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...will likely be days before investigators come up with an answer, but the immediate assumption of many of those at the scene was that it could only have been an inside job. The bomb went off in the car park of the compound, which houses the police academy and the offices of Hassan Ali, the U.S.-appointed police chief. Although his office was damaged, he was not in the building at the time. Unconfirmed reports said one policeman was killed and 20 injured...
...plenty of us who are cognizant of these issues, but you get knuckleheads everywhere," says Hack. Hueco Tanks State Historic Site, 30 miles northeast of El Paso, Texas, for example, was a popular destination for climbers until graffiti was found in the early '90s on some of the park's ancient rock art, and park officials severely restricted climbing. "Hueco was a wake-up call," says climber Tim Janke, 42. "If we fail to be good stewards, we'll lose what we have...
...impact is more immediate because there is a lot of activity at the base of the rocks," says Scott Fischer, climbing ranger at Joshua Tree National Park. He sees vegetation crushed by crash pads being dragged between sites, multiple trails created across the desert surface and an abundance of "micro trash"--climbing tape, bottle tops, cigarette butts...
...Strolling in Golden Gate Park, Amir watches a pair of kites overhead and recalls his childhood friend and servant, Hassan, who is a Hazara, one of Afghanistan's persecuted minorities. The boys are inseparable, but their friendship is fraught with tension. Amir is quiet, bookish and jealous of the attention his father bestows on the athletic, courageous Hassan. Angry and frustrated, he plays cruel jokes on his friend, guiltily justifying them on the basis of Hassan's low status: "Because history isn't easy to overcome. I was a Pashtun and he was a Hazara, and nothing was ever going...
...bullies who make him an offer: leave the kite or pay for it with his body. Bound by loyalty, Hassan chooses the kite. Amir stumbles upon the scene and watches mutely, too cowardly to stop them raping his best friend. "Looking back now," he muses from Golden Gate Park, "I realize I have been peeking into that deserted alley for the last 26 years...