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...baggage. The plot, codenamed Bojinka - a play on the Serbo-Croatian word for explosion - by its Pakistani planners, came frighteningly close to fruition. In December of 1994, according to U.S. court documents, Ramzi Yousef and Wali Khan Amin Shah, were instrumental in the bombing of a Philippine airlines flight en route to Japan that was a dry run for their much more ambitious attempt to blow up a dozen jets simultaneously. They managed to smuggle a container of liquid explosive concealed in contact lens solution aboard the airplane on an earlier flight, leaving it under a seat...
Truckers Darren Schneider and Rod Bryson couldn't have chosen a more dramatic place to stop. But having turned off the 90 Mile Straight, "Australia's Longest Straight Road," in the early hours of the morning en route from Melbourne to Perth, their three-carriage Kenworth inexplicably shuts down. A misty dawn reveals an endless vista of saltbush: They're bang in the middle of an ancient seabed stretching 700 km from South Australia's Head of the Bight west to Balladonia. Nullarbor translates as "no trees" in Latin, and for the moment the truckers are without a clue. "Usually...
...José Luis de Jesús Miranda, a man who claims he is—no joke—Jesus Christ. This was not the first time I had come across the name. A former co-worker had mentioned him as the leader of “Creciendo en Gracia”—Growing in Faith—the controversial and rapidly growing religious movement she belonged to. According to the news report, the disciples had gathered on Biscayne Boulevard to celebrate their savior, and demonstrate their opposition to other religions. De Jesús’ devotees ripped...
BILL CLINTON En route to the presidency in 1992, Clinton appeared on The Arsenio Hall Show to perform a saxophone solo. He played Heartbreak Hotel--and voters swooned...
...Briton Kate Clow?a keen hiker living in Turkey?as an alternative to the mass tourism sweeping Turkey's coasts. Highlights include visiting the Iliad's ancient cities of Xanthos, Letoon and Patara, swimming in the sunken city of Kekova and exploring Lycian rock tombs carved into the cliffs. En route, turquoise waters and sandy coves are hemmed in by the imposing Taurus Mountains. "The history sets this trail apart," says Clow. "Many of the historical sites aren't otherwise accessible. The other great thing is that you can swim nearly every day." In its entirety, the moderately strenuous route...