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Store owner Aliya Wali conceived of the idea for the shop while selling science toys from a pushcart in Downtown Crossing. She says she ventured into the market because interest in sci-fi memorabilia and collectibles has exploded...
...Wali is cashing in on the craze. "At first, I shared one-half of the store with Tropics Jewelry. I did so well that I took over the whole store," she says...
...Wali named the store Man from Atlantis after a long-ago television series. The astronaut outside the store represents the "science fiction pioneer of the future...
Since the store's opening several months ago, business has been brisk, with college and younger adults making up a majority of the customer base, says Wali...
...guerrillas learned that lesson the hard way at Kandahar last week when insurgents of Jamiat-i-Islami broke off attacks on strategic high ground around Baba Wali, a heavily fortified point overlooking the city, after coming under air and artillery barrages from entrenched government forces. An assault by fighters of Yunis Khalis' Hezb-e-Islami last month on outposts screening Jalalabad was similarly thrown back at the cost of as many as 50 mujahedin lives. Such large-scale attacks under heavy fire are something new for the guerrilla forces. Says Abdul Qadir, a senior rebel commander with Khalis: "The mujahedin...