"He represents something we need, " said Dawood Rahmani, a retired engineer who works for the movement told Associated Press.

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Worryingly, nearly every one of these advisors works for organization directly or indirectly associated with the radical Wahhabist or Salafist schools of Islamic thought.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Unfit

Designed by Dutch architects Erick van Egeraat Associated, the gallery's first exhibition includes works from Picasso, Matisse, Andy Warhol and Damien Hirst.

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We now know that Samuel Joe Wurzelbacher owes back taxes, doesn't have a plumbing license (he told the Associated Press he doesn't need one because he works for someone else's company), and may not be registered to vote.

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She wears a burqa when she works - the head-to-toe covering often associated with the Taleban, who strictly enforced its being worn.

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Using white Italian marble, a material associated with the Western idealisation of the perfect human form, the works are both celebratory and subversive.

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Viral marketing also works well with products and services that peer groups want to be associated with.

ECONOMIST: Idea

Democrats have quietly courted Jeffords in recent weeks, offering him the chairmanship of the Environment and Public Works Committee if he bolts the GOP, sources familiar with the discussions told The Associated Press.

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Though such works took the fancy of the critics, they were not the films that are now indelibly associated with Merchant Ivory.

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