One Canuck's Radio Weblog

  Wednesday, 14 May 2003

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Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | 29 killed and 194 wounded - the deadly return of al-Qaida 'As the total number of victims mounted, security experts painted a bleak picture of the Saudi authorities' failure to catch militants who were known to be planning attacks. At least 19 al-Qaida suspects who were under surveillance shot their way out of a police trap eight days ago, leaving behind vast quantities of explosives.

The gravity of the threat - apparently from a cell linked to al-Qaida - was well known to the Saudis, who had also shared their knowledge with the US.'

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Guardian Unlimited | Online | Apple seeks a slice of Europe 'Apple and its chief executive Steve Jobs now want to show it can solve the problems facing record companies in Europe too. The secret of Mr Jobs' success is partly to do with Apple's cachet, its reputation for good design and for championing consumers rather than corporations. It is also to do with the simplicity of the transaction.' [...]

"Hitting 1m songs in less than a week was totally unexpected," said Warner Music chairman Roger Ames recently.

"Apple has shown music fans, artists and the music industry as a whole that there really is a successful and easy way of legally distributing music over the internet," he said.'