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STOCKHOLM: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Monday urged the international community to change its perception about the Muslim world and at the same time, asked the Muslims to unite to face the challenges of the 21st century. Addressing a gathering of Swedish parliamentarians, intellectuals and opinion-makers at the Stockholm School of Economics, the president said Pakistan was pursuing a policy of enlightened moderation which, he stressed, must also be followed by other Muslim countries. He was convinced that this was the best possible way to counter the charges of fundamentalism against the Muslim world. On the other hand, Gen Musharraf...

While much of the U.S. military is currently focused on stabilizing Iraq and Afghanistan, extremists in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia pose a longer-term strategic challenge to American interests, the senior U.S. military commander in the region said yesterday. Army Gen. John Abizaid, who heads U.S. Central Command, cited the extremist threat in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia as the "two broadest strategic problems" confronting him, on top of what he called the "immediate problems" of Iraq and Afghanistan. His reference to Pakistan was not surprising given two recent assassination attempts on the country's president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, who has led a...

<p>WASHINGTON - If one of the Senate's most effective moderates decides not to seek re-election, action on issues from Medicare to taxes could be in jeopardy.</p> <p>Seniors might never see their prescription drug bills drop. Workers might be without health insurance between jobs. Welfare moms might not get training for work.</p>

Lou Dobbs Tonight 9-22-2003: CNN becomes more fair and balanced?Instead of watching FOX tonight, I happened to tune into Lou Dobbs Tonight on CNN. I wasn’t expecting to stay tuned very long, but found myself watching the entire news show, including CNN’s commercial sponsors, normally the commercial break an opportunity to hop stations for a variety of views, but I stayed on the CNN channel to keep in step with the Dobbs presentation and program. I was surprised. As a conservative, though the program is not my political slant, I have to say that Lou Dobb’s program is indicative of...

We Are Committing a Crime Nabeel F. Al-Mojil • mojilnf@hotmail.com There is a crime being committed against our children. The other day I heard a 12-year-old boy shouting and abusing an Asian restaurant worker. When I told the boy that it was wrong to use such bad language, I was surprised to hear him say confidently: “It doesn’t matter. He’s only an infidel.” I was shocked into silence and left the restaurant feeling dizzy.I encountered another upsetting example in the 8th Grade religion curriculum. There was a question about whether it was right or wrong to hate infidels. The answer...

When Bill Simon Jr. won California's Republican gubernatorial primary last month, it was widely viewed as an embarrassment for the Bush administration. The White House, after all, had publicly backed Simon's opponent--former Los Angeles Mayor Dick Riordan--on the assumption that the moderate Riordan stood the best chance of victory against incumbent Gray Davis in the overwhelmingly Democratic Golden State. Some commentators were quick to deny any wider political significance to Riordan's defeat. Riordan lost, The Weekly Standard's David Brooks argued, because "it wasn't clear he wanted to be governor." But Riordan also lost because California conservatives, including three former GOP...