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Outside, under a sliver of moon, the cell's surveillance teams are hard at work, monitoring firing positions for their next assault. Spotters circle the area in taxis; others pose as workmen walking home and flip hand signals to passing colleagues. They all report to Abu Ali, a former officer in the Fedayeen Saddam militia who is well schooled in guerrilla tactics. A tall, sinewy figure with a weathered face, Abu Ali makes no secret of his ambition to attack Americans: "I want to kill all Bush's soldiers until they leave Iraq or it becomes their desert graveyard...
...massive disruptions stranded commuters, defrosted freezers, shut down businesses and refocused attention on where most of the planet's power comes from: oil-and gas-fired generators and nuclear plants. These sources are not only plagued by creaky infrastructures, but they also pollute the environment and, many consumers feel, pose unacceptable health risks. Entrepreneurs like Lifton are trying to offer an alternative: clean energy from renewable resources that's plentiful--and portable. Lifton's Medis Technologies, as well as companies like Hydrogenics and Nanosys, is tapping into fuel cells and solar panels to give people power when and where they...
...we’re testing ourselves as educators and administrators and even political leaders to see where we are failing.” He had gone to Winchendon—which is about 70 miles from Boston, near the New Hampshire border—to tout his education policy, pose for the cameras and demonstrate how he harbors no hard feelings toward the school, despite the state Board of Education’s recent labeling of Winchendon schools as “underperforming.” As a test of his own performance, the governor’s disingenuous spectacle...
...politics would suddenly emerge in this country?" The Duma has not been known as a body in which real politics take place. Up to now it's been a docile extension of presidential power. A hostile Duma - with the power to block legislation and launch an impeachment motion - could pose serious problems for Putin, should he win a second term. "If we have a capable Duma, the President and parliament will be able to accomplish a lot together," Putin told his television audience last week when asked why he had yet to declare his candidacy. "But should we have...
...General Boyko Borissov, who took office two years ago. The walls of his spacious Sofia office are lined with grinning portraits of him arm-in-arm with top law-enforcement brass from the U.S. Secret Service, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Europol and Interpol. Though counterfeit euros pose no threat to Bulgaria's economy (the country is not joining the E.U. until 2007 at the earliest and use of the currency is probably a decade away), Borissov, a former bodyguard to the Prime Minster, Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, wants to be seen as a loyal soldier to the West...