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...morning of July 17, Zelko Peher was having breakfast on the 29th floor of the JW Marriott hotel in Jakarta when he heard a blast from downstairs. "We looked out the window down below and saw shattered glass so we knew the bomb had come from inside, probably the lobby," said the German cameraman after running out of the five-star hotel in the capital's Mega-Kuningan central business district. "We were very surprised because the security was so good when we checked in. They checked everything and even opened our suitcases so how could this have happened?" (Read...
...afternoon, the death toll from the attacks on the Marriott and the Ritz Carlton remained at nine with at least 50 injured, including foreign nationals from India, Norway, the U.S., Great Britain, Australia and South Korea. Police now believe that the bombs may have been made on the 18th floor of the Marriott where they found - and defused - a device on Friday afternoon. "This was very well-planned and it would be really hard to protect against this kind of attack," says terrorism expert and security consultant Ken Conboy...
...western end of Bermuda, about 20 miles from the airport, is 9 Beaches, where guests sleep in cabanas - actually, air-conditioned platform tents on stilts that sit on and around the beach (some cabanas hover over the water, with viewing panels in the floor). The resort has three restaurants, and its package rates are comparable to those at the fancy resorts. For some guests (beach bums, divers and romantics) 9 Beaches' isolation is a blessing, but for others it's a hassle - once you get all the way out there, it's a real effort to go anywhere else...
Earlier this week, someone blew a trumpet from the second floor of the newsroom...
...Lauren D. Kiel ’11 is a Crimson news writer in Adams House. She wishes people on the floor above her would stop breaking out in Michael Jackson songs...