Tuesday August 22, 2006

The Final Word: “Search Edition”

(The media experiment in which we conjoin the headline and last paragraph of each bylined article in the A-section of today's New York Times.)

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Britain Charges 11 in Plane Case; Bomb Gear Cited:

Those eight were, in addition to Mr. Ali, Adam Khatib, Ibrahim Savant, Waheed Zaman, Tanvir Hussain, Umar Islam, Arafat Waheed Khan and Assad Ali Sarwar.

Officials Seek Broader Access to Airline Data:

"Even with the best technology in the world, we will never be able to separate the individual from the tools he needs to attack us," said Mr. Luckey, who helped airlines in the United States develop a screening system for domestic passengers. "You are not going to find them all. You have to look for the person with hostile intent."

4 Days Later, Race for First Is a Runaway:

Great for one side, devastating for the other.

In Election Push, Bush Faults Talk of Iraq Pullout:

But, he added, "I'm going to do what I think is right, and if people don't like me for it, that's just the way it is."

Bush Calls Need for Robust Lebanon Force 'Urgent': "They've offered ships and frigates to police the Mediterranean," said one official, who spoke on condition of anonymity under normal diplomatic rules. "We need boots, not boats."

Bush Calls Need for Robust Lebanon Force 'Urgent':

"They've offered ships and frigates to police the Mediterranean," said one official, who spoke on condition of anonymity under normal diplomatic rules. "We need boots, not boats."

State Upgrades Pensions, and City Gets the Bill:

So far, the City Council has not asked Albany to take action, and neither bill has passed the Legislature. But it could always resurface when lawmakers return to Albany this fall. All 212 seats in the Legislature are up for election in November.

Oakland Fights Crime With Talk:

"It's like turning around a big ship in the ocean," Mayor Brown said of changes in the police force. "It happens slowly."

Under One Roof, Trial, Penalty and Civics Lesson:

"I think you're going to see me again," he said. "It's my life."

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AOL Moves to Increase Privacy on Search Queries:

Mr. Bankston suggested that this was the kind of response that he and other privacy advocates feared. "This is not just AOL's problem," he said. "This is an industrywide problem that needs industrywide solutions."

Judge Throws Out Charges in Padilla Case:

Mr. Padilla, a one-time gang member in Chicago who converted to Islam, was linked in 2002 to a reported plot to detonate a "dirty bomb" on American streets. He was declared an enemy combatant and held in a brig in South Carolina for three and a half years without being charged. The Justice Department, facing a deadline, decided in November to prosecute him in federal court on unrelated terrorism charges.

The Fame Motive:

"I concluded that several things could happen, and one of them is to find another source of approval," he said. "That might be a great love, if you're lucky. Or perhaps it is a deepening belief in God. But I think many people suffer with realization that they are not going to be famous and there's nothing they can do to solve it."

F.D.A. Strengthens Warnings on Stimulants:

Dr. Temple said the F.D.A. was exploring ways to study the problem.

Prosecutors Detail Atrocities in Hussein's Trial:

In a primary school in Sulaimaniya, the principal, Muhammad Bayer Arif, said it would be too easy for Mr. Hussein to be hanged or shot. "I want him to be kept in a cage where the families of those killed in Anfal can go see him, just like at a zoo," he said. "They can ask him, 'What do you think now that you're in this cage? Do you have any remorse now?' "

Venom Runs Thick in Fish Families, Researchers Learn:

"They're the meanest things in creation," he said delightedly. "I was so excited to get it. It's the worst pet on earth."

Joe Rosenthal, 94, Photographer at Iwo Jima, Dies:

On the 10th anniversary of the flag-raising, Mr. Rosenthal reflected on the renown the photograph had brought him. "To get that flag up there, America's fighting men had to die on that island and on other islands and off the shores and in the air," Mr. Rosenthal wrote. "What difference does it make who took the picture? I took it, but the Marines took Iwo Jima."

International

London Journal: A Battle of National Pride, Fought on the Cricket Field:

"Whatever turbulence rocked the world, one thing could be relied on. A Test match was a Test match, and a Test match was cricket," The Independent said Monday in an editorial. "It was played in whites; it paused for lunch and tea; and a player walked back to the pavilion without demur, however preposterous the umpire's ruling."

Security: Bomb Plot Shocks Germans Into Antiterrorism Debate:

"Are these home-grown terrorists, like in London, or is it Al Qaeda?" Mr. Schmalz said. "We have to be prepared for everything. We don't have a consistent picture of the Islamic terrorists here yet."

War Lingers in the South of Lebanon:

"They are supposed to be implementing U.N. resolutions, but the tanks are still moving around our villages," said Hassan Ghanam, Marwaheen's mayor. "So what the hell are they doing? We want the army to come here and give us assurances of security. We don't want another massacre."

Aftermath: Reservists in Israel Protest Conduct of Lebanon War:

Still, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said last week that she had picked Yaakov Dayan, formerly her chief of staff, to explore the idea that secular Syria might be pulled out of the orbit of Shiite Iran.

Chinese Court May Rule Soon on Times Researcher:

"The judge said to call back on Tuesday," Mr. Mo said.

Need for Water Could Double in 50 Years, U.N. Study Finds:

"To me, that's quite frightening," Mr. Molden said.

Iran Defiant on Nuclear Program as Deadline Approaches:

As for the package, "I believe their response will be conditional rather than a yes," said Nasser Hadian, a professor of political science at Tehran University, adding that while the Iranians will give assurances not to develop weapons, "they will refuse to suspend" enrichment.

Explosion in Moscow That Kills 10 Is Linked to Crime:

The explosion is the second fatal tragedy to strike a Moscow market this year. The roof of a produce market collapsed in February after heavy snows, killing 66.

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Escapee Kills Two Before Capture, Police Say:

An official at the county jail who answered the phone but refused to give his name said he did not believe that Ms. Gardner's information was correct. He refused to give more details or to transfer the call for more details.

A Welfare Law Milestone Finds Many Left Behind:

But "the real problem," Ms. Guard said, "is how is she going to keep it."

A Man, a Plan, a Dam. Then, an F.B.I. Call.:

Mr. Bensman, who wrote an account of his experience that is circulating on the Internet, said he had been informed that he is not now suspected of anything. But he worries that his phone may be tapped and wonders what will happen if he is pulled over for a traffic violation: "Are the cops going to think I am a terrorist? You never know what is going to happen nowadays."

To a Presidential Notion: Sorry, Mr. Bush, but No:

And the household name, Mr. President? That would be your father, George Herbert Walker Bush, born in the town of Milton in eastern Massachusetts, a state he lost twice.

Governor Plans an Energy Shift for Illinois:

But in Illinois, a spokesman for Mr. Blagojevich's Republican opponent in November, Judy Baar Topinka, questioned both the governor's record on renewable energy funds and the timing of his announcement. Last week, Ms. Topinka released her own energy plan, which called on Illinois to "become the national leader on renewable fuels," said John McGovern, the spokesman.

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