African clawless otters (Aonyx congicus and A. capensis) occupy murky waterways and thus rely more on manual dexterity than on vision to obtain food (mostly crabs) from under rocks.
Paragliders, the lightest of powered aircraft, occupy a murky regulatory zone.
Even by the standards of hedge fund managers, whose activities are often shrouded in secrecy, Mr. Vavilov occupies uniquely murky territory — at the intersection of shadowy Russian oil riches and fast money on Wall Street.
These partnerships occupy a murky world, filled with self-proclaimed authorities, where an architect can put a shopping mall in an old train station and pass himself off as an expert on infrastructure (retail specialist space planner would be more like it).
Yet even by Afghan standards, Hezb-i-Islami occupies a particularly murky corner of the political and military landscape.
Murky business Occupied land Let them eat yellowcake ReprintsFor those who do not trust their own burning eyes and scratchy throats, other sources of information are available.
Murky business Occupied land Let them eat yellowcake ReprintsAll that should have been the recipe for a project mired in delays, infighting, empire-building, graft and bad results.
Murky business Occupied land Let them eat yellowcake ReprintsOn Kim Jong Il's death, many North Korea-watchers expected that the country would in effect draw down the blinds to mourn the great man, and shut out the outside world.
Murky business Occupied land Let them eat yellowcake ReprintsMr Weeraraj and Mr Murugananthan spent much of the past few months campaigning on behalf of hundreds of missing Tamils, many of whom were last seen in the custody of the security forces.
Murky business Occupied land Let them eat yellowcake ReprintsAborigines were mentioned cursorily in the constitution, and only to exclude them from the new country built on their tribal lands.
Murky business Occupied land Let them eat yellowcake ReprintsAfter the first accusations in 1998, Mr Anwar spent six years in prison for corruption and sodomy before being cleared of the second charge by the country's supreme court and released in 2004.
