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...days before, Haitham had left his home in Sheik Radwan, a neighborhood of Gaza City in which the Islamist militants of Hamas reign, and walked with his friends along the beach. When they reached the edge of the city, near the three Israeli settlements at the north of the Gaza Strip, Haitham produced a knife and a small pipe bomb from his pockets. "I invite you to join me in martyrdom," he told his companions. His friends declined and watched him continue. He was shot by an Israeli soldier guarding the settlement of Dugit. It is a testament...
...whales (which are actually large dolphins) are highly social creatures. They travel in pods that can be several hundred strong, usually led by a dominant male. If the leader loses his way while hunting a favorite food like squid, the rest of the pod will follow, even onto a beach. The closely knit whales will also converge on a calf that has accidentally grounded and is clicking and squeaking in anguish. In neither case, however, do scientists regard the whales' behavior as a suicide impulse. "That's old folklore," insists Joseph Geraci of the National Aquarium in Baltimore...
...hottest beach-wear accessories for women this summer is a surfboard. More women are attending girls-only surfing camps and participating in competitions. According to Board-Trac, a California research firm specializing in action sports, 16% to 22% of the country's 2.4 million surfers are female, and the percentage of women surfing every day has more than doubled in the past three years. "We've come a long way since Gidget," says Board-Trac managing director Marie Case. Hollywood has picked up on the trend; Disney's Lilo & Stitch and Universal's Blue Crush, both of which celebrate female...
...first visit to the hotel ended abruptly on New Year's Day, 1998, when I was forcibly escorted from my room at dawn, then driven 10 minutes to an isolated beach and instructed by my "guide"?a member of Indonesia's Elite special forces?to kneel down on the headland that overlooked a tranquil, turquoise bay. He then placed a handgun to my head and asked, "Are you a journalist...
...sublime surrealism, looked across to the bay, and said: "Beautiful, no?" Though sweat?or perhaps tears?stung my eyes and clouded my vision, I nodded in agreement. A crumbling Portuguese fort?a remnant from the 400 years Timor spent under Lisbon's rule?presided over a perfect, white sand beach, complete with palms leaning lazily toward the clear waters. In another time, the scene could have been described as idyllic. But at that moment, East Timor's potential as a holidaymaker's paradise seemed to me minimal, at best...