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Before her husband was taken by a crocodile, amateur naturalist Glenda Jefferies very likely filmed his killer. From the banks of the Normanby River, on Australia's remote Cape York Peninsula, she and husband Barry frequently videotaped the large saltwater crocodiles that prowl the waterways of Lakefield National Park. Last August, on one of their regular expeditions, Glenda dropped a lens cap into the water. As she retrieved it, a large crocodile approached. Police believe that later that day, as the couple ventured out in a small canoe to fish in the river, the same reptile appeared again. Barry...
...people around the world find Coca-Cola to be enticingly sweet, but the University of Michigan’s recent behavior in dealing with Coke should leave a sickeningly bitter taste in the mouths of more responsible institutions. Two groups, Corporate Accountability International and the Campaign to Stop Killer Coke have accused the company of complicity in the deaths of eight union leaders and the continuing harassment of union workers in Colombia. According to the Campaign to Stop Killer Coke, which is run by the International Labor Rights Fund (ILRF) and the Colombian labor union SINALTRAINAL, among other trade unions...
EPITAFIOS HBO SIGNATURE, WEDNESDAYS, 9 P.M. E.T. A psychiatrist compliments a killer who arranges elaborate tableaus at his murder sites: "He created a symbolic space full of metaphors." True of this serial killer, and true of this killer serial. Dark, operatic and visually rich, this Argentine drama derives its suspense from its willingness to do anything--including killing off cops who are central to the story. The indispensable star of a crime show, Epitafios understands, is the criminal...
...Even if Zawahiri were to have been killed in the strike, Coleman believes his loss would not be a crippling blow to al-Qaeda. Zawahiri is certainly a radicalized, visceral killer, driven by "a deep-down hatred" honed by his experiences in an Egyptian prison. Coleman believes the Egyptian contingent of al-Qaeda demonstrated a bloodlust unusual even among the committed jihadists. Many graduates of Qaeda camps had no qualms about carrying out bombings, but few matched the Egyptians' readiness to spill blood up close, through shootings and stabbings. "The Egyptians were always more doers than talkers," says Coleman. "They...
...Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, he plays Pete Perkins, a ranch foreman whose Mexican friend Melquiades is killed by a hotheaded border-patrol guard (Barry Pepper). As an act of respect, Pete vows to return Mel's body home; as a moral lesson, he resolves to take the killer with him. At riflepoint...