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...having to testify at the war-crimes tribunal in the Hague. Randal appealed after the tribunal ordered him to appear as a witness for the prosecution in the trial of ex-Bosnian Serb Deputy Prime Minister Radoslav Brdjanin. Randal argued war correspondents and their sources could be placed in danger if they were considered potential witnesses...
...less-than-hulking rider. Fumbling to find second gear, I had stalled the bike, wobbled and fallen over. Now I had to get myself and the bike off the road, fast. An adrenaline-driven heave on my part and the help of a passerby pulled us out of immediate danger, but that still left the problem of the clutch handle. It was the second day of my weeklong motorcycle tour, and the broken part threatened to scuttle the whole trip. Or so I thought. My friend Julian, who rode back to find me, barely batted an eyelid. Within an hour...
...ravaged Somalia and Sudan made it easy to bring in surface-to-air missiles (SAMs). Mombasa has little in the way of immigration or passport controls, and the steamy seaside city is home to the most radical Muslims in the country. Australian intelligence picked up enough chatter about potential danger in Mombasa to issue a travel warning to its citizens on Nov. 12. But the U.S. considered the Australian information about Kenya too general to warrant any action...
...TIME: Is there a danger in Iraq that the goal of territorial integrity and of democracy could come into conflict...
...Today, we take our colors for granted. Why else would so many people dress in black? The delight of Finlay's prose is that it reawakens the dazzle of colors. It's timely, too; in this digital age, colors are in danger of disengaging from their symbolism. Toward the end of her journeys, Finlay visits the "Color King," Lawrence Herbert, whose New Jersey company, Pantone, has catalogued more than 15,000 shades of basic colors. But, as it turns out, Herbert is replacing his exquisite descriptions?"wood violet" and "sulphur spring" are two?with drab numbers. "Computers don't need...