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...DIED. H. NAGAPPA, 66, former minister in the southern state of Karnataka; from a bullet through the heart after being kidnapped in August by India's most wanted criminal, the elusive forest-dwelling bandit Koose Muniswamy Veerappan; in the Chengdi forests, India. Veerappan claims Nagappa was killed during a shootout with the police, but the authorities dismiss that as unlikely, saying he was shot at close range...
...There are no elections in Palestine—you vote for Arafat or you get in a bullet in the back of your head,” said Dershowitz, who has recently made headlines as a vocal supporter of Israel. “It is crucial that Palestine establish some sort of democracy—democracies do not wage war against civilians, tyrannies...
...have to bite the bullet,” said Fitzgerald School Principal Chris Augusta-Scott. “There’s no easy...
...Large-scale stores are rare in Japan, so if you go shopping, chances are good that you'll find yourself in a joint like Yoko Nakamura's general store in Kamimoku, a hot springs resort hamlet of about 800 people, an hour and a half north of Tokyo by bullet train. Nakamura, the 73-year-old granddaughter-in-law of the store's founder, runs the place with two of her sons and their wives, selling beer and liquor, cigarettes, canned goods, toiletries and candy. Her store couldn't be more picturesque, with worn wood floors, shelves of sake that...
...governments bolster their defenses against terror, the terrorists will go after ever-softer targets. When you cannot fight your foe on the battlefield, you will hit his embassies. If they are hidden behind concrete walls, you will hit his banks. If they are protected by bullet-proof glass and armored plating, you will hit his schools, his hospitals, his resort hotels, his commercial airliners. And If the terrorists cannot board a U.S. airliner with box-cutters, they may be able to target it with surface-to-air missiles...