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What al-Faruq may not have known was that in early 2002, U.S. and regional intelligence officials had picked up his signal. On Feb. 25, according to intelligence reports, the CIA informed regional counterparts that three Indonesian-based Islamic militants had established a training school for terrorists on the island of Borneo. Indonesian investigators discovered that four MMI operatives, including al-Faruq, had held training exercises at the same location. While al-Faruq initially managed to stay beyond the reach of authorities, some of his closest associates ran out of luck. In March Dwikarna was arrested in Manila after airport...
...parallel world. The hero is that classic figure of children's literature, the semiabandoned child. Ethan Feld is 11. His mother has died of cancer. His loving but grieving father is absorbed now in perfecting his prize invention, a family dirigible. Father and son have recently moved to Clam Island, a cloud-covered stretch of land in the Puget Sound where Ethan is the worst player on a hapless Little League team...
...this summer made a little-noticed trip to relive his combat memories of an earlier, less controversial conflict. A few weeks ago, Bush paid a visit to the watery grave of his Avenger bomber, downed by ground fire after a run on a radio tower on the South Pacific island of Chichi-jima in 1944. The President's trip to Iwo Jima's tiny sister island was stimulated by author James Bradley (Flags of Our Fathers), who accompanied him. "I was trying to relive what went before," said Bush. "My crewmen, Ted White and John Delaney, were killed...
...Harvard men’s soccer team will look to bounce back from a shocking 5-1 defeat on Sunday at the hands of the University of Rhode Island when it travels to Connecticut to play Fairfield University tonight...
Everything went from right to wrong on Sunday when Rhode Island scored two early goals and never looked back on its way to a convincing victory over the Crimson. Fritz kept Harvard close by scoring before halftime to make the score 2-1, but the Crimson’s early second-half surge failed to produce the equalizer as the Rams managed to pull away...