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Khan, whose worldwide fan base has been estimated at 3.5 billion people, later suggested the U.S. acts as if it existed in a "parallel universe" with the misconception that only foreigners are responsible for terrorism. But he toned down his comments afterward, calling the exam "an unfortunate procedure." America's ambassador to India, Timothy Roemer, has also sought to smooth feathers over the incident, calling Khan "a very welcome guest in the United States" and even added some flattery: "Many Americans love his films." Khan, ironically, had been traveling to promote his next project, My Name is Khan - a movie...
...have to work in parallel. Those who do not have nuclear weapons should not have nuclear weapons. Those who have nuclear weapons should disarm. Otherwise, we will have more and more weapons and the odds that they will be used, accidentally or intentionally, are much higher...
...second source, Child's memoir My Life in France (published after Child's death in 2004 and written with Alex Prud'homme). The Child who is only imagined in Powell's book as a sort of kitchen goddess-dictator is realized here as a real person, living her own parallel narrative arc of self-discovery...
There was, however, no escaping the after-effects of the war on the road to Madhu. There were armed personnel on either side of the road, bunkers with dugouts manned by soldiers, occasionally a bomb-damaged building. The railroad that ran parallel to the trunk road had been reduced to a long mound of earth, as if it were the trail left by some giant worm. The iron tracks had long been removed to construct the many bunkers...
...shadowy Revolutionary Guards already oversee a 130,000-strong parallel army and run large swatches of Iran's economy, from dentist clinics to the country's controversial nuclear program. But signs have emerged in recent weeks that the élite military arm isn't satisfied: it may just want to run the entire Islamic republic...