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...Khalid Al-Midhar, an alleged hijacker of American Flight 77, was filmed by the CIA at a January 2000 meeting of suspected terrorists in Kuala Lumpur--an event also attended by a man linked to the bombing of the U.S.S. Cole, believed to be a bin Laden attack...
...part of the Soviet Union or Thailand, where corruption at the airport is endemic, the U.S. is a model of tightness. But compared with the top airports in Europe and Asia, the U.S. continues to lag. In India, only ticketed passengers can enter the terminal. Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur put international bags through a rigorous screening process. And in Europe, upstart budget carrier Ryanair bans most carry-on luggage...
...Manser and a friend tried to enter Malaysia from Singapore as part of a plan to buzz the Commonwealth Games, held that year in Kuala Lumpur, with a motorized hang glider. He was recognized at the border and turned back. The two men considered trying to swim across the Johor Straits, says his companion Jacques Christinet, but abandoned the plan when they realized the journey would involve a 25-km swim and passage through a swamp. A subsequent attempt to get into Sarawak by rowing a dingy from an Indonesian island had to be abandoned when Manser's campaign office...
...soon as he landed, Manser was arrested and deported. Media coverage was spotty. While awaiting deportation in a Kuala Lumpur prison, his jailers were amused to see that Manser spent his time playing with the knitted lamb. A serious campaign for the rights and livelihoods of the Penan had descended into farce...
...smaller than Westerners, so we're less uncomfortable in airplane seats," she says. For those airlines that are taking action, the mood is aggressively defensive. Following the WHO conference, the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines, which represents 18 carriers, held a closed-door meeting on DVT in Kuala Lumpur. Director general Richard Strickland cited a "wide gap" between anecdotes and the evidence and said the organization wants to "sift speculation and rumor from fact." Strickland stressed his members would follow the who's eventual recommendations. Until then, "our first priority is passenger well-being, our second is to prevent unnecessary...