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...connection to the attacks in Mumbai, though their meticulous planning, coordination and precision imply a level of direction of which no ordinary militant group is capable. But this time the terrorists may have gone too far. The murderers of Mumbai made special efforts to single out American and British nationals among their hostages, and they killed the Israelis running Mumbai's Jewish center. This was clearly not just an attack on India; they were taking on the "Jews and crusaders" of al-Qaeda lore. If it turns out that the massacre in Mumbai was planned in or directed from Pakistani...
...image on the Shroud of Turin was created. What we know is that the figure on the Shroud is that of a man who was crucified and the details of that crucifixion correspond to the accounts of Christ's crucifixion in the Gospels. Reggie Norton, HONORARY TREASURER, THE BRITISH SOCIETY FOR THE TURIN SHROUD, FARINGDON, ENGLAND...
...When trees are cut down or burned, that carbon is put back into the atmosphere, accelerating climate change. At least 20% of annual global carbon emissions come from deforestation. If we can't stop forest loss, we'll struggle to stop climate change. That fact was recognized by the British government's recent Eliasch Review on forestry, which estimated that failure to halt deforestation could increase the cost of damages caused by global warming by $1 trillion annually by 2100. "If we're going to solve climate change we need to take advantage of the opportunity to reduce deforestation," says...
...they've had a mixed track record. The earliest fluorescent models were expensive and clunky, and that put many consumers off. "A lot of people still think that energy-saving light bulbs are too large and too dim," says James Russill, a lighting specialist at Energy Saving Trust, a British nonprofit consumer advisory group. That's finally starting to change, for three reasons. The first is that the technology has improved immeasurably thanks to LED, which consists essentially of semiconductors coated with phosphorus. Second, prices have come down to the point where a high-tech lamp doesn't need...
Radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada, Osama bin Laden's alleged right-hand man in Europe, was returned to a British prison on Dec. 2 amid fears that he might flee, violating the conditions of his bail. Although Qatada was arrested in 2002 on suspicion of being "heavily involved" in al-Qaeda activities, he was never charged. He was released on bail in June after a court determined that he would not face a fair trial if returned to his home country of Jordan. He is set to remain in prison indefinitely, pending another legal battle over his deportation...