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...killed and at least 10 were detained in a series of raids in Karachi. Officials believe Binalshibh, a Yemeni who belonged to al-Qaeda's Hamburg cell, helped plan the Sept. 11 attacks. He had been denied a visa to enter the U.S. four times. Germany said it would request his extradition. Elsewhere, Dutch police arrested the head of a Kurdish group suspected of links with al-Qaeda, while Italian authorities took 15 suspected terrorists, believed to be Pakistanis, into custody from a ship docked in Sicily. They had pretended to be seamen, but their ignorance of navigation aroused...
Students who were surprised to find themselves with an extra working jack will probably not have to worry about additional fees. “Students won’t pay if they didn’t request it,” Kinchla said. “If they did request it, they will...
...technology and had neither operating experience nor profit responsibility. "Now they are realizing that they need people with industry backgrounds to sort out their problems," says Düsseldorf-based Georg Kulenkampff, 51, a former board member of the large German utility firm Veba, now called E.on. At the request of investors, Kulenkampff has served over the last two years on the boards of seven European companies, including several high-tech firms...
...least the climate was mild that day. On a scorching afternoon at the U.S. Open in 1996, the Tele+ booth was infernally hot. Clerici asked the attendants for an electric fan. When his request went unfulfilled, he simply stripped and called the match nude. Though viewers weren't treated to the full Gianni, "Quite a few people stopped by the booth that day," says Tommasi...
...HEADRICK, 78, inventor who perfected the Frisbee; in San Francisco. Though other scientists developed the first, wobbly Frisbees, Headrick gave the top of the disk aerodynamic ridges, patenting the smooth-flying projectile still popular today. Later he founded the International Frisbee Association. His family said they will honor his request that his ashes be molded into memorial disks...