Word: bureaus
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Munir Said Thalib had more enemies than he could count. The 38-year-old founder of Kontras, a hard-charging human-rights watchdog, had challenged just about every powerful institution in Indonesia: the military, intelligence agencies, and government bureaus and big businesses suspected of corrupt practices. In his six years with Kontras, Munir received numerous death threats. In 2003, someone threw a bomb at his house in Jakarta, although it caused no damage...
...distraction from issues I'm more concerned about." Hope as Democrats might, an Election Day boost for Kerry remains, like the draft itself, merely hypothetical. --By John Cloud. With reporting by Paige Bowers/ Atlanta, James Carney/Washington, Sarah Sturmon Dale/Minneapolis, Jeffrey Ressner/ Los Angeles, Betsy Rubiner/ Des Moines and other bureaus...
...With reporting by Massimo Calabresi/Washington, Bruce Crumley/Paris, Aparisim Ghosh/Baghdad, Scott MacLeod/Riyadh, Tim McGirk and Ghulam Hasnain/Islamabad, Amany Radwan/Cairo, Nahid Siamdoust/Tehran and Aatish Taseer/London, with other bureaus...
Idema, 47, was well known to reporters in Kabul. Given to explosive bursts of rage and camouflage uniforms, he stalked Kabul's few bars and foreign TV-news bureaus, punctuating his stories of chasing al-Qaeda with a flourish of his pistol. At least once he came up with the goods: a seven-hour al-Qaeda training video, parts of which aired in January 2002 on CBS's 60 Minutes. He hinted that he was working undercover for U.S. special forces and as a "special adviser" for Afghan authorities. But he was one of many shadowy, ex--special-operations types...
...Reported by Desa Philadephia and Jeffrey Ressner/Los Angeles, Jackson Baker/Memphis, Betsy Rubiner/Des Moines and John F. Dickerson and Adam Zagorin/Washington, with other bureaus...