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...battle of the subcontinental spooks is played out across the region, with the ISI and RAW busily trying to foil each other's machinations in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. They seldom do the dirty work themselves, relying instead on henchmen who are gangsters, separatist chiefs and extremists inside each other's borders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India vs. Pakistan | 4/29/2002 | See Source »

...Pakistani intelligence were not sure which of the houses might be harboring Zubaydah. During their month-long stay in Faisalabad, the al-Qaeda agents seldom, if ever, left their houses, even to pray at nearby mosques. But telephone and computer wiretaps had given the agents a strong hunch that Zubaydah was hiding in Shabaz Cottage, a monolithic gray villa in the suburb of Faisal Town. With high stone walls topped by vines of barbed and electric wires, the three-story place was bounded on two sides by grassy fields, which afforded a good view of anyone approaching...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Anatomy Of A Raid | 4/15/2002 | See Source »

...Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CFA), together with the Harvard Observatory, will be hosting a series of “Star Parties” to enjoy this planetary alignment, which seldom happens in the Northern Hemisphere...

Author: By Lesley W. Ma, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Astrophysics Center To Host Stargazing | 4/10/2002 | See Source »

...Would it be worth the expense? (Hayward charges $225, on top of the grocery bill, for about 15 family meals.) How tasty would the food be? Would friends in their neighborhood--affluent but hardly overrun by servants--view the Bachas with disdain? "It sounded pretentious," says Sarah. But she seldom has time to indulge her own passion for cooking, and Hayward's services give her more time with her family. "We're not rushing around every night to pull something together...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Working Families: Personal Chefs | 4/8/2002 | See Source »

...Pakistani intelligence were not sure which of the houses might be harboring Zubaydah. During their month-long stay in Faisalabad, the al-Qaeda agents seldom, if ever, left their houses, even to pray at nearby mosques. But telephone and computer wiretaps had given the agents a strong hunch that Zubaydah was hiding in Shabaz Cottage, a monolithic gray villa in the suburb of Faisal Town. With high stone walls topped by vines of barbed and electric wires, the three-story place was bounded on two sides by grassy fields, which afforded a good view of anyone approaching...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Anatomy of a Raid | 4/8/2002 | See Source »

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