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...five weeks shy of his planned retirement from the spy game. Ten armed FBI agents shivered in the cold as they watched Hanssen walk up to a "dead drop" code-named Ellis, a spot under a bridge in a quiet suburban Virginia park where he hid a plastic garbage bag full of secret U.S. documents. As he emerged from the woods of Foxstone Park, the agents, guns drawn, surrounded fellow FBI spy catcher Bob Hanssen, clapped handcuffs on his wrist and began reading him his Miranda rights. Some FBI men plunged into the darkness, backtracking along Hanssen's path...
...between. But for those willing to carry their own gear, the treks are among the most beautiful in Asia. The top hikes in Taiwan?on Chilai Ridge and Yushan?require a reasonable level of fitness and the proper equipment, including a tent and stove, food and water, a sleeping bag, good boots and warm clothes...
...name. "Balia," she replies. Her son's name? "Balia." And her husband's? "Balia." He is apparently somewhere in the rann foraging for food while she seeks charity by the highway. The pickings are slim. In 15 days, she has scored two olive-green blankets and a small bag of rice and lentils from a passing aid convoy. Her husband has come up with some onions. I offer to drive the family to a relief camp near town, where they would get food and shelter. Balia refuses, pointing to a small pile of stones that used to be her home...
...tale that ensued is worthy of Gogol. A man in his 20s and dressed in a track suit arrived at the bank carrying a bag. He apologized for being late-he had stopped off to buy fishing line. "But as soon as he opened that bag and unrolled the canvas, we felt the power of Malevich," says Nikich. Moscow's Tretyakov Gallery authenticated the painting and Inkombank bought it, paying a reported...
...35mm Shorts program, which opened the festival Tuesday night at the Fenway Theater, was a typically mixed bag. Its indisputable highlight was Heart of the World, Guy Maddin’s glorious take on early Russian melodrama that won the award for Best Experimental Film from the National Society of Film Critics last month. As Maddin cuts from one shot to the next with uninterrupted speed, the film feeds the viewer a surprisingly satisfying plethora of visual information and symbolic imagery; you’d think that the quantity would smother your mind, but the film’s tried...