Captured Al-Qaeda kingpin is case of ‘mistaken identity’
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Captured Al-Qaeda kingpin is case of ‘mistaken identity’
Times Online – May 8, 2005
” What is known is that al-Libbi moved from Libya to Pakistan in the mid-1980s before joining the jihad in Afghanistan. He married a Pakistani woman and is said to specialise in maps and diagrams. Some believe al-Libbi’s significance has been cynically hyped by two countries that want to distract attention from their lack of progress in capturing Bin Laden, who has now been on the run for almost four years. Even a senior FBI official admitted that al-Libbi’s “influence and position have been overstated”. But this weekend the Pakistani government was sticking to the line that al-Libbi was the third most important person in the Al-Qaeda network. One American official tried to explain the absence of al-Libbi’s name on the wanted list by saying: “We did not want him to know he was wanted.
Playtime with Tarka and pals
Telegraph.co.uk – May 8, 2005
They were so tame she took them for walks. Philip scuba-dived with them, Sam, their Labrador, allowed them to tumble over him and Milly, the cat, was almost as tolerant. Their first home-grown otters were released into the wild on July 5 1983, 12 years after the Trust was founded. They watched as three of them cautiously left their release pen. At first they stayed close by, but at last they moved on and a radio transmitter on the male otter told the humans all was well. “Experts made us a soft harness for the radio,” Philip explained, in case I suspected minor cruelty here. “It was designed to rust and fall off after a few weeks.
Hometown ready to welcome back PFP Chairman
People's Daily Online – May 8, 2005
” She said she’ll present Soong with a fine silk embroidery, a mounted map of the city area and a family photo taken in Nanjing in 1947. Soong Yangxi, aunt of James Soong, said she and her husband will treat James Soong with home-made bacon and rice wine. They’ll also give him a pack of home-grown tea when he leaves. “General Secretary Hu Jintao invited James Soong to make the visit. That’s an honor on the Songs,” said husband Wang Youqi. The PFP’s nine-day mainland visit began on May 5 close on the heels of a mainland trip by the KMT. The KMT, the largest opposition party in Taiwan, concluded its eight-day mainland visit on May 3.
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Press-Enterprise – Press-Enterprise (subscription) – May 8, 2005
Pula, left, and Cameron Hardison watch classmate John Bergmann as he tests a bubble science experiment in Moreno Valley. Cameron and John will go to Houston to present their class’ scientific work. It’s part of an endeavor by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to stave off a deficit in home-grown know-how and spirit of can-do that have taken the American space program into Earth’s orbit and to the moon and beyond. "The purpose of the program is to inspire the next generation of explorers," said Dwayne Brown, a NASA spokesman in Washington, D. "Studies show that if the U.