his version. But the word from Washington was that Bush, in calling Chretien to tell him the attacks were under way, put it bluntly: "Are you in or out?"

Posted by at October 08, 2001 12:46 PM

A local radio station, B-92, reported the man was threatening to commit suicide because the embassy did not grant him a visa permitting him to live in Canada.

Posted by at October 08, 2001 12:27 PM

"There is no question but that any people who were around those targets were around those targets because they were part of the al-Qaida and the Taliban military," [US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld] said on NBC.

Posted by at October 08, 2001 09:44 AM

Though new laws need careful scrutiny, what is impressive is that the most terrible attack on American soil that has ever occurred has not unleashed a wave of officially ignored (or worse, officially endorsed) hate activity. It has instead brought forth an effort to fix problems in law enforcement that should have been fixed long ago. The police cannot go on acting as if cell phones, the Internet and voicemail don't exist. As long as we trust our courts to supervise police inquiries, those should be as broad as the technology on which they are based.

Posted by at October 08, 2001 09:41 AM

The military lets out little information on the unit, based near Ottawa. It is believed to number between 200 and 250 soldiers, tuned to a high degree of physical fitness and drilled in unconventional tactics.

Posted by at October 08, 2001 09:31 AM

In Quetta, crowds chanting anti-American and anti-Musharraf epithets blocked roads and burned tires, sending plumes of smoke into the air. They also set ablaze two city fire vehicles and three passenger buses.

Posted by at October 08, 2001 09:27 AM

A few hours after the initial wave of attacks, Jalalabad came under air attack for a second time...

Posted by at October 08, 2001 09:09 AM

Driving back from work to join his family for breakfast, Yair Mordechai stopped his white Mazda and climbed out to talk to the stranger. That was when the young man blew himself to pieces, killing Mr. Mordechai, crushing his car and shattering the windows of a silver Toyota that had just passed the two men.

Posted by at October 08, 2001 09:05 AM

"We know the Al Qaeda network threatens Europe, including Britain, and, indeed, any nation throughout the world that does not share their fanatical views," he said. "So we have a direct interest in acting in our self-defense to protect British lives."

Posted by at October 08, 2001 09:01 AM

...there is little agreement about future, commercial steps. DC Comics, which is owned by AOL Time Warner and is home to Batman and Wonder Woman, has indefinitely postponed publication of one violent comic and rewritten forthcoming stories to eliminate references to terrorism. But with the coming Spider-Man issue, Marvel Enterprises, which is also home to characters like the X-Men and Captain America, has decided to confront the attacks head-on.

Posted by at October 08, 2001 09:00 AM

Abkhaz officials say all nine people on board - five UN observers, one translator and a three-man crew - are dead.

Posted by at October 08, 2001 08:58 AM

Meanwhile, the Russians are going ahead with another space tourist. Tito -- who paid cash-strapped Russian space authorities up to $20 million for his orbital cruise -- may be followed next spring by South African Internet tycoon Mark Shuttleworth. Untold others may follow if MirCorp, the same company that arranged Tito's flight and tried in vain to save Mir, launches Mini Station 1, a sort of Mini Mir for tourists. Its grand opening is targeted for 2004.

Posted by at October 08, 2001 06:20 AM

"I swear by God that America and those who live in America won't dream of having security before we have it in Palestine and all infidel armies depart from the land of Mohammad," bin Laden vowed.

Posted by at October 07, 2001 05:30 PM

Posted by at October 07, 2001 05:18 PM

A Taliban official in Kabul contacted by telephone from Pakistan said "we are under attack. They bombed in the south of Kabul. Our guns are firing." The official, who gave his name only as Mudir, gave no further details.

Posted by at October 07, 2001 01:42 PM

In the capital Kabul, witnesses reported at least five loud explosions in the southwest of the city starting at 12:27 p.m. EDT, followed by anti-aircraft fire.

Posted by at October 07, 2001 01:29 PM

CNN.com - U.S. launches attack on Afghanistan - October 7, 2001

Airport may have been struck in Kandahar, use of Cruise missiles reported, at least three major explosions, Pentagon confirms. Dubya speaking soon, watch your teevees for faster news than the web's likely to deliver right now.

Posted by at October 07, 2001 01:01 PM

Adding tangible weight to the oft-repeated threat are eyewitnesses who report planes with U.S. markings in Afghan neighbour Uzbekistan. A cameraman for Associated Press Television News reported seeing an American-marked plane flying overhead near the Khanabad air base, about 290 kilometres southwest of the capital, Tashkent. An Associated Press photographer reported seeing another, similar, military plane taking off from the base.

