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...early September, police followed Wiese from Munich to a patch of woods in Brandenburg, near the Polish border. On Sept. 6, investigators say, they stopped Wiese near Nuremberg and found traces of explosives in his backpack. They say they also found a bag with 1.7 kilos of explosives in Metzing's carpentry shop. Searches of the homes of other suspected gang members allegedly turned up 12 more kilos of explosives, grenades and detonators. The plot in Munich could be a sign that the fractious radical right is organizing itself into a terrorist network. There is increasing concern among politicians...
Cabot House Senior Tutor Stephen H. Kargere wrote in an e-mail to his House list that an older blond man carrying a backpack had been seen around the House...
...draught beer often tastes a little flat at the capital's boho-and-backpack mecca, the Pass By, tel: (86-10) 8403 8004. But what it lacks in keg care, it more than makes up for in setting and service. Nestled in a lane off Ping'an Dadao near the central lakes, the intimate courtyard bar and caf? offers a smoke-free wing, a carpeted loft and a sunny patio. The owner's pet pig makes the rounds between the Tibetan-chic d?cor with a knowing smirk on its snout...
...PACKS After the test pilot of a rocket-propelled backpack told Popular Science magazine in 1969 that the machine made him "feel safer than I do driving the family car in traffic," it seemed Buck Rogers-style travel for everyone was imminent. But a mass-market model never managed...
...days, Bass, along with nine other weary hikers, poured sweat and plodded upward, carrying a 70-lb. backpack and lugging a 35-lb. sled. At the final ascent, the amused Snowbird guide sentenced him to lead rope--the tiring position that carves out the group's path. Bass relished the challenge, and as he spied the wide ribbon of snow upon the mountain's ridge, he untethered himself, rushed the summit and yodeled a Tarzan yell. "I was told all the way I wasn't gonna make it," he says. "Shoot, I walked everyone to the ground." Bounding down...