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Mar. 22 (ABC7) — Illegal immigrants in the Bay Area are protesting a new law to keep them from getting drivers licenses. They rallied Monday outside the San Francisco home of Senator Dianne Feinstein. They're asking her to oppose the Real ID Act. The measure has already passed the House of Representatives. It would prevent undocumented workers from getting drivers licenses. Republicans are pushing to get the law changed. Advocates for immigrants' rights say it's discrimination. Renee Saucedo, immigration attorney: "It's outrageous, and we believe that this is yet another way that anti-immigration forces are trying to pass their policies...

December 8, 2002 Europeans Fear That the Threat From Radical Islamists Is IncreasingBy ELAINE SCIOLINO and DESMOND BUTLER ARIS, Dec. 7 — Political leaders and police investigators across Europe have concluded that the threat of terrorism from Al Qaeda and other radical Islamic groups is more serious than they had earlier assumed and may take years to neutralize.Recent recorded messages attributed to Osama bin Laden and his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, that cite Europe as a target have prompted politicians to put the continent on alert. Recent arrests in Europe, particularly in France and the Netherlands, have underscored the extent...