Posted by at October 07, 2001 10:50 AM

A small majority of respondents (53 per cent) also said that law-enforcement officials should be given the power to detain suspected terrorists indefinitely without specific charges.

Posted by at October 07, 2001 10:47 AM

Tactical Nuclear Weapons Deployed 6 October: DEBKAfile��s military and intelligence sources report that Presidents George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin, in a single 70-minuted conversation on September 23, eleven days after the terrorist assaults in New York and Washington, agreed on the deployment of tactical weapons. This is an epic shift in the global balance of strength. Putin gave the nod for US forces poised in Central Asia to jump into Afghanistan to be armed with tactical nuclear weapons, such as small neutron bombs, which emit strong radiation, nuclear mines, shells, and other nuclear ammunition suited to commando warfare in mountainous terrain.
In return, Bush assented to Russia deploying tactical nuclear weapons units around Chechnya after Moscow��s ultimatum to the rebels, some of whom are backed by Osama Bin Laden, to surrender, went by without response. DEBKAfile��s military sources place the US nuclear weapons in four former Soviet Central Asian bases: the military air facility at Tuzel, 15 km (10 miles) northwest of the Uzbek capital of Tashkent; at Kagady in the Termez region; in Khandabad, near the city of Karshi; and at the military air base in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan.
In addition to the nuclear weapons units, Russian bombers carrying small neutron bombs were moved to Russian military air bases around the border of the breakaway province, in Stavropol northwest of Chechnya, the Godowta base in Georgia to the south, and Mozdok in northern Osetia, northwest of Chechnya.
Russian and U.S. military sources refuse to take questions on these startling events.
The US is far from eager to actively inject a nuclear element into the war against terrorism and will not be the first to do so. According to DEBKAfile��s military sources, the US plans to hold those tactical nuclear weapons in reserve, unleashing them in the campaign against bin Laden only in certain extreme circumstances:
1. To counter a move by Bin Laden��s men first bring out nuclear, chemical or biological weapons against the US force fighting inside Afghanistan.
2. If a chemical or biological assault by the Taliban against Pakistan.
3. Should groups of bin Laden��s Al Qaeda network �� either in Central Asia or the Balkans �� wield these weapons of mass destruction against US military targets or US nuclear arms in other parts of the world.
4. If using them is the only way to save heavy American combat casualties.

Posted by at October 07, 2001 10:22 AM

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Posted by at October 07, 2001 07:04 AM

Conservative MPs joined the attack, relishing what appeared to be a cabinet minister criticizing his own government.

Posted by at October 06, 2001 01:11 PM

Astaneh-Asl is training the workers to spot these key bits of evidence as they're preparing the remains for recycling. It's an additional burden on an already massive effort.

Posted by at October 06, 2001 12:31 PM

The message advocated starving the people of Afghanistan to death and bombing Mecca, the most holy city of Islam, so Muslims would be forced to pray "at a crater 25 miles across."
[...]
"I still don't think that what I said, if you look at the full context, I don't believe it met the qualifications for being a bigot or racially offensive."

Posted by at October 06, 2001 11:57 AM

"He seemed to be more interested in onboard computers and flight systems and inflight training than in the more essential techniques of taking off or landing," said Roseann Campagnoli, a spokeswoman for the sheriff's department of Hennepin County, which includes Minneapolis.

Posted by at October 06, 2001 11:49 AM

One day back in August, Mr. Chuay walked into a branch of the Government Savings Bank, pulled out a plastic bag and dumped a pile of his own shit over his head, smearing it all over his body. Then he demanded his money back, saying this is what the bank had done to him by losing his investment in a mutual fund. Chuay had sunk four million baht into a fund the bank had promised him carried "no risk" because it was government-run. But in the end, he could only withdraw 200,000 baht because the bulk of his investment had disappeared as a result of the 1997 financial crisis.

Posted by at October 06, 2001 11:47 AM

But if the Taliban were going to wind up on the ash heap of history, then someone had to suggest how this would be accomplished. Would we attack tomorrow? Would we mount a land invasion of Afghanistan? Would we take on Iraq as well? No one knew. Policy and prose work their way on separate tracks at the White House, only meeting at higher levels. Speechwriters sometimes sit around with finished speeches, waiting for the policy person to call and let them know what the whole thing is for.

Posted by at October 06, 2001 10:51 AM

[Steve Staples of the Council of Canadians] equated a military campaign to create security with "the same logic that says that a handgun in your home will make your family more safe. Canadians do not believe this."

Posted by at October 06, 2001 10:35 AM

Several speakers said that while terrorism must not go unpunished, reprisals against Arabs and Muslims were also unacceptable and their countries would not join any military action undertaken by the United States.

