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One of Canada's most moderate and respected Muslim clerics was pulled off a plane Thursday and thrown in jail by U.S. immigration officials in Fort Lauderdale without any charges being laid.

Ahamad Kutty, who has preached tolerance and peace throughout North America for more than two decades, was ordered off his Orlando-bound flight from Toronto and interrogated in an airport holding cell and a local jail for 16 hours as the U.S. marked the second anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on New York and Washington.

He has been declared a risk to national security.

[Al-Muhajabah's Islamic Blogs]

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Bush Resignation Hailed by World Leaders 'The surprise resignation of the forty-third President of the United States, George W. Bush, on the second anniversary of the terrorist attack on America, was hailed by chiefs of state throughout the world.  Mr. Bush announced that after, "two years of bloodshed, economic devastation, and spreading fear in America and abroad," he saw no choice but to accept that, "I have held a title which I did not win, and for which I have proven unqualified."'

We can dream can't we?

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FT.com Home UK: The BBC's lessons for America 'Greg Dyke, director general of the BBC, announced last month that the broadcaster would make the contents of its vast archive available to the public so long as any re-use of that content was for non-commercial purposes. (Commercial re-users will have to strike their own deal.) The BBC Creative Archive would enable the British to cultivate this national resource - for which they have already paid - for educational, critical or comedic purposes. The very structure will also make it much more likely that commercial creators will be able to identify content valuable to them, and then license that content from the BBC. The idea is a brilliant response to the extraordinary explosion of creative capacity enabled by digital technologies, in light of the BBC's founding mission - as Lord Reith put it - to "inform, educate and entertain".'

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Internet telephony: Talk is cheap

Voice over IP is a technology for making phones calls using the Internet Protocol, the world's most popular method for sending data from one computer to another. [CNET News.com]

I think I'm going to be making use of this technology soon.

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US killing of eight Iraqi police fuels Iraqi anger

World: The US military has reignited tension in one of Iraq's most troubled towns after its troops mistakenly shot dead eight Iraqi policemen. [Guardian Unlimited]

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New hi-tech scans show babies smiling before birth

UK: New images seem to suggest that unborn babies can smile, blink and cry weeks before they leave the womb. [Guardian Unlimited]

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Johnny Cash, Country Music Bedrock, Dies at 71

Johnny Cash's gravelly bass-baritone was the vocal bedrock of American country music for more than four decades. [New York Times: Arts]

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For the Beatles Management Company, It's Apple Versus Apple

The management company for the Beatles is contending that Apple Computer's iTunes Music Store breaches the band's trademark. [New York Times: Technology]

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Movie Archive 1.0

Movie Archive enables you to capture, compress, and browse tapes from a DV camera, control a FireWire DV camera, and organize a multi-tape video library. [MacInTouch]

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Mac Digital Photography book coming next week

Next week Sybex Inc. will release "Mac Digital Photography," a US$29.95, 304-page book that addresses digital photography on the Mac platform. The book -- written by Erica Sadun in collaboration with Dennis R. Cohen -- shows you how to refine your photo-taking techniques, edit and repair your images, select camera peripherals, use your images in projects and share your photos. [MacCentral]