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...Almost all the scuba shops are based in Port Blair, and while there are a number of interesting dive sites in the vicinity, the capital is hardly the most scenic part of the islands. A better option is the Andaman Scuba Club (and amanscubaclub.com ) on Havelock Island?a 4-hr. ferry ride north of Port Blair. This operation, run by a pair of Swiss enthusiasts, is still adding to its regular sites as divers explore the neighboring reefs and rocks. Diving conditions are best during the dry season (December to April), when visibility is at its clearest. Many...
...Qaeda cell in Spain. But Parlindungan, who had returned to Indonesia in December 2000 from Spain, mysteriously disappeared last November, after Spanish police arrested Imad and seven other suspected terrorists. "The Indonesians had him in their hands," says a Western intelligence source in Jakarta, "he was under 24-hr. surveillance and then when the request came in for his arrest, he suddenly couldn't be found." This time, though, it's a sure bet that Parlindungan didn't make his disappearance courtesy...
...Fifty policemen came to the rescue?and then, Wang says, the dithering began. The abductor claimed to be related to a top cop, and, Wang says, "the officers spent all their time trying to figure out what kind of a relative he was." After a fruitless, 8-hr. standoff, the neighbor sliced Wang's son through the back of the neck with the machete. He died four days later...
...Sogo, a hopelessly debt-ridden but beloved chain of department stores, forcing it into bankruptcy. And the bank initiated bankruptcy proceedings against First Credit Corp., Japan's biggest mortgage-loan specialist. Aside from overhauling its investment-banking business, Shinsei also launched a retail business featuring fee-free, 24-hr. services at its network of 56,000 atms--a concept considered revolutionary here. Shinsei offers savers returns higher than those of traditional banks, at which, Yashiro notes, the annual interest income on a 1 million yen deposit--about $7,700--earns the equivalent of two bus tickets. The lobby of Shinsei...
...that in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks last year, an outpouring of patriotic zeal was natural, healthy and necessary. But nearly six months later, the flag seems to be even more visible. It wraps the Administration's budget; it waves at us from the crawls of the 24-hr. news networks; it's being hawked by street vendors in a hundred different pin designs. And if the initial TV coverage of the Olympics is a guide, Old Glory will be stenciled on every second snowdrift in Utah. Meanwhile, corporate America and Madison Avenue have found a new theme: Sept...