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...been missing for four days after being ambushed by Taliban insurgents during a reconnaissance mission in northeastern Afghanistan. An initial search mission to find the missing SEALs ended in disaster on June 28, when a Chinook helicopter carrying 16 service members was shot down over Kunar province, killing everyone aboard, in one of the deadliest attacks so far on U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Since then, the bodies of two of the missing SEALs have been recovered; another is still classified as missing, though the Taliban claims he was captured and beheaded...
...first blast came at 8:51 a.m. London time aboard an Underground train between Moorgate and Liverpool Street stations, near the city’s financial district. Seven people died in that attack, according to London police...
...last inbound buses and Orange Line trains had departed nearly an hour before, leaving Francis little choice but to embark on a two-mile walk back into Boston—or hop aboard one of Boston’s special “Night Owl” buses...
...Miede’s experience aboard the Silver Line is exactly what MBTA officials claim the newest branch of the T offers—a quicker, less stressful way to get to and from Logan, and one that will also revitalize the South Boston waterfront, and the route will provide a seamless trip from the Square to as far as the South End and Roxbury...
Throughout, Western attention remained focused on Damascus. Both French and U.S. officials recall that the Syrians played a leading role last year in negotiating the release of 39 Americans held hostage aboard a TWA jet in Beirut, and that they helped free three Soviet hostages in Beirut last October. In Washington and Paris, the hope remains that something will come of Assad's promise to work quietly for the release of the Americans and Frenchmen held hostage. Simultaneously, the Hindawi trial is being closely watched to see whether it will yield any conclusive proof that Syria sponsors terrorism. --By Jill...