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...Sharon appears to be flailing in search of a magic bullet to end the violence, Peres can see the prospects of a renewed peace process slipping further beyond reach. That's prompted him to seek out Palestinian leaders for talks, although Sharon insisted that Peres be chaperoned in any discussion by one of Israel's top generals - whose function, presumably, is not simply to ensure the foreign minister's personal protection. Still, Palestinian leaders have dismissed talking to Peres as a waste of time, and in the present mood of outrage, that may not be simply posturing...
...troops have performed their duty energetically. According to locals, riding a bicycle or oxcart on the street in front of ExxonMobil's facilities has become a deadly game of dodge-bullet, with soldiers taking potshots at just about anybody who moves. Those who pass at the wrong time of day are sometimes dragged into ExxonMobil's warehouses and taught a lesson. New military camps have been established at 500-m intervals along the company's pipeline. By night, troops from these camps go to nearby settlements in search of food, women and (sometimes) rebels. If they don't find what...
...campaign featuring China's debonair movie heartthrob, Pu Quanxin. Zhang has also proved to be a clever distributor. He secretly installs a bar code in each PDA so when his reps visit retail shops, they can detect when distributors poach on one another's territory. But Zhang's magic bullet in the PDA wars is a sleek regulation-blue Police PDA. Flip open the lid, press a button and the detailed files of some 300,000 criminal suspects are just a tap away. Given the size of China's vast law-and-order bureaucracy, Zhang hopes eventually to sell several...
...first kiss. Fuming, he went home, got a gun belonging to his grandfather and returned to the school, where he stood outside Grunow?s classroom and demanded to see his girlfriend. Grunow did not take him seriously enough, so he cocked the gun. Then he fired one bullet, which struck Grunow in the head. As his favorite teacher lay dying, Nate...
...Despite the author's even-handed treatment, Veerappan comes across as a calculating and vengeful villain. He carries around a bullet inscribed with the name of the police officer whom he holds responsible for the death of his brother and fellow gang member, Arjunan. In one of the book's more chilling anecdotes, he kills and then, drawing a sickle from his bag, graphically beheads a forest officer who had built a local school and clinic and tried to wean the community away from criminal activity. Veerappan blamed the official for the suicide of his sister who worked...