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<p>SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina - During the past decade, hundreds of Islamic charities set up shop in war-ravaged Bosnia to rebuild homes, renovate schools, and feed, clothe, and shelter orphans and impoverished widows.</p> <p>But for some of them, law enforcement officials say, the generosity disguised a nefarious agenda: to help Al Qaeda prepare for a holy war against the United States and its allies.</p>

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Saudi Arabia's official television and radio stations expect to raise millions of dollars in aid to families of Palestinian "martyrs" in an 11-hour nationwide telethon that began Thursday. The ruling Al Saud family inaugurated the campaign Monday, with King Fahd donating $2.7 million, Crown Prince Abdullah giving $1.35 million and Defense Minister Prince Sultan handing out $800,000. The term "martyrs" often has been used in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to refer to suicide bombers. But the Saudi Embassy in Washington said in a statement to The Associated Press Thursday that the term as used in relation to...