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...MADEIRA: Reid's Palace, tel: (351-291) 71 71 71, opened its doors in 1891 to accommodate passengers of the great ocean liners, but its Layers of Luxury ($155) spa treatment is for jet-age guests. Your body is polished with a green olive stone and "sea silk" scrub, and then lathered with luxurious lashings of hydrating gel, nourishing oil and moisturizing cream. Book the double suite and you and your partner will also enjoy a terrace and private plunge pool...
Judging by the area's desolation today, it seems unimaginable that Mansour was once the ritziest neighborhood in Iraq. Populated by the country's merchant class and many officials of Saddam Hussein's regime, the place had an air of entitlement: houses boasted stone columns, and rosebushes hinted at the lush private gardens kept behind the walls. It was also my home for two years, in 2003 and 2004, when TIME's bureau was located there. But today Mansour is boxed in by bloodshed. To the north and south, the Shi'ite death squads of the Jaish al-Mahdi have...
...rallies, local officials used shipping containers and tanker-trucks to barricade all the city's major roads and intersections, blocking access to and from Karachi's Quaide Azam International Airport. Hundreds of young Musharraf supporters, many of them armed with handguns and automatic weapons, then surrounded the majestic pink-stone building of the Sindh High Court where the Chief Justice had been expected to address the legal fraternity. The mob attacked anyone wearing black trousers, a white shirt and a black jacket - the dress code of Pakistan's courtroom lawyers...
...negotiations between AlliedBarton, and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) 615, have repeatedly criticized both Harvard and AlliedBarton for being unresponsive to their demands. Today’s meeting will include Vice President for Human Resources Marilyn Hausammann, Vice President of Government, Community, and Public Affairs Alan J. Stone, Murphy, a faculty member, and three students...
...meeting, scheduled for tomorrow morning, will include Vice President for Human Resources Marilyn Hausammann, Vice President of Government, Community, and Public Affairs Alan J. Stone, Director of Labor and Employee Relations Bill Murphy, a faculty member, and three students, said Austin S. Guest ’07, a spokesman for the Stand for Security coalition...