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...Another heinous act of terrorism has been committed in India. A great tragedy, apart from the loss of a large number of innocent lives, was the killing of the chief of the local Anti-Terrorism Squad, Hemant Karkare. He had been leading investigations into earlier bomb blasts that had uncovered evidence suggesting the complicity of Hindu extremists, including politicians and a serving Army officer. His investigation, which had given a new twist to the discourse on terrorism in India, is another casualty. T. Maryam, New Delhi...
...been committed in India [The World, Dec. 8]. It is disgusting to observe that our political leaders, instead of rising above political lines in the fight against this common evil and cooperating in the investigations, indulge in political oneupmanship with an eye on the forthcoming elections. A great tragedy, apart from the loss of a large number of innocent lives, is the killing of the chief of the Anti-Terrorism Squad, Hemant Karkare. He was heading up the investigations into earlier bomb blasts and had started to reveal some startling information on the complicity of some very high-profile...
Ultimately, ordinary Greeks will make their political judgment based on both the outbreak of anarchist violence and the actions of the government. Thus far, apart from the still unclear circumstances of the Dec. 6 fatal shooting, the police have mostly taken defensive tactics. But the protests, which harken back to the anti-globalization mix of violence and civil disobedience of Seattle in 1999 and Genoa in 2001, don't appear to be ending any time soon. Protesters say the use of online social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace have helped organize street demonstrations, as well as the more high...
Four months earlier, the medics had raced to the scene of a shooting, only to find the victim dead from blood loss, ripped apart by bullets from an AK-47. After an initial review, they left the scene--unaware that the dead man clutched an unpinned grenade beneath him, an explosive the military later defused. "If the medics had just moved the body a little, the grenade could have exploded," says ambulance chief González. "Not even a bulletproof jacket could save them from that. The only way we are going to be safer is if this violence calms down...
...fair!"--the sense of tradition seems innate, as if we are born knowing that sacraments tie us together and make us whole. They are a part of a moral diet that we need to attend to, especially now when so many forces conspire to pull us farther apart. How many things this precious cost this little...