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Europeans have spent the last four years hunting frantically for a model of integration that works. The reason is simple: After September 11, as Americans looked outward for a solution to terrorism, Europeans looked inward. They surveyed their own societies and saw a large number of disaffected Muslims, many of them young and male. This goes a long way toward explaining why some Europeans have poured invective on George W. Bush in recent years. Many of Bush's shrillest critics worry that he will provoke a clash of civilizations that will be played out in their streets. Osama bin Laden has...

AULNAY-SOUS-BOIS, France (Reuters) - With every night that France's rundown suburbs burn, officials grow increasingly convinced that drug traffickers and Islamist militants are using frustrated youths to challenge law and order here. ADVERTISEMENT Many people who watch their cars, shops and schools go up in flames, however, are not buying it. They blame unemployment, racial prejudice and widespread youth boredom for the outbursts. Finding "hidden hands" behind the unrest seems like trying to catch the rioters as they rampage through the night. Some may get caught, but far more slip away in the darkness. "Everybody is fed up seeing our...