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...Bogalay, a town of more than 50,000 people, is a five-to six-hour journey by car or motorbike from the old capital of Rangoon. The road passes through a shattered landscape. The 120 m.p.h winds uprooted trees, snapped concrete poles carrying power lines, and blew the tops off the golden pagodas. Structures of brick and concrete are missing their roofs. Houses of wood or straw are all but destroyed. In stricken delta towns like Kungyangon, Dedaye and Pyapon, almost every structure is damaged, many beyond repair. In Bogalay itself, no building is untouched. The streets are flanked...
...clearly point to the Mercedes. "We have been able to pinpoint Odyssey's operations in international waters, and confirm that they were working where the Battle of Cape Saint Mary occurred," says Goold, referring to the 1804 battle in which a British warship fired upon the Mercedes and blew it up. "The artifacts that remain are spilled in a way consistent with an explosion. There's only one ship that fits that description." Stemm contests Goold's conclusion. "He is either trying to twist the historical records," the Odyssey CEO says, "or he has not reviewed them...
...that "We're being held hostage by extremists from both sides." In Afghanistan, one fellow says of OBL, "If we find him, we'll tear him apart." Then Spurlock asks an old man about bin Laden's whereabouts. "Who is he?" is the reply. Spurlock says, "The guy who blew up the buildings in America." The old man practically spits it out: "F--- him." After a moment, he adds, "And f--- America...
Good idea: but then Hamas blew up the border wall between Gaza and Egypt, making themselves, not Abbas or Israel, real liberators in the eyes of many Arabs and Palestinians, and making a paper-only deal seem like just that. Though Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice continues to work the issue ahead of Bush's trip to celebrate Israel's 60th anniversary in mid-May, even White House spokesperson Dana Perino admits, "We have a hell of a lot of work...
...performance.SAN DIEGO 14, HARVARD 4Harvard started the game red hot. A two-run single by junior Harry Douglas and an RBI by sophomore Dan Zailskas—who had three knocks on the day—put the Crimson up 3-0. In the third, however, the Toreros blew up with seven runs off freshman starter Zach Hofeld. San Diego then tallied four more against freshman Anthony Nutter in the next inning. The Toreros recorded 11 hits on the day and took advantage of walks and hit batsmen to score their runs. The Harvard pitching staff walked five San Diego...