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War and peace in Afghanistan KILLER MASTERMIND: Osama bin Laden By Opiyo Oloya WAR is hell, someone once said and nothing has changed to contradict that sentiment. Smart bombs notwithstanding, war remains barbaric, brutal and bloody. But, last week, for just one gleaming moment, war was actually sweet. This was during the surrender of Taliban forces to their archenemy the Northern Alliance in the northern Afghanistan city of Konduz. As the world watched, former enemies who had sworn to slit each other throats, exchanged high-fives, warm embraces, laughter and sat down to meals of roast beef and rice. Call ...

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Ambassador Alfred Wasike MOUNTAIN MEN: Alfred Wasike being congratulated by Hon. James Wapakhabulo Alfred Wasike, The New Vision senior reporter is now the proud owner of a dual citizenship. As well as his Ugandan citizenship, he was recently awarded honourary citizenship of the state of Nebraska in the US, and is effectively now Nebraska's Ambassador to Uganda. Ambassador Wasike presented his papers to foreign minister Hon. Wapakhabulo, and he is to briskly set about his duties of strengthening ties between Uganda and Nebraska. ends

Bearded Asian called bin Laden, starts crying AN Asian only known as Shurez, broke down in tears after a vendor called him Bin Laden. Shurez who appears to be in his early 40s was moving down to the Old Taxi Park and knocked a hawker’s stock of hand towels, socks and handkerchiefs, on Luwum Street. Shurez who had a long beard was not apologetic but instead accused the hawker of blocking the way. The vendor, called Kasule, in great anger insulted Shurez and said he was not different from Bin Laden, by appearance and in deeds. “Kirabe, kiringa Bin Laden,” ...

16:00 2001-11-17 GERMAN ROADWORTHINESS INSPECTION GOT A “UNIQUE” PHOTOGRAPH OF AN INFRINGER The road police of Germany tries to find a traffic regulation’s disturber using the photograph… of his naked posteriors. Somebody, while passing special tracking cameras with an exceeded speed, on a road section in Bonn suburb, decided to play up and showed its naked bottom to the police camera. As the shot was developed, the policemen could see a perfect photograph of the infringer’s “best frustum”. According to Werner Heisbesh, the head of fine department of the road police, this is not at all the most “original” ...

New York survivor's son turns traitor Damon Johnston in New York 06nov01 MOHAMMAD Junaid's mother was led to safety from the blazing World Trade Centre by New York's brave firefighters and policemen. But 26-year-old Junaid's thank you has shocked New York. In return for saving his mum's life, the Islamic-American has turned traitor and bought a one-way ticket to Pakistan to sign up for the Taliban and kill Americans. Junaid left on what could be a suicide mission one week after his mother – an office worker on the ninth floor of the north tower – was among the ...

Bin Laden, cohorts are top suspects -- The Washington Times  Front Page  Nation/Politics  World  Commentary  Opinion/Editorial  Metropolitan  Sports  Business  Technology  Entertainment  Culture  Weather  Business Times  Family Times  Auto Weekend  Wash. Weekend  Books  Home Guide  Arts  Nat'l Weekly Edition  Classifieds  Tourist Guide  Int'l Special Reports  Advertiser Index September 12, 2001 Bin Laden, cohorts are top suspects By Jerry Seper and Bill Gertz THE WASHINGTON TIMES      A sensitive U.S. intelligence report is pointing to Saudi extremist Osama bin Laden and his associates as the terrorists behind the deadly suicide aircraft attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon yesterday. Top Stories • Bush ...

XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 2, 2001 21:25:07 ET XXXXX DUMBSBURY: GARRY TRUDEAU FOOLED BY PRESIDENT I.Q. HOAX Comicwriter Garry Trudeau is so determined to undermine President Bush -- he's now resorted to using a phony Internet IQ study of American presidents. In Sunday's Doonesbury installment, Trudeau draws President Bush in conversation with adviser Karl Rove who tells the president that he received a 91 I.Q. in "an I.Q. ranking of modern presidents". Rove also informs Bush that "Clinton got 182 -- double your score." But a quick Internet or Lexis-Nexis search shows that the study is an Internet ...

War on the car sparks driver rage Anti-car moves launched across country; Motoring groups furious at crackdown Special report: transport in Britain Joanna Walters, transport editorSunday August 26, 2001The Observer Sweeping measures are to be taken throughout Britain to make motoring increasingly untenable and force millions out of their cars and on to public transport. As more than 23 million people took to their cars this weekend, transport chiefs unveiled the unprecedented crackdown on private vehicles in a series of schemes to drive people off the roads. In 50 towns and cities, from Edinburgh to Exeter, bus drivers will ...

SPACE ALIEN RATES GEORGE W. BUSH: 'HE STINKS!' WASHINGTON -- The mysterious space alien whose endorsement of George W. Bush helped him win the election has issued a candid assessment of Bush's first 150 days in office -- and he gives our new commander in chief a humiliating D-minus! The E.T. says that President Bush has already made a series of catastrophic blunders that "threaten the long-term survival of the human species" and warns that if he keeps going the way he has been, his presidency will spell disaster for "not only the United States and the planet Earth, ...

