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...Munir was leaving all of that behind, at least temporarily, when he arrived at Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta International Airport on the evening of Sept. 6. A Dutch university had awarded him a year-long scholarship to study for a master's in international law, and Munir was in a buoyant mood when he boarded Garuda Flight 974 to Amsterdam. He sent an SMS to colleague and friend Rachland Nashidik that read: "Please take care of the office and my wife and kids." On a stopover in Singapore, a fellow passenger, Tarmizi Hakim, recognized Munir and introduced himself. "There...
...Idris, a forensic expert at Jakarta's University of Indonesia/Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, is anything above 200 mg. Friends and family reject the idea that Munir might have committed suicide. According to Jakarta-based Tempo magazine, Munir sent an SMS to his wife Suciwati from Singapore's Changi Airport that read: "I really can't make this out. How come my tummy is so upset? I really hope it isn't playing up again." (Munir suffered from ulcers.) Hakim says that on the flight out of Singapore, Munir was convinced he had food poisoning. His family wonders how the poison could...
...DIED. ARTHUR HAILEY, 84, best-selling author of thrillers such as Airport, Hotel and The Moneychangers; at his home in the Bahamas. Belittled by critics, Hailey's books were commercial blockbusters that turned mundane settings into labyrinths of deception and malice. Airport (1968) was made into a movie starring Burt Lancaster...
...year is far less than, say, that of Germans. So it is only those Americans who either visit foreign countries or live in them who have been hammered by the dollar's decline. TIME readers, being sophisticated folk, will know that you never, ever take a taxi from Heathrow Airport into central London. (You jump on the express train instead.) Less savvy travelers now have to shell out the equivalent of $100 for the joys of being stuck in west London's traffic. The New York Times recently reported that Irish immigrants to the U.S. who had decided to return...
...year is far less than, say, that of Germans. So it is only those Americans who either visit foreign countries or live in them who have been hammered by the dollar's decline. TIME readers, being sophisticated folk, will know that you never, ever take a taxi from Heathrow Airport into central London. (You jump on the express train instead.) Less savvy travelers now have to shell out the equivalent of $100 for the joys of being stuck in west London's traffic. The New York Times recently reported that Irish immigrants to the U.S. who had decided to return...