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...station reported that another headless body was found in the Ritz-Carlton, also operated by an American hotel chain and with the same Indonesian owner. "The bombs could have been on timers or strapped to suicide bombers," says Conboy, author of The Second Front, an examination of Jemaah Islamiah (JI), a homegrown, regional terrorist network with ties to al-Qaeda. "If they were suicide bombers it was most likely the work of religious radicals or Jemaah Islamiah ... the hotel security really screwed...
...wide variety of prizes, including pottery from Texan artist Murry Gans, tickets to the American Repertory Theatre, and select services pledged by many of the club members themselves. The proceeds from the benefit this year will fund the maintenance of the Children’s Home in Bao Ji, Shanxi province, which opened last November. With the help of their major sponsor, the Jenzabar Foundation, the HCC has so far funded surgeries for 40 infants and supported six completed adoptions at this orphanage. Robert A. Maginn, who is the chairman of the Janzabar Foundation, called the fundraiser...
Acquiescence to substandard health care is changing in China, especially where rapid economic progress has improved the financial well-being of the country's growing zhong chan jie ji, or middle class. More and more Chinese are willing to pay for superior health-care services. Their presence, combined with an increased number of expatriates and business travelers, has created a niche opportunity for foreign businesses. Several U.S.-based companies are setting up and managing hospitals and Western-style outpatient clinics through joint ventures with Chinese companies. About half the physicians of such companies are expats--typically from the U.S., Canada...
...harsher scrutiny. Human Rights Watch says there have been at least five cases of the authorities blocking Chinese citizens from staging protests during the Games. A legal activist from southeastern Fujian province was arrested on Aug. 11 after applying to protest corruption and official abuses of power in Beijing. Ji Sizun, 58, hasn't been seen since, the group says. "He posed no threat to social stability or harmony. He wasn't challenging the legitimacy of the government or the Chinese Communist Party," says Kine. "He has a beef about the way the country is being run and where...
...seniority, the 44-year-old has virtually vanished and does not appear to be linked to any recent terror plots, says Jones. Although the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center lists Zulkarnaen as one of al-Qaeda's "point men" in Southeast Asia, Jones doubts he is active in the JI leadership. "What's striking is that he doesn't come up in conversations or interrogations. It's as though he is a non-person...