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...gleaming white labs on Manhattan's West Side, a team of perfumers recently set out to create a new fragrance that would strike sniffers as imaginative, passionate, dynamic and "human." The three most promising bouquets were consumer tested in China, Brazil, Russia, Thailand, Germany and the U.S.--and then tweaked some more. The result, a fresh, fruity aroma, won't be dabbed behind the ears of fashionistas or sold on the shelves of chic department stores. But if you visit the Samsung Experience store in New York City--or, soon, if you open up a Samsung Electronics package or pamphlet...
Surakiart Sathirathai, deputy prime minister of Thailand and Harvard Law School (HLS) alum, may be the next Secretary-General of the United Nations...
Sathirathai was awarded a Masters of Laws degree in 1982 and a Doctor of Juridical Science degree in 1985 from HLS, after attending Chulalongkorn University in Thailand and earned his economics degree at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University...
...Ministry of Agriculture did announce last week that it would begin culling infected birds, as Thailand and Vietnam do, rather than simply vaccinating them. (Vaccinated poultry may continue to spread the H5N1 virus.) But while the government insists it's doing all it can to control the disease, some are taking preparations into their own hands. One Australian bank has drawn up its own contingency plans for an outbreak and is stocking up on the antiviral drug Tamiflu. When it comes to keeping bird flu at bay, says a bank executive, "We have no faith in the government...
...Isamuddin, the top terror operative better known as Hambali, to "pick [Khan] up, feed him, house him and take care of him," the source says. "He was checking out the places, trying to see how much funding was needed to keep the jihad going." Hambali, who was arrested in Thailand in August 2003, had extremely close links to al-Qaeda's leadership and acted as operations chief for Jemaah Islamiah (J.I.), the militant network credited with several bombings in the region, including the October 12, 2002 attack in Bali, Indonesia that killed 202 people. On Khan's first visit...