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...most wanted fugitive in Southeast Asia, Riduan Isamuddin was used to a life on the run. For most of the past two years, he hopscotched across Asia, slipping in and out of Pakistan, Indonesia and Thailand, hiding in safe houses and eluding pursuers from several countries, including the U.S. During that time, Isamuddin--known as Hambali, al-Qaeda's top operative in Asia--allegedly masterminded a string of terrorist attacks, including last October's nightclub bombings in Bali and the bombing of the JW Marriott Hotel in Jakarta this month. Two weeks ago, Hambali moved into a one-bedroom apartment...
...church bombings in eight cities in Indonesia, killing 19. After 9/11, Hambali's profile inside al-Qaeda rose when bin Laden ordered him to launch attacks in Southeast Asia to distract U.S. forces from their assault in Afghanistan, says Abuza. Early last year Hambali met with his lieutenants in Thailand and instructed them to attack soft targets--restaurants, bars and nightclubs frequented by Western tourists. Nine months later, Jemaah Islamiah detonated two bombs at two nightclubs in Bali, killing 202 people, many of them young Australian tourists...
Alas, the Nauruan experience, while extreme, is not unique. Asia, for instance, lags behind the U.S. and Europe in its obesity statistics, but Thailand, Malaysia, Japan and the Philippines have all reported troubling increases in recent years. In China, where a one-child-per-family policy has created millions of spoiled and overnourished children (feeding a phenomenon known as little-emperor syndrome), the rise in childhood obesity is particularly alarming. Up to 10% of China's 290 million children are believed to be overweight or obese, and that percentage is expected to have doubled a decade from...
...TRAVEL Thailand: Saving Koh Samui from itself...
...Your article "Long Lives Well Lived" explored the reasons that Asians in certain areas have an exceptional life expectancy [July 21]. I have observed that the Buddhist monks of Thailand's Forest Tradition, despite eating only one meager meal a day and sleeping only four to six hours a night, tend to live very long lives. The tranquillity of their minds promotes longevity. Naturally, eating more food requires the body to work harder to digest it, resulting in more wear and tear on the body's organs; similarly, a tranquil mind requires little energy. Genetics plays only an indirect role...