ARAB BANK PAYS OUT BLOOD MONEY
An Arab bank pays a type of life insurance to the families of Palestinian suicide bombers. But now it could soon face a lawsuit from American lawyers representing the victims.
Original article on Feb. 9, 2007
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American intelligence has discerned that al Qaeda is rebuilding in Pakistan’s tribal areas and that a new generation of leaders has emerged under Osama bin Laden.
This ominous development raises several pertinent questions. Among them: what do we really know about al Qaeda? We had very little knowledge of the terrorist organization before 9/11; how much [...]

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Russia today is a much diminished version of the Soviet Union. The population of 140 million is shrinking because of a plunging birth rate, and falling life expectancy. The Russian GDP, at $900 billion, is less than seven percent of the United States (which has more than twice as many people). That, however, is an [...]

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Europeans consistently regard the US as the biggest threat to world stability, a new poll reveals on Monday.
A survey carried out in June by Harris Research for the Financial Times shows that 32 per cent of respondents in five European countries regard the US as a bigger threat than any other state.
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“We are very satisfied with the presence of Russian companies in our oil industry, and will do our best to develop this cooperation further,” he said in an address to the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
He said that at dinner Thursday night with Putin, they had agreed to create a fund to support joint [...]

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Abdul Rashid Ghazi, a senior cleric at Lal Masjid - the Red mosque - has called openly for jihad against American soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. He’s met Osama bin Laden and says he agrees with the Al-Qaida leader’s world view.
He also says that many of the 10,000 Pakistani students enrolled [...]

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Israel Radio reported Saturday that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has released a statement saying Iran has become a nuclear nation and no one can cause the country to backtrack.
“Our enemies cannot harm us, not because they don’t wish to, but because they cannot do so due to their difficult situation,” Israel Radio quoted Ahmadinejad as [...]

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