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The Middle East air war

Cover Story Sidebar | Al Jazeera may have been banned and harassed by Muslim governments throughout the Middle East, but that doesn't make it the most controversial broadcaster in the region. That distinction goes to a handful of radio companies using the airwaves to do what cannot be done on the ground: spread the Christian gospel in the Islamic world. With war on the horizon, those broadcasters are preparing for a surge of interest in their message. "War gets people to think about their own mortality," says

All that Al Jazeera voice for freedom?

Cover Story | As independent as it gets in the Middle East, Qatari news organization's impressive list of detractors is evidence that journalists who don't fear authoritarians have the opportunity to play a positive role in a post-Saddam Arab world

PORTABLE PENTAGON

Cover Story | It's not a household name yet, but when the shooting starts in Iraq, Camp Asayliyah-headquarters of the U.S. Central Command in the Middle East-will be a regular fixture in news media reports on the war

In this issue: "Portable Pentagon," March 1, 2003

Features

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Silenced in Saskatchewan

International |  Canada's new bill, C-250, would add homosexuals to groups protected from hate speech if approved

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The abolitionist

National |  Activists believe John Miller is the man to make the fighting of forced prostitution a State Department priority

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Hacked off

National |  The FBI is warning Americans not to make vigilante computer attacks on Iraqi-related sites

Dispatches

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Quotables

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Quick Takes

Dirty bomb Acclaim Entertainment's commitment to keep it dirty may end up cleaning out the company. Pro bike rider Dave Mirra is suing Acclaim for more than…

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Top News

1 'al-qaeda is coming' Federal authorities followed announcements of Code Orange threat levels to Americans with arrests of suspected terrorists. FBI agents…

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The one that got away

Germans convict al-Qaeda accessory, but the U.S. still has no comment on why Iraqi terrorist leader Mullah Krekar was expelled from-not arrested in-Norway

Reviews

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In the music spotlight: Chicago

Culture |  Chicago's music portrays a dim view of mankind's capacity to maintain divinely ordained institutions

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Bestsellers

Culture |  The Top 5 best-selling albums according to CMJ NMR (College Media Journal New Music Report) Issue #801

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It's all about me

Culture |  The Hours offers a bitter, venomous form of nihilism that goes beyond simple feminism

Voices

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Just misunderstanding justice

We lack the shared vocabulary even to have a debate over war with Iraq

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Mailbag

Many people don't want to know what you have written about abortion and many don't want anyone else to know. But I am proud to stand with you against this…

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Ideas and marriages

Better to enjoy both than to worry about terrorism

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God's in charge

An open letter to a leader who appreciates that

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