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...Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, ridden a camel in India and an ostrich in New Zealand, and gone shark-cage diving in South Africa. Melvoin has already cruised through 19 countries, with three more to go before coming back to the States. But those not lucky enough to take such a jet-set gap year can get in on the fun vicariously through www.whereischarlie.com, a professional-looking website that boasts hundreds of blog posts and photo galleries tracking the traveler across the globe. With 40,000 visitors, the site has gotten international attention. “It’s so cool...
Mohammed Elbaradei , the U.N.'S point man on nuclear proliferation, plans to jet to Iran this week to urge its government to cooperate with a U.N. probe into its nuclear program. The Security Council, which relied in part on information the U.S. extracted from a single laptop computer that purportedly belonged to an Iranian engineer, gave Iran until April 28 to comply with the investigation. But a senior Bush Administration official tells TIME that there remain "substantial uncertainties" about the state of Tehran's nuclear program. "Iran is a very hard target," he concedes. "The truth is, if a country...
That is superficially plausible. Burkle had invested $100 million in the Sean John clothing line fronted by Sean (Puffy [P. Diddy (Diddy)]) Combs and might--just might--have been interested in Stern's fledgling Skull & Bones brand. Stern also claims that Burkle, a jet-setter (he owns a Boeing 757, which pal Bill Clinton dubbed Ron Air), has no media "structure" to run interference. Stern would fill that role--and part of his job would be to keep Burkle's name out of the column he wrote for. A simple business proposition: You scratch my back, I won't scratch...
LEAVING ON A JET PLANE...
...SUED. JET LI, 42, charismatic Chinese martial-arts star; by the descendants of Qing-dynasty kung fu master Huo Yuanjia, whom Li portrayed in the recent film Fearless; in Beijing. Huo's relatives say that the movie contains many inaccuracies about his life?for example, that he killed innocent people for sport?and maligns the family's reputation. The suit, which also names as defendants the movie's producers and distributors, calls for the film to be pulled from theaters and a public apology to be issued...