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...seconds of annihilation, the quake destroyed 85% of the city's buildings, flattening thousands of traditional mud-brick homes as well as Bam's approximately 2,000-year-old Citadel, an imposing clay fortress that once adorned the ancient Silk Road. Despite the hard work of Iranian and international relief agencies, Bam remains a disaster zone. The streets are full of bricks, tangled metal and rubble. For now, many survivors live in prefabricated 12-sq-m living quarters called "connex." Cargo containers on the roadsides function as grocery stores and barbershops, but business is slow. People want...
After five saudi extremists launched a brazen commando attack last week on the U.S. consulate in Jidda - the Red Sea port city that was Osama bin Laden's hometown - it came as something of a relief that they failed to penetrate the building and claimed only five innocent lives. But the latest terrorist operation by al-Qaeda loyalists raises serious new concerns. It was the first time al-Qaeda managed to strike an American diplomatic mission in Saudi Arabia. Riding in a car emblazoned with a banner reading there is no god but god, ringleader Fayez bin Awad al Juhaini...
...memoir begins with Rowan's early days in Shanghai as a recruit for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, helping its Nationalist-run counterpart shepherd U.S. aid shipments through China's countryside amid the chaos that followed World War II. The 26-year-old finds himself in what he calls "the kingdom of squeeze," where truckloads of rations, clothing and military supplies often fall prey to Nationalist strongmen who are as intent on lining their own pockets as on preventing the country from slipping into Communist control. Stationed in Shanghai and then Kaifeng, Rowan develops both a sympathy...
Journalists at Le Monde felt both relief and deep uncertainty when they learned by e-mail last week that editor in chief Edwy Plenel was resigning. Plenel said he wanted "to return to the simple joys of journalism and writing." But the reporters knew better, because in the French newspaper business these days there is little joy and nothing is simple - especially the story behind Plenel's departure...
...fiction work: the field of Scientology. Described by practitioners as the world’s fastest growing religious movement, Scientology is an applied philosophy which provides practical methods of self improvement and sponsors many social programs, including the Volunteer Ministers Program (a major force in Sept. 11 firefighter relief) and Narconon (a highly successful drug rehabilitation program). On Scientology Corea said, “It’s affected everything that I do […] [It’s] really helped me learn about myself; [it’s] helped me grow as a spiritual being, as a human...