Posted by at October 06, 2001 10:32 AM

"Within two years (Qatar) will have a parliamentary life with a democracy that dictates that freedom of the press should be granted and that the press should enjoy credibility," Sheikh Hamad said.

Posted by at October 06, 2001 10:31 AM

``We are not quite ready for this,'' he said when asked why no special forces could use the base.

Posted by at October 06, 2001 10:24 AM

Ms Ridley's mother, Joyce, 74, said the reports were good news. She thanked everyone who had supported her family and Mullah Omar for being "so understanding".
She said military action against the Taleban should now be scrapped and direct communication should start with its leaders.

Posted by at October 06, 2001 10:18 AM

"During his evidence, (Mahjoub) attempted to portray himself as a victim of circumstances," the judge said. "I have not been convinced by this evidence, and thus I am not prepared to accept it."

Posted by at October 06, 2001 10:07 AM

"The thing about no sex is O.K.," 13-year-old Nompumelelo Dlamini said in an opinion perhaps less widespread among her older schoolmates, "but the thing about the tassels is totally out. My mom thinks I should wear it, but my dad thinks it's stupid."

Posted by at October 06, 2001 08:20 AM

"Lenin was unrecognisable," reported Alexandra Kollontai. "At any moment, we thought he would collapse." Angelica Balabanov reported: "His whole body expressed so much sorrow...He seemed to have shrunk...His eyes seemed drowned in tears..."

Posted by at October 06, 2001 08:17 AM

With many illnesses having latency periods of several years, repeated exposure to electromagnetic radiation in old equipment could produce ailments, he said.

Posted by at October 06, 2001 07:40 AM

Marijuana production in British Columbia gets most of the publicity, but officials say production is rising in Quebec.

Posted by at October 06, 2001 07:38 AM

This isn't news. It's not even propaganda. What we have here is the chambermaid exchanging gossip with the milkman. One need not even bother picking the passages apart, they are so poor, their assumptions so shaky, the author's gullibility, or bad faith, so pervasive. But then Burba's article is a veritable forest of such commentary. One can devote an evening listing her errors, and invite friends in to participate.

Posted by at October 05, 2001 01:41 PM

Blanchard was travelling with his wife Albina, 75, when he says he innocently asked a baggage handler in Charlottetown if she was looking for a bomb in his wife's change purse.
Blanchard was arrested by Charlottetown city police and charged with uttering bomb threats. He was brought to the police station where he was photographed and fingerprinted.

Posted by at October 05, 2001 01:37 PM

The CIA offered so much for the wayward Stingers -- at least $100,000 a copy and possibly as much as $200,000 -- that the program's most immediate effect was to drive up the price of Stingers on the international black market. "They were offering so much that sellers could take the money and buy themselves cheaper anti-aircraft missiles and other weaponry," says Kuperman.

Posted by at October 05, 2001 12:13 PM

"If you said the United States, Britain and the major G-7 banks will not deal with offshore bank centers that don't comply with G-7 bank regulations, these banks could not exist. They exist because they can engage in transactions with standard banks."

Posted by at October 05, 2001 12:09 PM

"The CIA probably doesn't have a single truly qualified Arabic-speaking officer of Middle Eastern background who can play a believable Muslim fundamentalist who would volunteer to spend years of his life with shitty food and no women in the mountains of Afghanistan. For Christ's sake, most case officers live in the suburbs of Virginia. We don't do that kind of thing."

Posted by at October 05, 2001 11:40 AM

update: it seems that this (mostly) is not a hoax. www.iraradio.org and www.allewislive.com have been taken down, although www.ouramericas.org is still running with no notice of this event.

Posted by at October 05, 2001 11:07 AM

Most people believe that the IRA and Osama bin Laden's group should be regarded in the same light, a Gallup survey for The Telegraph says today.

Posted by at October 05, 2001 11:06 AM

"It's very dangerous to talk about this, because it is illegal," Mr. Khan, who arrived in Quetta from Afghanistan many years ago, said this afternoon as a colleague shook his head and told him to keep quiet. "I can't tell you much."

Posted by at October 05, 2001 11:02 AM

"It's not a system which indicts a person, it just gives them a probable score," said Sirosh. "Then it's up to the airline. If they have a medium risk score perhaps they would ask for a second form of ID, if it's a high risk score they might search their luggage."

Posted by at October 05, 2001 10:49 AM

Government officials confirm there is a Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response, but they won't say what the centre does, who works for it, or how Canadians can learn to protect themselves in the case of an attack involving biological or chemical weapons.

