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...Ghia. "I'm a known person [in the industry]," he said (and thus an easy target). Mother-daughter Manhattan dealers Doris and Nancy Wiener were also named by Ghia. Nancy Wiener said she knew nothing about the case or Ghia. According to an art-world source, Ghia's arrest sent shock waves through the business...
...truth, much of the loot from Empress Dou's tomb--and the vast majority from countless other sites across Asia--is still missing. In India, Superintendent Shrivastava is delighted to have nabbed the nation's top smuggler. But months after the momentous arrest, he has tracked down only a fraction of the relics Ghia is believed to have looted over the past three decades. Since news of the arrest was made public, three collectors have written to the police, offering to return stolen items they say they purchased in good faith. But most of the stolen treasures, still hidden inside...
...Yacub, a 23-year-old who police say is Indonesian and whose real name is Taufek Refke, was more talkative following his arrest. Authorities say Refke has confessed to being the second highest ranking member of the Islamic terror organization Jemaah Islamiah (JI) in the Philippines. His arrest, along with information stemming from his capture, has confirmed what Philippine officials have until now been reluctant to acknowledge: that a large number of foreign Islamic militants are using the country?more than any other in Asia?as a base and a refuge...
...conference during which Refke was put on public display. Arms and legs manacled, flanked by two hefty soldiers, the youth's diminutive size and fear-filled eyes made him seem more like a terrified boy than one of the country's top Islamic militants. But according to Arroyo, his arrest was a major step forward in shutting down a substantial JI cell. "The terrorists are falling one by one," she crowed. "This reduces the weight of the terrorist threat ... in our country and across Southeast Asia...
...simplest of lessons: unwavering support for Washington's campaign pays handsomely. Still, even if stunts like parading Refke for the TV cameras were partly aimed at "the White House press corps," as Zachary Abuza, author of a forthcoming book about Islamic militants in Southeast Asia, says, Refke's arrest might also mark a genuine watershed in Manila's antiterror efforts...