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...them were handed over to foreign countries, and some of them resurfaced in Guantanamo Bay after being missing for months. Many of them were picked up without the knowledge of their families and hence were simply termed as “missing people”. After having her husband disappear mysteriously, a brave woman, Amina Janjua, was able to identify that her husband was indeed in the custody of the intelligence agencies in Pakistan. She challenged his detention, as well as that of the other Pakistanis, to the Supreme Court of Pakistan. The Supreme Court was hardly able...
...Lies” may be the most maturely-constructed song on the album; a dramatic, tumbling mood-piece, it feeds on the catharsis of Auerbach’s howling refrain, with Danger Mouse’s production giving the song space to swell, breathe, resolve, and disappear. Even so, the album’s conclusion, “Things Ain’t Like They Used to Be,” is its most startling and triumphant success. With the help of young vocalist Jessica Lea Mayfield, not to mention additional organ and guitar support, Auerbach seems to mourn...
...women take advantage of modern travel delays by posing as stranded passengers in order to sleep in a warm, safe place. They play a cat-and-mouse game with police, often donning floral shirts, fanny packs and other travel accessories to blend in. And their increasing ability to disappear in Heathrow's swelling crowds of delayed passengers--bolstered last month by the glitch-plagued opening of a new terminal--has prompted the airport to try a new approach...
...north of the Mexican border. Suddenly it is alive with action. A heavily armed SWAT team races toward two adobe houses where terrorists are holed up, according to reports from a confidential informant. The troopers smash down the door of one, blow open two doors of the other and disappear inside...
...approach them. One of his most influential designs was for an unbuilt skyscraper in Paris, the Endless Tower. Envisioned as a structure rising to over 1300 ft. (400 m.), its surface would shift to ever lighter materials, from granite to aluminum to stainless steel and finally glass, appearing to disappear as it ascended into...