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Born on Dec. 28, 1982, in Mombasa, Kenya, while her parents were on vacation there, Smith spent her first eight years in Somalia and then moved to Luxembourg, where she graduated from the European School of Luxembourg. Her family moved to France after she came to Harvard in the fall...
...home crowds over heavily favored Australia. Most of the upset so far, though, centers on the eight opening-round matches scheduled to be played in Zimbabwe and Kenya. New Zealand refused to play in Kenya, citing security concerns stemming from last year's suicide bomb attack on a Mombasa tourist hotel, and warnings of possible further terrorist actions. And, up to opening day, the English and Australian teams were still discussing the possibility of refusing to play in Zimbabwe, where President Robert Mugabe has become an international pariah because of his repressive regime. Government officials protest that Britain has blown...
Your columnist Michael Elliott IS concerned that the Mombasa and Bali bombings will have a devastating effect on tourism, especially on backpacker travel [GLOBAL AGENDA, DEC. 16]. Having been a backpacker for a number of years, I know there is a distinction between tourists and backpacking travelers. Backpackers try to speak the local language; we use the same means of transportation locals use; we eat the same food. I don't think backpackers will be staying at home. We will just have to adapt and try to avoid large gatherings of Westerners. CHARLES HENRY Brussels
These days "getting away" is easier said than done. Ask the Israelis who arrived at the Paradise Hotel in Mombasa just as bombs exploded there, killing three of them, or the passengers on the charter flight from Mombasa to Tel Aviv who barely escaped death by surface-to-air missile. Following the horror of the Bali bombings in October, the attacks in Kenya confirm that tourists are now in the terrorists' cross hairs. Soft targets, that euphemism of the month, seem to be softest when they're wearing shorts or sinking a few brews...
Terrorism doesn't lend itself to easy gradations of tragedy. But for me, the deliberate attempt to kill tourists--and those who work with them, like the local dancers murdered in the Mombasa bombing--is among the most distressing developments of the past year. Taking aim at resorts in the developing world hurts those who can least afford it. In many poor countries, tourism is the fastest-growing sector of the economy and the one that offers the easiest pathway from poverty to a better and happier life. In Kenya, tourism employs about 500,000 people and, with the collapse...