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Bangkok-based filmmaker/activist Ing Kanjanavanit isn't appeased. "This battle isn't just over one cove on a small remote island; it's over the institution of our National Park Act itself," she says. "For 10 years the government tried to defang it and open up parks for tourism de-velopment. In this case, the studio's agenda and the government's agenda met." Kanjanavanit, who can no longer speak about The Beach situation without crying, says families and friends on the neighboring island Phi Phi Don have split over the controversy. She's right about that. "Many people...
...Senate may soon be hearing a proposal that airlines and airports take special measures to educate passengers about the 1994 sex-tourism law, which prohibits Americans from traveling abroad for sex with minors. It is punishable by 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. "We are weeding out the hard-core child molesters who get on planes, spend thousands of dollars and rape these children," says Jim Nagle, the senior U.S. customs agent investigating sex tourism. "Are we being the world's sex police? No. But if you're an American who is violating this law, we will...
Hersh has pleaded innocent to all charges and has challenged the sex-tourism law's constitutionality. Says his lawyer David Tucker: "It's a troubling statute because it criminalizes conduct which may not be illegal in other countries. If you're in France and driving under the influence of alcohol, do we have a right to prosecute you when you get home?" But even if Hersh wins on constitutional grounds, he faces charges of smuggling a minor into the country for sex, possession of child pornography and passport fraud...
...Some colleges guide their students down clear-cut paths; Harvard leaves theirs in the middle of a forest without a compass and sees if they can survive long enough to find their ways out. By contrast, Bay State College trains students in fashion, business and hospitality and tourism. It creates future travel agents and flight attendants. There is hope for expanding one's horizons beyond the Sanders/Sever bubble-for those willing to take the weight and pay the rate...
...middle section and the wings can be adjusted according to the mission the plane is undertaking. And because Proteus can fly so high (about 65,000 ft.) and for so long, potential missions are manifold: atmospheric research, reconnaissance and--designer Burt Rutan hopes--launching vehicles for space tourism. Proteus has the body of an insect but the heart of a jumbo...