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...always ready to share a smile. The attendants even remember passengers' names. "This is what flying should be like," says American tourist Karen Richards, between sips of Sukhothai Airport's signature welcome drink of iced lemongrass tea. "It's nice to feel human again, not part of a cattle roundup...
...fails to create an effective deterrent to terror attacks, Arafat will be left alone to face the wrath of Ariel Sharon. But the Palestinian leader insists that this will be possible only when the Israelis withdraw from PA territory. The PA roundly condmened the Megiddo attack, and ordered a roundup of Islamic Jihad militants. The Bush administration condemned the attack and said it underscored the urgency of reforming the PA security forces. But neither the roundup announced by the PA nor the Bush administration's emphasis on rebuilding PA security structures are likely to impress the Israeli leadership...
...along with his wife and three bodyguards) and Borsellino (killed in a similar attack two months later), organized crime experts say the Mob is quietly developing a very different look from the one on stage at Palermo's rowdy trials. If a similar mass roundup were mounted today - unlikely since evidence and turncoat witnesses have dried up - the usual ensemble of toughs with colorful nicknames and brass knuckles would certainly be on hand. But the modern Mob is transforming itself, and two new character types are emerging: the college graduate in a tailored suit who wields nothing sharper than...
AFGHANISTAN Roundup As the first 600 members of the new Afghan multi-ethnic National Guard completed their training, the need for it became apparent. The government ordered the arrest of more than 200 political opponents. The detainees, said to be supporters of the anti-Western warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, were accused of conspiring to mount a terror campaign against the government of interim leader Hamid Karzai...
...flock's forgiveness for protecting Geoghan.) He answered my questions quietly but surprised me often with his scatological language, which I surmised he used to show indignation. He said that while the Cardinal's new zero-tolerance policy may seem a good thing, the swiftness and size of the roundup were tantamount to a witch hunt. Father Spagnolia was not convinced that he would win in the end--"I think I'm screwed"--but he was heartened by the support of Lowell and of his fellow priests. "A lot have called saying they're glad I have the balls...