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BEIRUT – In the moments after her husband blew himself up in the ballroom of a Jordanian hotel as part of an al-Qaida plot, Sajida al-Rishawi fled the scene of chaos wearing her own explosive belt. The 2005 assault on three hotels in Amman, the worst terror attack in Jordan’s …

Mad cow disease (search)was diagnosed in a Canadian cow this week, setting off a new round of predictable, but groundless panic. The U.S. government promptly banned imports of Canadian beef and cattle. Investors dumped the stock of beef-related companies, notablyMcDonald’s (search),which lost $1.5 billion in market value. And of course, …

UNITED NATIONS – North Korea’s foreign minister is demanding that the U.N. secretary-general tell member states that a resolution targeting the country’s bleak human rights record is illegal and based on lies. The letter from Foreign Minister Ri Su Yong, obtained by The Associated Press, says North Korea will be …