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Al-Faruq's story is a particularly useful keyhole through which to peer into the world of modern terrorism. Above all, his tale reveals the global nature of the al-Qaeda threat, as disparate groups and individuals form coalitions to fight a common, faraway foe. Islamic terrorist groups are not...
Osama bin Laden changed all of that, identifying America as the principle foe of Islam and urging his followers to launch attacks against U.S. civilians anywhere. By the time al-Qaeda was established in something like its present shape in the early 1990s, its message was worldwide jihad. Al-Qaeda...
Now meet Roomba, a new housecleaning robot spawned by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Artificial Intelligence Lab and built by a Somerville, Mass., company called iRobot. Roomba's function is a humble one: it's designed to vacuum your living room while you're otherwise engaged. But Roomba also...
Kieran, 19, is even less daunted. Over Cokes at the same restaurant, different day, he doesn't come off as egotistical or spoiled, just brash. Burr Steers, who directed Igby, in which Kieran stars with Sarandon, likes to recount how he bagged the part: "Kieran comes skipping in and takes...
This is the crux of the different analyses of Europeans and Americans. Most of the former look for a multilateralist approach to these dire challenges, whilst your administration appears set on a unilateral approach with the useful propaganda addition of Tony Blair. I stress Tony Blair as opposed to the...