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...huge number," says Ken Conboy, author of Intel: Inside Indonesia's Intelligence Service. That makes blocking the pipeline to Mindanao critical. Though Malaysian, Indonesian and Philippine police all say they have stepped up patrols between Indonesia and the Philippines, their efforts don't seem to have stemmed the flow of would-be cadets. When Rifki was captured, he was waiting in a hotel in the Mindanao city of Cotabato for a batch of 10 newly arrived Indonesian recruits to join him for escort to the camps...
much shorter distances from Albania to southeast Italy or from Morocco to Spain. But the would-be immigrants choose it because it offers the steadiest flow of outgoing boats. As the Somalis approach the edge of Kufra, a swarm of Libyans comes to greet them. "Tripoli! Tripoli! Benghazi!" the local men bark. "Where do you want to go? We have food. Do you want a place to stay?" Abdi Salan has little choice, agreeing to spend $150 for a hot meal, two nights' lodging and a jeep ride north to Benghazi, Libya's second-largest city. The Kufra smugglers convince...
...number that dwarfs the 15,360 jobs offered to non-E.U. computer experts since Germany launched its "green card" system in 2000 - a program designed to help companies fill vacant high-tech jobs with skilled labor from overseas. Countries are beginning to collaborate to regulate the flow. The Spanish and Moroccan governments announced last week that they would launch joint marine patrols to head off illegal immigration. The E.U. has begun negotiations with 11 countries to give them a guaranteed legal immigrant quota in exchange for more cooperation in stopping illegals. So far, Albania, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong...
...chatted a bit about college essays. As we talked, I remembered what one of my old writing teachers had said about application essays: “They’re essentially a good work of fiction.” Cynicism aside—he was talking more about flow and style than about fabrication—my teacher’s approach seems to be the difference between self-study as a way of expanding our views, and self-study that threatens to swallow us (the kind of writing that my blockmate had ridiculed). That is, if I am going...
...you’re looking for shawarma on the go, this is it. Shawarma King is a casual eatery that caters to a steady flow of take-out clientele. The restaurant specializes in shawarma sandwiches—tender, marinated slices of chicken, lamb or beef rolled in a warm pita, drizzled with tahini sauce, and stuffed with parsley, onions, tomatoes and dill pickles. While they wait, customers can watch the countermen slicing the steaming chunks of meat off the upright shawarma machine, or browse the assortment of imported canned juice drinks and pre-packaged desserts. Lebanese co-owner Hasan Kassab...