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...helicopter. "The crash scene was still and seemed oddly, pitifully small to represent such a major disaster," he reported. "The body of the jet had crashed through trees, uprooting them as they tore the plane apart. Stripped and blackened trees were still smoldering, and small fires could be seen amid surprisingly tiny pieces of debris. There was no sign of life. No bodies were visible. But this was deceptive. The plane had broken apart, and major parts of it, as well as its human cargo, had been flung into the ravines and gullies on either side of the narrow ridge...
...from the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board and a group of experts from the Boeing Co. in Seattle. Initial speculation that the rear cabin door, mentioned by the crew over the radio, may have broken loose and struck the tail above it was abandoned when the door was found amid the wreckage on Mount Osutaka, still firmly attached to a part of the fuselage...
...never met anyone who wears the clothes she makes. For nearly two years the 20-year-old rice farmer's daughter has worked at the Chaida Garment Factory in the steamy southern Chinese city of Kaiping, stitching seams on winter jackets for such companies as Timberland. Amid the clatter of sewing machines, surrounded by mountains of down vests headed for the U.S., Liu tries to imagine the people whose wardrobes have given her a job. "They must be very tall and very rich," she muses. "But beyond that, I really can't picture what their lives are like...
...assure you, I will never surrender." GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO, President of the Philippines, rejecting calls for her to resign amid allegations of election fraud...
Online dating has boomed into a $500 million industry. But as sites for singles multiply, the old one-size-fits-all approach seems hopelessly dated. Amid such innovations as romantic search engines and cell-phone coupling, here's a look at some new trends at the heart of today's digital romance...