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...Also, Swiss law treats seriously its obligations not to repatriate asylum seekers who claim their lives would be in danger in their home countries. "When these guys get here, they already know how the system works and how to pull the strings," agent Martin says. Even when police do swoop - they intercepted 1,175 African dealers last year, compared with 581 in 2000 - "they're only out of circulation for a few hours," Séchaud says. "In any case, these guys are not deterred by the idea of imprisonment. For them, a stay in a Swiss prison is like...
...available for $88 from www.dollsanddarlings.com. A pattern once appropriate only on Grandfather’s coat has quickly become a popular bikini design over the past several years. “Getting our bikini on Kate Moss cut the average age of our customers 30 years in one fell swoop,” Rose Marie Bravo, the woman behind the magical Burberry transformation, recently told Time Magazine...
...Manhattan. Opened by Rande Gerber, a.k.a. Mr. Cindy Crawford, Whiskey Park attracts the wealthy, the beautiful and the famous. The bar has two rooms, a smaller and more intimate lounge perfect for lingering over cocktails and a larger livelier one with a DJ spinning hot tracks. Deep mahogany bars swoop through both rooms as glittering stools and faux-fur pillows adorn plush sofas. Call ahead and reserve a table so you won’t have to wait for service with the other plebeians...
BRITAIN Antiterror Swoop A court in Leicester charged two Algerian men with involvement in the al-Qaeda network and police arrested another 17 in the largest crackdown on U.K. terror suspects since Sept. 11. Nine people were detained under new antiterrorism legislation, while another eight were held for possible immigration offenses. Police said the latest arrests were not directly linked to Sept. 11, but one of the two remanded in custody, Baghdad Meziane, faces charges of directing and financing undisclosed al-Qaeda operations and inciting an act of terrorism abroad...
...This will really bring in one fell swoop a highly regarded professional program to the Arboretum that is very consistent with our mission,” Cook said...