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Indian boy mirrors plight of millions of kids

…Baalak Trust in Paharganj, a slum. Now he lives with 64 other boys in a gray room on the second floor of a dank community center. A world map is painted on one wall. A mural of Batman, Spiderman and Superman is on another. Dozens of thin mattresses are stacked…

9/11 trial a death penalty test for NYC juries

…for terrorists. In fact, a jury spared the lives of two Osama bin Laden followers a month after Sept. 11, while the World Trade Center's ruins were still smoldering. Now comes a case unlike any other: the trial of professed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed,…

Belgian-British duo wins race for EU's top jobs

…handed the European Union's top new jobs to two little-known compromise figures — Belgium's prime minister and the EU's trade commissioner — dashing hopes of those who wanted to raise the continent's global profile. The choice caps years of choppy efforts…

Giuliani against trying Mohammed in civilian court

…in a federal civilian court. Giuliani was mayor on Sept. 11, 2001, when terrorists flew two hijacked planes into the World Trade Center, another hit the Pentagon and a third crashed in western Pennsylvania. He told NBC's “Today” program Thursday that a conventional…

EU leaders deadlocked over top 2 EU jobs

BRUSSELS - The European Union's 27 leaders were facing an all-nighter Thursday as a bruising battle loomed over who to name as the bloc's first full-time president and new foreign policy chief.

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George A. Sargent | Engineer, 94

…commuted daily from Bryn Mawr. From his office in Lower Manhattan, he watched with a civil engineer's curiosity as the World Trade Center towers were built, his family said. His expertise in railroads and transportation led to lengthy assignments in Australia…

Saving Century Plaza Hotel takes a whole village

…Plaza in a broad arc across the hilltop at the development's center. He later gained fame for designing New York's World Trade Center towers and Century City's twin Century Plaza Towers. In July, Koretz proposed that the City Council recommend the hotel be…

Ask for Conflict-Free Electronics

…and electronic industry leaders to ban conflict minerals. Since 1996, the Congo has been home to the deadliest conflict since World War II. More than 5.5 million people have died and countless women have been raped as armed groups work to intimidate the people…

New EU chief good for ties with Beijing

…basis of EU reform document, the Lisbon Treaty, that takes effect from Dec 1. Francois Godement, director and professor of Asia Center, affiliated to Paris-based Sciences Po, said a stable EU presidency would help Europe stabilize its ever-fluctuating relations…

Terrorist On Stage At The Scene Of The Crime

…about intelligence sources and methods. That's precisely what happened during the civilian New York trial of the 1993 World Trade Center bombers. The prosecution was forced to turn over to the defense a list of 200 unindicted co-conspirators, including the…

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