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...with a reward of $15,000 on his head-this in a nation where the average person makes $2 a day. "People were walking around with guns for weeks hoping to try and kill him," says a rice farmer living in a village close to Phonsavanh, Va Char's hometown. But Va Char managed to elude those seeking him. According to his account, confirmed by six Blackbirds spoken to by TIME who helped him escape, he eventually journeyed through Laos on the back of a motorbike, disguised as an old man until he reached the Thai border, from where...
More than 1,100 coalition troops have died in Iraq, and thousands more have been wounded. If you're looking for a more detailed breakdown of these numbers, check out ICASUALTIES.ORG, a website that provides data based on official death counts from coalition countries, including each soldier's name, hometown, unit and date of death. The names of the deceased can be viewed by time period and type of incident...
...ANOTHER SUBJECT, WILL YOUR HOMETOWN ST. LOUIS CARDINALS WIN THE WORLD SERIES THIS YEAR...
Chef Edgar Leal split his childhood between New York City and his hometown of El Tigre in rural Venezuela. That mix of Manhattan sophistication and Latin American tradition produced Cacao, which has quickly become one of Miami's most popular restaurants. Owner Leal and wife Mariana Montero take the timeless dishes your abuela (grandmother) cooked, like seviche, tamales and bobo de camarao (shrimp in cassava and coconut-milk sauce), and "deconstruct them," as Leal says, into haute cuisine with a presentation that can be as much fun as Carnaval. They have coaxed surprisingly velvety textures and piquant tastes...
MARION JONES AGE 28 HOMETOWN Los Angeles EVENT Long jump THE DRAMA In 2000, "Super Marion" aimed for five gold medals and won three. Giving birth last year and then becoming embroiled in doping allegations depleted her physically and emotionally; she failed to qualify in the 100 m and 200 m, events she won in Sydney. A slot could open for her in the 100--if a teammate is disqualified for doping. THE COMPETITION Jones' long-jump mark at the trials was her best in six years (she won bronze in 2000). Two Russians, Irina Simagina and Anna Pyatykh, will...