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...escape. Given Israel’s long history of medical problems (he was scheduled to undergo spinal surgery only days after his disappearance), it seems unlikely that he can evade the law for long. But then again, the most wanted man in the world is a six-foot-six-inch father of 24 who is rumored to be on dialysis, so perhaps this is going to take a while...
...shriveling of grassroots support, Sunni Muslims turning against al-Qaeda and its messianic, dualistic way of looking at the world. It hasn't gone unnoticed in the Middle East that al-Qaeda has killed more Muslims than nonbelievers. Or that al-Qaeda has failed to take an inch of ground in the name of Islam. With this kind of record how could the Iraqis not turn against al-Qaeda...
...March 1999, the 84-foot radio telescope was badly damaged in a storm, and in 2007 it was torn down. The search, however, continues for Horowitz, who has moved on to optical SETI, using a 72-inch optical telescope for his current project...
...tuna can be trickier to deal with. "You look at a fish wrong," he says, "and they keel over." Still, he has no doubt he'll succeed. "We have run the marathon," he says. "We're stepping into the stadium. Even if we fall now, we will crawl inch by inch...
...developed in jail. "He has this need to fill his canvases with as much as he can," Weber says, "because he may not have another chance." In a recent painting of his adopted home, for instance, Htein Lin depicts London as a chaotic welter of traffic and pedestrians. Every inch of the canvas is covered with color, as though the artist is unsure who will donate the next sarong or smuggle him the next smudge of paint. It's a subtle reminder that being out of prison isn't the same as being free...