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...unknown man like Abouhalima (''Mahmud the Red'') is considered a threat to the entire world and deserves a TIME cover, then you will have to issue an encyclopedia to focus on the macrothreats to the U.S. and other countries. Murat Sinag Berkeley, California...
...Beyond that, Soviet militia units and troops man watchtowers and checkpoints along a 60-mile perimeter. Despite the elaborate surveillance, two elderly women reportedly managed to hide in their Pripyat homes for more than a month after the accident. Eventually they were found and hospitalized. Their present condition is unknown. All told, about 100,000 people from the Chernobyl vicinity will have to be monitored for the rest of their lives for signs of cancer. Among the most seriously injured were 300 plant workers and firemen, 24 of whom have already died. According to the Soviet press, there were others...
...second-to-last prisoner being held; after serving 25 years of a 30- year sentence; from a Havana prison. Montero Duque flew to Florida with aides of Senator Edward Kennedy; with others, Kennedy was credited with effecting the release. The prospects for the remaining prisoner, Ramon Conte Hernandez, are unknown...
...known French lawyers and spent more than two decades at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, including seven years as its director. Some of what he's doing at the Louvre is experimental, he acknowledges - including the Abu Dhabi project, which he calls "a leap into the unknown." People often ask if he's planning to brand museums elsewhere, but Loyrette says he won't even contemplate other such projects until it's clear how well this one goes. (The Louvre Abu Dhabi is scheduled to open in 2013.) Still, he's a fervent advocate of sharing...
...unknown will be to what extent weather helps. When the wind blows strong out of the north, Beijing's skies can clear quickly. But when there is no breeze, the city's northern and western hills can easily trap pollution. Last August a four-day car-restriction test resulted in only modest improvements, which the Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau blamed on the lack of a breeze. But unlike the 2006 and 2007 tests, which ran for just three and four days, respectively, this year's limitations will have been in place for nearly three weeks when the Olympics kick...