RESIDENTS of Muswangali Zone in Makindye were amused recently when a man broke his radio. It all started when one of the FM stations ran an advert for one of the presidential candidates. The advert ran, “londa Besigye omusolo gwomutwe ogwelabire”, meaning vote Besigye and forget about graduated tax. The man found it hard to believe the advert and in anger he got his small radio and threw it hard on the ground saying: “Lies! Lies! Why don’t they look for another lie? Why do people think Ugandans have no brains?” According to the man, he cannot see how Uganda ...

Sunday, January 14, 2001 Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal MLK parade ends early after fight breaks out As many as 30 men beat two on corner By J.M. KALILREVIEW-JOURNAL Tens of thousands of people who gathered Saturday morning to celebrate the legacy of slain civil rights leader and nonviolence advocate Martin Luther King Jr. fled downtown when a fight broke out and a scene of "absolute chaos" unfolded, authorities said. The 20th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade ended about a half-hour early when as many as 30 men began beating two men on the northwest corner of Fourth ...

January 5, 2001 Sani Siddiq Accra Chronicle has gathered that for the first time in several years, outgoing President Jerry John Rawlings and his better half, First Lady Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings and two of their daughters danced out the old year and welcomed the new at the plush Golden Tulip Hotel, Accra, instead of his ritual vigil at Adabraka, where the family had worshipped on previous New Year eves. Sources say the President, who had earlier delivered his last address as Commander-in-Chief of the Ghana Armed Forces at the El-Wak Stadium, arrived at the plush Libyan-owned four-star hotel ...

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Sunday, December 24, 2000 Africa News | The Social Scene | The Financial Standard | Life Magazine | Profile Magazine Home National News Editorial Obituaries Dispatches Special Report Letters Sports Benson's World Sunday's Madd Kwendo Opanga Weekend Business Commentaries From our Files Yesterday's Edition Write to us Other Links Kenyan Community Abroad YellowpagesKenya    LETTER FROM WASHINGTON Bill Clinton: A realistic assessment of the man By John Mulaa THE outgoing United States President Bill Clinton is a man who evokes strong emotions from both friend and foe. His fans cannot have enough of him and they praise him effusively. ...

  Architecture Autos Commentary Health Lottery Numbers Obituaries World News Wire Architecture Autos Commentary Health Lottery Numbers Obituaries Politics & Government World News Wire Kupcinet Mitchell Neal Novak Quick Takes Roeper Sneed Steinberg E-mail the News Staff Nowhere train frosts riders December 23, 2000BY ROBERT C. HERGUTH AND ANA MENDIETA STAFF REPORTERS The train they call the City of New Orleans got as far as Homewood--but came back to Chicago because the crew's shift was over. Amtrak passengers stranded in the bitter cold were steamed. Their Thursday night train trip stretched into Friday night, and they were still in ...

  I'm Dreaming of a White Kwanzaa by Chris Griffith Kwanzaa is May Day with a menorah. This fraudulent "holiday" is an affront to God, America, and the free market. Kwanzaa's intense glorification of socialist economics should have placed it squarely on the ash heap of history. Instead, with each holiday season, its pernicious tentacles penetrate ever deeper into the national iconography. The mainstream media, forever in search of new ways to display its tolerance, has assimilated Kwanzaa into its pantheon of "approved" holidays. Kwanzaa cards pop up in stores; Kwanzaa books appear on the shelf; even that redoubtable ...

Saturday, December 23, 2000 Africa News | The Social Scene | Horoscopes | The Financial Standard | Life Magazine | Profile Magazine Home National News It's a Madd Madd World Editorial Obituaries Letters Business Sports News Education Yesterday's Edition Write to us Other Links Kenyan Community AbroadYellowpagesKenya    Varsities to admit fewer arts students By Joan Wangusi Plans are underway to reduce the number of arts students being admitted into public universities. Education Minister, Kalonzo Musyoka said the Government would reduce social demand for university education in un-marketable courses by allo- cating more funds to science and technological courses. ...

Festive season is here, let us all make peace defaultStatus = "East African Standard - Online Edition." Saturday, December 23, 2000 Africa News | The Social Scene | Horoscopes | The Financial Standard | Life Magazine | Profile Magazine Home National News It's a Madd Madd World Editorial Obituaries Letters Business Sports News Education Yesterday's Edition Write to us Other Links Kenyan Community AbroadYellowpagesKenya     Festive season is here, let us all make peace By Joe Kadhi Despite all the quarrels and disagreements that this nation has witnessed in recent times, Kenya remains one big family. In two days’ ...

Why Bush victory will remain a talking point defaultStatus = "East African Standard - Online Edition." Friday, December 22, 2000 Face The Facts | Africa News | The Social Scene | Horoscopes | The Financial Standard | Life magazine | Profile Magazine Home National News Provincial News Editorial Obituaries Letters Business Sports News Yesterday's Edition Write to us    Other Links Kenyan Community Abroad YellowpagesKenya   Why Bush victory will remain a talking point By Dominic Odipo A few weeks ago we wrote in this column that history was against Al Gore’s bid for the presidency of the United ...