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...behind, at least temporarily, when he arrived at Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta International Airport on the evening of Sept. 6. A Dutch university had awarded him a year-long scholarship to study for a master's in international law, and Munir was in a buoyant mood when he boarded Garuda Flight 974 to Amsterdam. He sent an SMS to colleague and friend Rachland Nashidik that read: "Please take care of the office and my wife and kids." On a stopover in Singapore, a fellow passenger, Tarmizi Hakim, recognized Munir and introduced himself. "There was no indication he was ill," recalls...
...trip, from Jakarta to Singapore. Apparently Munir moved from economy to business class, but the circumstances are unclear. The Indonesian government was slow to investigate, but following a vigorous campaign by Suciwati, the police announced that they have assembled a list of people to question, including Garuda flight attendants. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono met Munir's widow last week and, according to Suciwati, promised to name an investigative team. Garuda Indonesia commercial director Bachrul Hakim told Tempo: "We will be completely open to any investigation...
...first words the giant black eagle Garuda utters after his birth at the beginning of Roberto Calassos latest book Ka are: "So many things are happening, so many stories one inside the other, with every link hiding yet more stories." Garuda's musings may be extended to the book itself, which is a collection of all the stories of Hindu mythology--some bizarre, some beautiful, many grotesque and all thoroughly engrossing--recast with an eye for the postmodern reader and his impatient but eager sensibilities. Taking a cue from the Mahabharata--a seminal Indian text containing many of the major...
...following seniors were awarded HoopesPrizes: Lucy Bisognano '98, Gopal Garuda '98,Sarah E. Jackson '98, Abhinav Seth '98, Nara C.Sun '98 and Bradley L. Whitman '98, all of AdamsHouse; Jennifer L. Burns '98 of Cabot House;Derrick Ashong '98, Michael S. Cuthbert '98, EhabA. Goldstein '98, Adam J. Levitin '98, Peter B.McIntyre '98, Youngju Ryu '98 and Patrick J. Wrinn'98, all of Currier House; Joshua A. Corngold '98,Mark J. Engler '98, Nina Mitchell '98, JenniferSoriano '98 and Toma Tasovac '98, all of DudleyHouse; Daniel K. Biss '98, YiLing L.Chen-Josephson '98, Dina Dudkin '98, David F.Elmer '98, Daley...
...HMUN has done a lot in recent years tointegrate the various different departments of theconference," Garuda said. "I think that if thereis a rift between substantive and non-substantiveparts of the conference, it has closedsubstantially in recent years...