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...DIED. H. NAGAPPA, 66, former minister in the southern state of Karnataka; from a bullet through the heart after being kidnapped in August by India's most wanted criminal, the elusive forest-dwelling bandit Koose Muniswamy Veerappan; in the Chengdi forests, India. Veerappan claims Nagappa was killed during a shootout with the police, but the authorities dismiss that as unlikely, saying he was shot at close range...
...percent of unused cable hookups for which the cable company nonetheless demands payment. This translates into higher hidden “technology fees” for students and parents come termbill time, says Mother Harvard. Furthermore, Bean portrays the greedy cable industry as the big bad HBO bandit because it would force Harvard to cover the entire cost of wiring its campus for service...
...last chapter in Veerappan's long history of crime.' Last Thursday, Veerappan demanded the release of Kolathur Mani, a political extremist with strong ties to the Tamil Tigers, to head negotiations for Nagappa's release. But as of last Saturday, police and federal commandos claimed to have the bandit cornered in a 5-sq-km patch of the Dinnahalli forest. Could this be Veerappan's final caper...
...When the Red Guards ran riot in 1966, Chai's parents, like thousands of Xishuangbanna's Dai tribespeople, packed up what they could carry, along with their five children, and set off on foot. They made it past the border, trudged bandit-infested goat tracks through Burma, and didn't stop until they reached the Thai border town of Mae Sai. "Growing up in Thailand, I was fascinated by my parents' stories of home," says Chai, 37. "So when I was 17, I came back." He found work as a goldsmith, obtained a Chinese ID card, and last March opened...
...paying off a juror—Gotti gained a reputation as the city’s “Teflon Don,” for it was said that no charges would stick to him. He was, as Sante points out, “New York’s bandit king,” strolling arrogantly into court in his $2,000 Brioni suits while throngs of cheering fans maneuvered to catch a glimpse. Gotti was even featured on the cover of Time magazine before longtime friend and Gambino family underboss Sammy “The Bull” Gravano...