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...guarded (like about that pesky succession question) and candid, curious and sarcastic, humble and profane, he remains a paradoxical character, but no more so than any other twentysomething millionaire. He likes to cast his upbringing and his family as "normal," but to almost everyone else, his life and his station are extraordinary. To date, STAR has thrived under his watch, but many questions remain, among them: How does a 29-year-old conquer multimillion dollar markets in India and China while further securing a place for himself in the Murdoch empire? What has James Murdoch learned? And what will...
...moved in. The recording passed through several hands before ending up with CIA officers in the region. Back in the U.S., officials of several federal agencies used facial- and voice-recognition technology to confirm that the central character was indeed bin Laden. Officers at the CIA's "bin Laden station," which has been poring over the wealth of documents, artifacts and computer files found in al-Qaeda compounds in Afghanistan, then had to satisfy themselves that the recording had not been doctored. And Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld insisted on a thorough translation- vetted by outside experts- before the tape...
INDONESIA Game Over for Tommy Detectives finally tracked down the fugitive son of former dictator Suharto, after a year on the run. Hutomo Mandala Putra, 39, nicknamed "Tommy," grinned at the crowds gathered around the police station where he was questioned on suspicion of involvement in various crimes, including murder. Jakarta?s police chief said Tommy was found at a house in Bintaro, southwest of the capital, and would face charges relating to illegal arms possession and the murder of a Supreme Court judge who had sentenced him to 18 months for corruption last year. Tommy had later skipped bail...
...Christians, Muslims, and atheists in Leverett have to eat in the shadow of, and pay for, a “kosher dining station,” which is unquestionably an expression of religious observance. Can I assume that Shira Kieval, who feels so strongly that no student should “be forced to choose between eating and being in the same room with a religious object,” supports the removal of these stations...
...truth can be used selectively. To get Iraqi soldiers to listen to its program during the 1991 Desert Storm War, Commando Solo broadcast the targets U.S. warplanes would strike each day. To win its market share in Afghanistan, bombers knocked out Radio Sharia, the Taliban station, and Commando Solo began broadcasting on a frequency near Sharia's. The CIA sent in radios for villages and Commando Solo played popular Afghan music the Taliban had banned from the airwaves...