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...caused only a minor kerfuffle. Finding any artistic representation of the Prophet inappropriate, and that some of these images conveyed disrespect against him and against Islam as a religion, Arab ambassadors in Copenhagen quickly demanded meetings last autumn with Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen. He demurred, making the bulletproof argument that government doesn't control the free press. But it has broken out with new and somewhat mysterious force since a Norwegian periodical reprinted the cartoons on January 10. Arab Ambassadors were recalled from Denmark, protest marches were under way in Kuwait and Damascus, and armed gunmen shut down...
...with bird flu - are now immediately tested for bird flu. Their blood samples, nasal swabs and chest X-rays are double-checked for the H5N1 virus at sophisticated labs in Bangkok and Atlanta, allowing doctors to catch an outbreak almost before it begins. Yet even these defenses are not bulletproof. Last fall, after more than a year without any human H5N1 cases, five Thais were infected, and the disease flared up again among poultry. Critics charged the government had let down its guard, but William Aldis, the World Health Organization's Thailand representative, believes the outbreak shows how tough...
Risen's reporting isn't bulletproof. Like most intelligence reporters, he relies heavily on anonymous sources, and several anecdotes in State of War are attributed to a lone leaker. That makes some of the book's claims difficult to verify, while leaving Risen open to charges that he is being used by partisan ax grinders. Risen, who is contesting a court order to reveal the identities of sources he quoted in a series of disputed articles about the nuclear scientist Wen Ho Lee, admits that the book requires readers to make a "leap of faith" and accept the credibility...
Saddam will sit behind bulletproof glass, before a three-judge tribunal. There will be no jury. Instead of the adversarial model of British and U.S. courts, expect to see the inquisitorial system of France and Egypt. A team of investigative judges gathers facts, levies charges and refers them to the three-judge tribunal, which calls and quizzes witnesses. Saddam's lawyers can suggest names, but they can't call their own witnesses...
...food restaurant. To the i.r.a., i.n.l.a., u.d.a. and u.v.f., he added kfc. "Their leader was known as the Colonel," he deadpanned. "They were responsible for a lot of stomach injuries." Another guide eases nerves by repeating that passengers have nothing to fear, then asks them to pick up their bulletproof vests at the back of bus. He always gets a laugh. Real violence does some-times intrude. When the embers of the Troubles flare up, as they did during loyalist riots last month, the number of gawkers drops off. "But a week later we're pointing out the burn marks...