Posted by at October 05, 2001 10:37 AM

Posted by at October 05, 2001 10:35 AM

The minister allowed that "not everything is what we would like it to be in the Canadian Forces," but said Mr. Benoit's criticism was "absolute nonsense" and "disgusting." He accused the Alliance MP of being "irresponsible" and wanting only to "play politics."

Posted by at October 05, 2001 10:26 AM

The Boston Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is seeking the assistance of the citizens of Portland, Maine, in an effort to help identify additional information regarding the activities of MOHAMED ATTA and ABDUL AZIZ AL-OMARI while in Portland. Sometime on Monday afternoon, September 10, 2001, ATTA and AL-OMARI departed Boston, Massachusetts, and arrived in Portland later that same day. The FBI has developed a chronology of the activities of ATTA and AL-OMARI while in Portland. All times are approximate.

Posted by at October 05, 2001 10:24 AM

The need for force will not end with the toppling of the Taliban. Mr bin Laden must be caught: besides him, an estimated 5,000-20,000 Arabs and other foreigners in Afghanistan who share his ferocity may have to be captured or killed. Peacekeeping will require western money, advice and, possibly, a multinational force, probably including soldiers from some Muslim countries. This force would be more palatable if the repatriated ex-king invited it in.

Posted by at October 05, 2001 10:21 AM

None of those questions were given consideration, however, in the press conference out at UBC Tuesday, when Barry McBride, the UBC vice-president in charge of academic affairs, trotted out, read a terse three-paragraph piece of empty bumpf about free speech "as a cornerstone of university culture" and proceeded to state that UBC was four-square behind Thobani's right to insult and demonize not just a nation, or a hemisphere, but an entire culture with impunity.
[...]what was McBride's personal opinion of Thobani's characterizations, I asked him?
"I don't have a personal opinion ... that's not my responsibility."

Posted by at October 05, 2001 10:13 AM

Public opinion in Western Europe and the United States does not seem to be impatient for military action, but as time goes on and the television cameramen search for useful ways to spend their time, so more and more images will appear of starving Afghan refugees, of innocents displaced or innocents liable to be caught in the crossfire. That argues for speed. Afghanistan's neighbours and countries in the Arab world, however, are nervous about hasty action. Governments there are concerned about their own publics' opinions, and the views of powerful factions within their countries. This argues for caution, and for careful preparation. Most of all, though, it argues for the release of some of the evidence for the guilt of Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaeda network.

Posted by at October 05, 2001 10:07 AM

A better idea has been suggested by Alan Blinder, an economist at Princeton University. He proposes that Congress should reimburse states for a temporary reduction in sales tax. This has the advantage that, because it is temporary, it would encourage people to buy now, not later, and it would not damage America's long-term budget position.

Posted by at October 05, 2001 10:02 AM

"If Ressam's allegations about Mohamed are proved true, then this would be one of the first dramatic examples of targeting Canadian territory and targets by Islamic extremists"

Posted by at October 05, 2001 09:59 AM

Mr Blair spoke of his growing optimism that the diplomatic and military trap around Afghanistan was now in place.

To cite Bob Dylan: man eater, meat grinder, bad loser

Posted by at October 05, 2001 09:57 AM

Assaulting, threatening, stalking and harassing media members or those known to them are included on the list of illegal activities. Violators could face a maximum sentence of 14 years in prison.
The legislation, which is now before the Senate's legal-affairs committee, was inspired by the attack on Michel Auger, the Quebec journalist who was shot after writing a series of exposes on outlaw motorcycle gangs. It was based on the notion that, as the eyes and ears of the public, the press requires the same protection as judges, lawyers, jurors and other players in the criminal justice system.

Posted by at October 05, 2001 09:49 AM

Buyer must also provide good, clear directions to their house, as well as any business expenses for if I need to stay in a hotel or buy food for myself during the trip. Most likely though I will just fly in, kick your ass, and then leave.

Posted by at October 05, 2001 09:43 AM

Dr. Legault said the 600 women who will be cut off will deliver their babies at the more expensive Ottawa Hospital and taxpayers will end up the losers.

Posted by at October 05, 2001 09:40 AM

The Internet is not an electronic encyclopedia but the Library of Babel.

Posted by at October 05, 2001 08:09 AM

The Consortium was stunned to discover that the recount revealed Gore won a clear victory. Even after casting aside the controversial butterfly ballots and discarding ballots that were "iffy", Gore decisively won the recount. While the precise numbers are still unavailable, a New York Times journalist who was involved in the project told one of his former companions that Gore won by a sufficient margin to create "major trouble for the Bush presidency if this ever gets out".

