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...sponsoring attacks on foreign troops and their Afghan allies. But last week he sent a gloating videotape to a news station in the Pakistani border city of Peshawar, jauntily recounting the near misses by U.S. troops tracking him. On one occasion, he says, he survived by climbing up a mountain barely 200 yards from where U.S. soldiers were searching a house. "We were in a neighboring house and could hear the voices of the Americans," he said, "but they couldn't find...
...left his sat-phone behind, and according to Afghan security officials, a local laborer had apparently switched it on. Outside Wazir's house, nine children were shooting marbles in the dirt. Around 10:30 a.m., villagers saw the Warthog circle once over the house, vanish behind a mountain and come roaring back, firing what villagers said were 35 explosive rounds. Each was powerful enough to destroy a tank. The children were in the pilot's field of attack. There was little left of them except the marbles, a few shredded prayer caps and small pools of blood...
...tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan saw its last major war in 1865, when Bhutanese troops wielded rhinoceros-skin shields in a skirmish with the British Army. Since then the mountain nation has been so tranquil that a few years back King Jigme Singye Wangchuck ordered the dismantling of the country's sole traffic light, saying it was superfluous on such peaceful roads...
Their gripes are familiar to beleaguered Disney shareholders, who recall Eisner's wonder years like a ride on Space Mountain. Eisner had a terrific run from 1984 through '98, when profits grew from $291 million to $1.85 billion. He expanded the theme parks, heavily marketed Disney merchandise, turned the studios into tight-budget, live-action hit factories and presided with Jeffrey Katzenberg over a rebirth of Disney's animation franchise that produced such crown jewels as The Lion King. Investors from Warren Buffett to the Bass family latched on as the stock soared 3,598% during those 14 golden years...
...nothing rustic about the accommodations. Stone fireplaces and butler service are part of the mix. With a daily cap of 6,000 skiers, Deer Valley's slopes are uncrowded and meticulously groomed; the on-slope cuisine is outstanding. The Olympic legacy is more visible at the neighboring park city mountain resort, where the eagle superpipe (wider and taller than a half-pipe) offers some whiplash spectating as snowboarders try to prove that gravity is for wimps. Park City is as much a pedestrian town as it is a ski town, with restaurants, bars and shops an easy walk for tired...