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...Philippines at the time. But after the death of Abu Sayyaf's founder Abdurajak Janjalani in a firefight with police in August 1998, its religious and political goals were dropped in favor of kidnapping for ransom. The group was paid millions of dollars by the governments of Malaysia, Libya, Germany and France to release hostages seized from a Malaysian diving resort in April 2000. In 2001, Abu Sayyaf kidnapped three Americans and 17 Filipinos from a resort in the Philippines; two of the American hostages and one Filipino died...
...While the new threat may be overblown, one concern is that possessing a nuclear-armed sub might make Pyongyang even less willing to freeze its nuclear weapons program. Pyongyang scoffed at a U.S. suggestion last month that it follow Libya's example by abandoning its nukes, calling the American offer a "sham." And the North has canceled high-level talks with Seoul, accusing it of kidnapping the 468 North Korean defectors who arrived in the South last week via Vietnam. Another round of multilateral talks on the North's nuclear program is due to start in September, but the chances...
LIFESTYLE: Buying a vacation home; traveling to Libya...
...Barbary States of North Africa--Algiers, Tunis, Morocco and Tripoli (today's Libya)--had for centuries sustained themselves by preying on the maritime commerce of others. Income was raised by direct theft, the extortion of bribes or "protection" and the capture of crews and passengers to be used as slaves. The historian Robert Davis, in his book Christian Slaves, Muslim Masters: White Slavery in the Mediterranean, the Barbary Coast and Italy, 1500-1800, estimates that as many as 1.25 million Europeans and Americans were enslaved. The Barbary raiders--so called because they were partly of Berber origin--struck...
Even as the U.S. is clamping down on trips to Cuba, another forbidden land is opening up. The thaw in relations with Libya includes a lifting of travel restrictions, and this North African nation is becoming a hot spot for American travelers. The accommodations aren't exactly five star (yet), but the rewards can be great. The country contains ancient Tuareg settlements and some of the best Roman ruins outside Italy. Obtaining a visa can be tough, so for now it's best to go with a tour operator, like Mountain Travel Sobek, which led the first U.S. tour group...