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...Justice Ministry. Later she pursued a doctorate at the Sorbonne. Her studies were cut short in 1985, when she broke a hip in a traffic accident. Back in Baghdad, she began to take on criminal cases, mostly pro bono. That's how she came upon Naadi, a young Egyptian bellhop who had crossed Uday Hussein. Naadi was being held at a police station and being tortured even as Nouman waited to see him. "They were touching his fingers with a live wire, and I could hear his screams in the waiting area," she recalls. "When they finally...
...Justice Ministry. Later she pursued a doctorate at the Sorbonne. Her studies were cut short in 1985, when she broke a hip in a traffic accident. Back in Baghdad, she began to take on criminal cases, mostly pro bono. That's how she came upon Naadi, a young Egyptian bellhop who had crossed Uday Hussein. Naadi was being held at a police station and being tortured even as Nouman waited to see him. "They were touching his fingers with a live wire, and I could hear his screams in the waiting area," she recalls. "When they finally...
Faced with longer check-in lines, lengthy security screening and more airline baggage restrictions, many passengers are sending their bags ahead via luggage-shipping services. Companies such as Luggage Express, Virtual Bellhop, Sports Express and Skycap International will pick up your luggage at your home, office or hotel and deliver it to your destination overnight. A 40-lb. suitcase flown from New York City to Los Angeles costs $98 to $131--less if you can send the bags two or three days before you depart. And if you really aren't in a rush, ship that bag full of dirty...
When Richard Altomare travels in the U.S., he carries only his briefcase. The CEO of UNIVERSAL EXPRESS, a cargo shipper based in New York City and Miami, Altomare uses Virtual Bellhop, a service his company offers, to have his bags picked up and delivered to his hotel before he arrives. Universal Express, Skycap International and other luggage-shipping services have seen a post-Sept. 11 boost in business from harried travelers looking to save time at security checks. SKYCAP INTERNATIONAL, based in Anchorage, says that it's shipping more bags containing equipment like hunting knives and fishing gear. The companies...
...party of Ronald Reagan is dead," he said. "Its successor is little more than the bellhop stand of the business roundtable...