Posted by at October 05, 2001 08:05 AM

Bob Odenkirk was one of the two masterminds behind "Mr. Show," the HBO sketch comedy series that cultivated a small but fanatically devoted following during its brief run. Now Odenkirk says he will attempt to score another hit with a new sketch show under development for the Fox network. "Next," as it's being called, will have a format and feel similar to that of "Mr. Show," and viewers can probably expect cameos from top-shelf comics like Janeane Garofalo, Jack Black and Ben Stiller. Before creating "Mr. Show" with David Cross, Odenkirk worked as a writer for the critically hailed but quickly canceled "Ben Stiller Show," which aired on Fox in 1993. The network's other stabs at sketch comedy have included "In Living Color" and "MadTV" as well as the short-lived John Leguizamo vehicle "House of Buggin'."

Posted by at October 05, 2001 07:54 AM

In the time it has taken for seven drops of pitch to fall, researchers with rather less time on their hands have built the atomic bomb, designed a vaccine for polio, taken a man to the moon and mapped the human genome.

Posted by at October 05, 2001 06:54 AM

PEACE
Viliumas Malinauskus of Grutas, Lithuania, for creating the amusement park known as "Stalin World."

Posted by at October 05, 2001 06:51 AM

Holway says she has tried unsuccessfully to get reporters from Slate, Salon and other websites to apply for Shorenstein fellowships. But online journalists are reluctant to leave a fast-moving industry during slow economic times.

Posted by at October 05, 2001 06:45 AM

Investigators said an X-ray machine operator didn't recognize the shapes of the shotgun and ammunition on Cooper's first trip through security Tuesday at Colorado Springs Airport.

Posted by at October 04, 2001 10:39 AM

"Surely her crime is high. How come she arrives here in such a situation without any documents despite the ban on foreign journalists in Afghanistan?"

Posted by at October 04, 2001 10:37 AM

The French-language network RDI reported yesterday that verses from the Koran were scribbled on the downtown apartment's walls, mirrors and a television screen. One verse read:
"The truth has arrived and lies have been vanquished."

Posted by at October 04, 2001 09:38 AM

"What I'm frightened of is she will be treated as a spy."

Posted by at October 04, 2001 09:32 AM

"There are several links between this man and others in the U.S.," said a Mountie source. "There was money going back and forth."

Posted by at October 04, 2001 09:31 AM

A Russian airliner flying from Tel Aviv to Siberia exploded in flight Thursday and crashed off the Black Sea coast with at least 77 people on board, Russian officials said.

Posted by at October 04, 2001 09:30 AM

Judges can make only "incremental changes to law", and recognizing same-sex marriages would be a major change, he wrote.

Posted by at October 04, 2001 07:46 AM

The City of San Francisco has voted to ban the use of internet filters on library computers, despite the fact that federal law now requires such filters for the purpose of blocking pornographic sites from children. If libraries do not comply with the Children's Internet Protection Act, they lose $20,000 in federal funds. The act requires that libraries install the filters by the year 2003. San Francisco's city library budget is about $50 million, however, so not getting an additional $20,000 is apparently no big deal. San Francisco libraries do require that adults accompany computer users ages 8 or younger. The American Civil Liberties Union and the American Library Association have taken up arms against the law, which they believe violates the First Amendment.

Posted by at October 04, 2001 07:43 AM

The chip giant wants OEMs to phase out the floppy in the second half of 2002. It hopes they will pull the plug - as it were - on PS/2 and serial ports at the same time.

Posted by at October 04, 2001 07:32 AM

"An ordinary Turk would probably have one in a million chance for a fair trial if he is foolish enough to trust Turkish courts and judges. And worse, if in search of justice he dares to complain about a verdict -- or a judge -- that would only add to his nightmares. Many people think Turkey's most untouchable class is its generals. Oh, no, never underestimate its judges."

Posted by at October 04, 2001 07:30 AM

The fuel cell is essentially a miniature electrochemical plant that fits into a belt holster. Inside the cell, methane is stored in an area the size of a ballpoint pen's ink holder. A chemical reaction releases oxygen, heat and electricity. The electricity then either powers the phone directly or, in the case of Motorola's product, charges another battery that can then power the phone.

Posted by at October 04, 2001 07:25 AM

The device, called NuvaRing, consists of a flexible, transparent and colorless ring about three inches in diameter that women insert vaginally once a month. The ring releases a continuous dose of the hormones estrogen and progestin, the same ones used in oral contraceptives.

Posted by at October 04, 2001 07:02 AM

Lawrence, a Cornwall musician, testified he found the complainant, who cannot be named by court order, leaning against his Cadillac outside the hotel where he was playing in 1970, sometime after they had been introduced by two priests who were drinking at the hotel's nightclub. He said there was no plan to have sex later.

