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...Lebanon. Patriot anti-missile batteries have been deployed near Haifa, Israel's second-largest city, 40 kilometers south of the Lebanese border. Even airlines flying into Israel have been instructed to ensure that all passengers are seated half an hour before landing to protect against a 9/11-style hijacking and aerial attack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel and Hizballah on High Alert | 2/24/2008 | See Source »

...lined up on deck in the traditional farewell. Spectators in boats accompanying the Invincible searched for a glimpse of Prince Andrew, 22, second in line to the throne and a helicopter pilot. The decks of the Invincible and the Hermes were jammed with munitions and the latest in British aerial fighting gear: vertical-takeoff Harrier attack aircraft and Sea King helicopters. Some 2,000 Royal Marines, the nucleus of an assault group, were also aboard the ships. Once out on the Atlantic, the carriers were joined by destroyers, frigates and support vessels until the fleet numbered close to 30. Running...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Face-Off on the High Seas | 2/20/2008 | See Source »

...early winter of 1937, Japanese troops, having conquered Shanghai, moved on to envelop Nanking, then the capital of China. After a furious aerial bombardment, they entered the city virtually without opposition. By this time most of its wealthier residents had fled, leaving the city to the poor and to the remnants of the Chinese army. There followed what is probably the most horrific single occurrence in the history of modern warfare, the "rape of Nanking," as it quickly came to be known. Over the course of the next few months the Japanese army essentially became an ungovernable mob, and before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nanking Nightmare | 1/4/2008 | See Source »

...that disintegrated from its own shock wave as it plowed through the atmosphere. (UFO enthusiasts have long been convinced it was a flying saucer that somehow made it across trillions of miles of interstellar space safely, only to blow up above Russia.) The scientific explanation would account for the aerial explosion, and also the fact that no crater has been found...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Asteroid Hurtles Toward Mars | 12/27/2007 | See Source »

...fantasy come true,” says director Karol W. Malik ’08-’09. The play will bring a slice of classical Arabian culture to the Ex: The audience won’t have chairs as seats, but floor cushions, and the cast includes aerial dancers and contortionists. Originally written by famed Arabian writer Twafiq al-Hakim, “Shahrazad” picks up right where the famous “One Thousand and One Nights” leaves off, and attempts to uncover the obscurity behind Shahrazad, the mysterious woman, who captivates...

Author: By Andres A. Arguello, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: New Year, New Theater! | 12/14/2007 | See Source »

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