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A long way from Ambridge When the BBC first broadcast its new Afghan soap opera in 1994, the audience did not even understand the concept of a cliffhanger ending. Now, with 35m listeners, the Archers-inspired show is so popular that the Taliban have dropped plans to outlaw radio. Emma Brockes reports Tuesday October 23, 2001The Guardian Guess what he's listening to? (Clue: it's an everyday story of country folk, broadcast by the BBC) Photo: Reuters They have committed most political crimes in the book, but there is one which the Taliban can never be charged with. After banning TV, music, theatre ...

Ernie Speaks Out On Bert-Bin Laden Issue NEW YORK-- Ernie the muppet is shocked, but not completely surprised by the recent attention his former Sesame Street companion has been garnering in the news these past two weeks. While Ernie believes that Bert is still good on the inside, he blames himself for not spotting the warning signs years ago. "Bert has been always been a Negative Nellie," said Ernie, Bert's former roommate, before a special U.N. council, which included Italian Prime Minister Massimo D'Alema, and British P.M. Tony Blair. "But, really, he's just been hanging around with the wrong ...

3/18/98 Novavax Press Release: Novavax Microbicides Undergoing Testing at University of Michigan Against Biological Warfare Agents 9/27/98 University of Michigan News & Information Service: New Non-Toxic Compound Said to Destroy Anthrax Discovered (This article is no longer online. It was previously available at http://www.umich.edu/~newsinfo/Releases/1998/Sep98/r092398a.html. The complete text of the article is pasted below) SAN DIEGO---BCTP looks like skim milk. Laboratory rats gain weight when they eat it. Spray it on your lawn and the grass will thrive. But according to tests conducted by University of Michigan scientists, this seemingly benign material could be a potent weapon against anthrax---one of the ...

Hazmat Teams Investigate Finds of Powdery Substance Location: WashingtonProducer: Tracy StokesPosted: October 15, 2001 8:46 AM ESTURL: http://www.wjla.com/showstory.hrb?f=n&s=19553&f1=locDC Fire and Rescue crew hazmat teams are on the scene of two suspicious incidents in the District at this hour.The first is at the US Post Office in Georgetown. Fire and rescue spokesman Alan Etter says they received a call around 7 a.m. because employees came across a letter with a powdery substance. The post office is located on 31st Street in Northwest.    The second incident is at the US Department of Agriculture Building at 14th and Constitution Avenue in Northwest. ...

<p>Federal authorities working on heightened alert arrested two men suspected of smuggling four illegal immigrants from Windsor to Detroit by boat over the weekend.</p> <p>In an unrelated scare, two plastic bags containing bottles filled with a white powdery substance were found floating in the Detroit River near Ecorse.</p>

Immigration Control: A Handbook of Recommendations What Must Be Done in the Aftermath of the New Super-Terrorism September 20, 2001 Federation for American Immigration Reform1666 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 400Washington, D.C. 20009(202) 328-7004 www.fairus.org Immigration Reforms Needed to PreventTerrorism in the United StatesThe acts of war that were perpetrated against the United States on September 11th, carried out by aliens who lived, worked and attended schools in the United States, has made significant reforms to our immigration policies a national security imperative. In light of the terrible events of last week, it is extremely important that the United States adopt ...

This was the same man who came within a hair's breadth of losing an election in November, who withstood the political chicanery of the Florida Democratic machine to fix the vote count. This was the same man who admitted to having a drinking problem in younger years, and whose happy-go-lucky lifestyle led him to mediocre grades in college and an ill-fated oil venture. This was the same man who mangled syntax even more than his father, and whose speaking missteps became known as "Bushisms." And on Friday, this was the man who bore the weight of the world and the ...

Dear [congressman name], The enemy is in this country right now. We can no longer deny the fact that radical Islamic terrorists are living among us and operating in secrecy. It happened when the World Trade Center was bombed in 1993 and it happened again on a much larger scale on September 11, 2001. It will happen again if immediate action is not taken. Some of these terrorists may be here illegally, some may be here 'legitimately' on Visas, and some may have even became U.S. citizens. While we realize that all foreign-born Muslims are not terrorists, all terrorists are ...

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Sudanese Muslims slam strikes on Afghanistan, cry "long live bin Laden" KHARTOUM, Oct 9 (AFP) - Sudanese Islamic scholars and mujahedin demonstrated Tuesday against the US-led strikes on Afghanistan, crying support for Osama bin Laden and the Taliban, witnesses said. Hundreds of protestors marched along the streets of the Sudanese capital and gathered in front of the presidential palace where their leaders made fiery speeches condemning the war on Afghanistan as one against Islam. The mujahedin -- Muslim holy fighters engaged in Khartoum's civil war with mainly southern rebels -- sported pictures on their chests of Saudi-born Islamic militant ...

Last update&nbsp;-&nbsp;15:00 10/10/2001 Al Qaida biological warfare factories attacked By Ze'ev Schiff, Ha'aretz Defense Commentator Among the bases attacked in the U.S.-led strikes in Afghanistan was an Osama bin Laden camp which served as a production facility for poisonous chemicals, including biological warfare agents. The present strategic situation is one of the reasons that Washington is being extremely careful in disclosing the targets that American and British planes hit in Afghanistan over the past three days. Information on the targets has not been readily supplied, not even to fellow members of the international anti-terror coalition. According to information provided ...