Posted by at October 04, 2001 06:53 AM

"optimistic donation targets for 2001...have not materialized.
"What wasn't planned was a judgment by the six Canadian banks that control our loans. They decided the Canadian Alliance was no longer worthy of credit," Burns wrote.

[renfieldlaugh]

Posted by at October 04, 2001 06:52 AM

One can cope with the anti-Americanism of a handful of resentful French, German or Greek "intellectuals" or an anarchist mob chucking rocks during a G8 summit, since they do not represent public opinion. But the attempted destruction of its economic, military and political nerve centres is something to which no country can afford not to respond.

Posted by at October 03, 2001 09:08 PM

"I was standing out watching when the second plane hit the building...with my camera, taking pictures, and then I saw it explode, I saw paper, glass, the orange ball..."

Posted by at October 03, 2001 08:57 PM

Food Packaging 1950's-1970's
Cartoon Characters 1960's-1970's Crusader Rabbit, King Kong, Rocky & Bullwinkle, etc

Posted by at October 03, 2001 07:19 PM

Posted by at October 03, 2001 07:07 PM

My ad sales [on the FuckedCompany web site] pretty much tripled. It worked, I'm making money from ads again.[...]If you want, I'll even link you on my site to help you sell ads.

Posted by at October 03, 2001 07:01 PM

In Copyrights and Copywrongs, Siva Vaidhyanathan tracks the history of American copyright law through the 20th century, from Mark Twain's vehement exhortations for "thick" copyright protection, to recent lawsuits regarding sampling in rap music and the "digital moment," exemplified by the rise of Napster and MP3 technology. He argues persuasively that in its current punitive, highly restrictive form, American copyright law hinders cultural production, thereby contributing to the poverty of civic culture.

Posted by at October 03, 2001 05:54 PM

While providing vigorous massaging, the device uses less than 50mA and provides more than three weeks of battery life under normal usage.

Posted by at October 03, 2001 05:45 PM

Statistics show that as desirable pickup spots, museums [20 percent] rank higher than nightclubs (where 18 percent of respondents reported encounters) and are surpassed only by trains (22 percent) and beaches (43 percent).

Posted by at October 03, 2001 12:06 PM

"he just went up to the bus driver and, like, slit his throat, and the driver turned the wheel and the bus tipped over," Rinearson said.

Posted by at October 03, 2001 09:35 AM

NewspaperDirect says it keeps costs low, in part because the Russian programmers who developed the software worked cheaply. And it says its technology allows it to easily keep track of every paper its clients print -- a key point, since each participating newspaper receives a royalty of to 25 cents for each copy printed.

Posted by at October 03, 2001 07:19 AM

ISLAMABAD: Military movements to force the Taliban leadership surrender Osama and accept a national government in Kabul have begun with some major fighting forces already positioning themselves with the help of the US and other allied troops.

Posted by at October 02, 2001 07:57 PM

WARNING: This piece contains views which many will consider shocking, tactless and lacking in compassion. However, it is presented in the author's belief that confronting reality is actually better for us than catharsis or counselling.

Posted by at October 02, 2001 07:55 PM

Spot checks on passengers aboard 14 flights entering Heathrow Airport last year discovered 5.76 tons of illegal meat.

Posted by at October 02, 2001 07:53 PM

Oil companies in South America and Middle Eastern airlines are among those paying to prevent their businesses being damaged, according to the magazine Forbes Global. It claimed timber companies in South-east Asia have also made protection payments and until recently, a Jewish-owned bank was paying off the Lebanese Islamist group Hizbollah.

Posted by at October 02, 2001 07:51 PM

"Why do something the harder way when we've seen incident after incident of horrific impact with conventional means?"

Posted by at October 02, 2001 07:49 PM

...the official refused to provide more details and, like Boucher, advised Americans to take the additional measures contained in the written warning to protect their safety while in Italy.

Posted by at October 02, 2001 07:31 PM

"While the whole free world is fighting terrorism, the Palestinian leadership and especially Yasser Arafat must stop using violence and terrorism," Shoval said.

Posted by at October 02, 2001 07:30 PM

In France a suspected Islamic militant told investigators he received orders from a top bin Laden aide to launch an attack on the US embassy in Paris, while in Germany officials said they had frozen 214 suspect bank accounts.

Posted by at October 02, 2001 07:28 PM

The Nikkei-225 average ended up 164.28 points or 1.6 percent at 10,136.56, in its fourth straight daily gain after staging a late rebound from early losses, helped by active buying in issues linked to domestic demand.

Posted by at October 02, 2001 07:26 PM

...unable to scrape together enough cash to keep operations going.

