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...Experts continue to debate the extent to which bin Laden and Zawahiri-both believed to be in a mountainous region in northern Pakistan along the Afghan border-maintain operational control over al-Qaeda cells around the world. But their messages demonstrate that nearly five years after the September 11 attacks, despite being on the run with $25 million U.S. bounties on their heads, they are up to date on current events and remain able to communicate their views to a global audience with apparent efficiency and ease...
...rifle near it, repeatedly circled it in a boat, and dazzled it with a spotlight. Says one ranger: "That croc has behaved itself ever since." But not all experts endorse such tactics. At Charles Darwin University in Darwin, Professor Graham Webb, who pioneered crocodile research and management in the Northern Territory, says unpleasant encounters with humans make the reptiles much harder to spot. "All it will do is make them wary," he says. "And you won't see them - so you'll think it's safe to go swimming...
...northern migration has taken its toll on nuclear family life in towns like Tuxpan. Countless men have girlfriends in the north, while their wives and children remain in the south. And the women left behind in Mexico are faced with the same temptations. Workers in the U.S. regard this threat with black humor. The idea that there's a guy who's back home in Mexico drinking your beer, sleeping with your wife and spending your hard-earned money looms large in their mythology. He has even been given a name: Sancho. Taking a break from sodding a lawn...
...anti-immigration advocates, the episode is typical of the leniency on both the northern and southern borders that is killing the system. Their outrage was directed at Mexico's National Human Rights Commission last week for its plan--scrapped a few days later--to distribute maps showing safe routes into the U.S. For Gabriel, however, the prospect of creeping and crawling through the woods just to reach his wife and two children in New York is humiliating. "I've got 15 years here," he says. "And crossing like that makes you feel like trash, like you're worth nothing...
...Finally, there are three restaurants that gastronomes shouldn't miss. The one-year-old Stone Park Café, tel: (1-718) 369 0082, serves a daring menu that includes tempura oysters and marrow bones; Convivium Osteria, tel: (1-718) 857 1833, marries Spanish, Italian and Portuguese dishes; and the Northern Italian Al di La, tel: (1-718) 783 4565, which is famous for its tripe appetizer, is the epitome of a cozy neighborhood restaurant. Do note that Al di La doesn't take reservations, so if you want to be sure of a table, get there early. With...