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...known facts of the case are relatively simple: Woolmer was found naked and dead in his hotel room in Jamaica, and the cause of his death turned out to be strangulation - although police are investigating whether he may have been poisoned, as well. The murder occurred during a high-profile event in which the victim was in the international spotlight, and it followed hours after a humiliating defeat for his team. The fact that police believe he would have known his killers (because there was no sign of forced entry or robbery) has narrowed the range of suspects and motives...
...quite possible that Woolmer's death, caused according to the pathologist "due to asphyxia as a result of manual strangulation," is completely unrelated to cricket. Jamaica has one of the highest rates of murder in the world. But the hotel the team was staying in was well protected, and Jamaican police say there was no sign of forced entry. They have fingerprinted and questioned Pakistan's players and support staff, as well as hotel staff, and are studying videotapes from the hotel's security cameras. The tragedy of this incredible tale is not only that Woolmer is dead, but that...
...Uyana is the first hotel in Sri Lanka to construct a wetland system with lakes, reed beds and imported forest. Accommodation is in vast villas - the bathroom alone, which boasted its own lily pond, was about the size of my apartment. Designed by Sunela Jayawardene, Sri Lanka's leading environmental architect, the villas combine wood, granite, thatch and concrete in a haven of elegant simplicity: a haven, in fact, for man and beast...
Dubai lures visitors not only with its year-round sunshine and superlatives - a "seven-star" hotel, the biggest theme park - but also its over-the-top luxury. Heck, even living like a bedouin can be a deluxe experience. Al Maha is set in the 225-sq-km Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve - 5% of the emirate's total land area - and is designed to resemble a bedouin camp. Endangered Arabian oryx (al maha in Arabic), desert foxes and gazelle meander around the grounds and, if you're lucky, quench their thirst in your own private pool. The spa and airy suites...
...religion in South Asia, and just as people sometimes die - or are killed - for religion, the noblest of sports now seems to have claimed a victim of its own. Last Sunday, Pakistan's coach, the 58-year-old Englishman Bob Woolmer, was found dead in his Jamaica hotel room hours after his highly ranked team had been eliminated from cricket's World Cup by rank outsiders Ireland...