Posted by at October 02, 2001 07:23 PM

"We don't intend at the moment to discuss how NATO will translate this decision into operational action," Lord Robertson said. "The United States are still developing their thinking and they will come back to the alliance in due course when that thinking is crystallized."

Posted by at October 02, 2001 07:22 PM

"We heard a real gunfight in the settlement, shooting between houses"

Posted by at October 02, 2001 07:21 PM

Europe-1 reported that UAE judges and police resorted to the "trick" of using religious leaders to coax Beghal into confessing instead of subjecting him to police questioning, as Islamist militants normally refuse to answer questions under interrogation.

Posted by at October 02, 2001 07:20 PM

Brain Fingerprinting is based on the principle that the brain is central to all human acts. In a criminal act, there may or may not be many kinds of peripheral evidence, but the brain is always there, planning, executing, and recording the crime. The fundamental difference between a perpetrator and a falsely accused, innocent person is that the perpetrator, having committed the crime, has the details of the crime stored in his brain, and the innocent suspect does not. This is what Brain Fingerprinting detects scientifically.

How Brain Fingerprinting can help find Terrorists

A suspect would be shown terminology or pictures of scenes that only a member of a terrorist group would know. For example, the word "Al-Qaeda" in Arabic could be flashed on the screen, or a picture of specific navigational instruments from the cockpit of a 757 jet could be shown.
If the suspect recognizes these words or scenes, it is another indication that he has knowledge in his brain that a terrorist would be likely to have.

Posted by at October 02, 2001 07:17 PM

While Landry has until the fall of 2003 to call an election, Monday's results seem to suggest he faces an uphill battle in winning the provincewide vote and delivering Quebec the independence he has promised by 2005.

Posted by at October 02, 2001 07:09 PM

I sat with the famously gloomy singer in his home near a rundown section of Pico Boulevard, and found him surprisingly upbeat.

Posted by at October 02, 2001 05:47 PM

Finding a homoerotic subtext in one of Ernest Shepard's illustrations of Pooh and Eeyore, Catheter writes that Pooh "nervously checks his crotch, which offers no more reassurance of phallicity than he has gleaned from his voyeuristic, but also distinctly priapic, gazing at Eeyore's rear end. In this split second when Eeyore appears most invitingly available to be sodomized, the abashed Pooh realizes that the requisite tool is missing."

Posted by at October 02, 2001 05:14 PM

House Judiciary Committee draft, [pdf] Oct. 1, 2001

Posted by at October 02, 2001 04:53 PM

At the current rate of disposal, about 1,000 cases a year, it would take another century to clear the system.
Once gacaca justice is up and running, more than 10,000 cases will in theory be able to be heard at the same time.

Posted by at October 02, 2001 04:29 PM

"Microsoft has tried to create a fictitious end of life for NetWare to create fear and uncertainty within Novell's customer base and to discourage future customers from doing business with Novell."

Posted by at October 02, 2001 04:26 PM

Its IPO filing shows that PayPal burned through about $30-million in the most recent quarter �� although the company claims that its burn rate is decreasing. Rather than having any equity, it currently has a shareholders' deficit of more than $164-million, as a result of losing over $230-million since its inception two and a half years ago. After the issue, which is expected to raise about $80-million, the company says it will have shareholders' equity of $114-million and cash or cash equivalents of $123-million.

I'd probably risk a few bucks on PayPal's IPO anyhow, because it does have a substantial userbase and strong word of mouth -- but the above Globe and Mail article is a good corporate outline.

Posted by at October 02, 2001 04:14 PM

He told police he needed money to settle a credit card bill totalling 200,000 baht.

Posted by at October 02, 2001 04:09 PM

Livestock operations in Ontario and Quebec generate enough manure to equal the sewage of 100 million people and the problem of how to manage it is getting worse, says a federal report.

Posted by at October 02, 2001 04:06 PM

The root of the challenge posed by patents in any standards arena is that participants in a standards body will be unwilling and unable to work collaboratively if, at the end of the process, the jointly-developed standard can only be implemented by meeting licensing terms that are unduly burdensome, unknown at the beginning or even the end of the design process, or considered unreasonable. At the same time, many Members invest significant research effort in the development of their own intellectual property portfolios, so are concerned about protecting and benefiting from proprietary technology they have developed or acquired.

Posted by at October 02, 2001 04:04 PM

Posted by at October 02, 2001 12:30 PM

Richard Clarke, longtime national coordinator for security, infrastructure protection and counterterrorism at the National Security Council, will head the new office, which was created as part of a government-wide antiterrorism reorganization in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Posted by at October 01, 2001 08:20 PM

For consumers, the biggest draw of fingerscan payment is convenience. Pierce offered a scenario where a jogger enters a store after a long run and simply presses her finger against a sensor to purchase a cold drink.

