Ambassador of Qatar Bader Omar Al-Dafa Qatar Broadcasting a New Message With Al-Jazeera TV and Bold Reforms, Little Qatar Attracts Big Attention by Nickolas Theros Sitting calmly behind his desk, Ambassador Bader Omar Al-Dafa is a man whose composed demeanor belies the frenetic nature of his workday. Life since Sept. 11, he admits, is fundamentally different and more unpredictable than at any prior time. ìIt took me three days to really realize what took place [on Sept. 11] because it was just beyond my imagination,î Al-Dafa recalls. ìSince then, everything has changed. The situation is very fluid in Washington and the Middle East. You work and persevere knowing that at any minute, something may happen that changes the dynamic....more... U.S. Congressman Porter J. Goss Key Lawmaker Presses For Reformed U.S. Intelligence Program by John Shaw Porter J. Goss, the chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, is one of the most important members of Congress youíve probably never heard of. Forceful, energetic and articulate, Goss has also kept a studiously low profile during the five years he has presided over the House intelligence panel. But the Florida congressman has begun to speak out more publicly since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11. He has defended the intelligence community from what he views as unfair criticism for failing to predict the attacks on Washington and New York....more... Western Habits Spike Diabetes Rate Experts Say Combat Disease With Lifestyle Changes and ëABCsí by Gina Shaw Last summer, physicians met in Montreux, Switzerland, for the first International Diabetes Federation Media Summit. Their mess age: Diabetes is rapidly becoming a worldwide pandemic....more...

Culture Section After Sept. 11, Airline Industry Grappling With Flying the Empty Skies by Mark Hilpert The last thing international airline carriers needed amid a global economic downturn since mid-2000 was the Sept. 11 attacks. Already, fewer business passengers were jet setting because of tighter corporate budgets, combined with a growing reliance on pressing Palm Pilots to do the sort of global deal-making that used to require actual palms pressing....more... Military Tribunals for Suspected Terrorists Raise Question of Justice Versus Rights by Anna Gawel President George W. Bush recently signed an executive order that calls for suspected terrorists or people associated with terrorists to be tried in U.S. military tribunals instead of the civil court systemóa decision that has set off a constitutional firestorm that may linger for years to come....more... Closing Americaís Doors How Terrorist Attacks Are Affecting U.S. Immigration Policies by Shaazka Beyerle Some of the greatest attributes of Americaóopenness to foreigners, freedom of movement, sharing of knowledge and skillsóare the ones that the terrorists of Sept. 11 best understood and used to their own obscene advantage. They passed through doors to our country that are generously open in comparison to the policies of most other nations in the world....more... includes Immigration Facts by The National Immigration Forum Receiving Line ï Meeting of the Minds ï Basketball Diplomacy