Posted by at October 01, 2001 08:16 PM

"India cannot accept such manifestations of hate and terror from across its borders," said the statement. "There is a limit to India's patience."

Posted by at October 01, 2001 08:14 PM

"We support the cleaning of terrorist elements from Afghanistan, but at the same time we will never accept an attack on our innocent people," warned Yunis Qanuni, a representative of the Northern Alliance.

Posted by at October 01, 2001 08:10 PM

"One of the most powerful weapons in the war against terrorism can be found in every American home: the US dollar," Rutledge said. "This new fund will make sure every American has the opportunity to use that weapon as fully as possible, to help root out terrorists and bring them to justice."

Posted by at October 01, 2001 08:09 PM

"The IT hype of the last few years represented the triumph of hope over reality. Directors were hoping that implementing the latest ERP package would solve all their problems, but now they've realised its just not true."

Just like buying a car won't do you a lick of good if you don't know how to drive the goddamn thing.

Posted by at October 01, 2001 05:00 PM

Keker, who prosecuted Lt. Col. Oliver North during the Iran-Contra affair, is "not just renowned as a good lawyer, but he's really connected," Tien said.

Posted by at October 01, 2001 04:35 PM

His activities have raised concerns of anti-racist groups in British Columbia who say Warman is part of a movement called "sovereign citizens."

Posted by at October 01, 2001 01:19 PM

Puckett says the research has changed the way scientists look at lakes. They can no longer be considered the ultimate destination of chemicals we release into the environment.

Posted by at October 01, 2001 01:17 PM

This week Secretary of State Colin Powell said if the Taliban give up bin Laden and his al Qaeda terrorist network, the U.S. "wouldn't be worrying about whether they are the regime in power or not."
He even hinted that if they turned over bin Laden, the Taliban might even get U.S. aid, and reap "significant benefits," and have a "better relationship with the West."

Posted by at October 01, 2001 12:37 PM

"When Claire thinks about a particular problem, you'll get a particular frequency generated," Livingston told CBC Morning. "When she thinks about something else, then perhaps that frequency will disappear completely."

Posted by at October 01, 2001 10:49 AM

Posted by at October 01, 2001 09:35 AM

Courtesy of kenlayne.com.

Posted by at October 01, 2001 08:52 AM

Gates' fortune was not the only one in decline: He and 49 other well-known members of The Forbes Four Hundred Richest in America list collectively lost more than $44 billion in the four weeks since we made our initial calculations, from $311 billion to $266.5 billion. Among these 50 notable names, 19 suffered drops in net worth of at least 20% and 38 lost at least 10%. The average loss among the 50: nearly 18%.

Posted by at October 01, 2001 08:44 AM

The lawyers concluded that efforts to hunt and kill Mr. bin Laden were defensible either as acts of war or as national self-defense, legitimate under both American and international law. As a result, President Bill Clinton did not waive the executive order banning assassinations.

Posted by at October 01, 2001 08:41 AM

The Lebanese president claimed "the sacred right to take back one's land" for both his country and "the entire Arab world".

Posted by at October 01, 2001 08:39 AM

A 14-year-old British girl fainted and died after she saw pictures of the "circus freaks" in FHM magazine, according to a report in the Times of London. In April, Odette Coulson and her friends were looking at the lad magazine's spread called "The Carnival of the Grotesque." Among the images in the spread were a "penis-contorting Indian" and a "two-mouthed man." After she saw the pictures, Coulson fainted and hit her head on the concrete floor of a cricket court at her elementary school in North Yorkshire, England. She died of brain injuries 20 minutes later. Coulson was known to be sensitive; she once fainted during a biology class film that showed people being injected. Coulson's parents have spoken out in favor of controlling access to magazines like FHM. FHM raised controversy two years ago when it published instructions for ten methods of suicide.

Posted by at October 01, 2001 07:40 AM

my idea for Contentville just didn't work.

That idea being to steal content until forced by class action suit to pay instead?

Posted by at October 01, 2001 06:20 AM

1. Individual salaries and wages will be reduced by 5%.
2. A monthly charge will be required for health and welfare coverage. Rates, regardless of plan selection, will be: individual - $40.00 per month, employee plus one dependent - $90.00 per month, and employee with two or more dependents - $130.00 per month.
3. The prescription drug co-pay will increase to: $10.00 for generic drugs and $15.00 for brand drugs.

Posted by at October 01, 2001 06:15 AM