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...class, silently preparing to collect a couple of hundred dollars on a dare. She had settled on a simple plan. Just wait for the bell to ring, reach into her book bag, grab the 12-in. fillet knife she had brought from home and stab the teacher in the chest while Marlena, a 12- year-old accomplice, pinned her down. Then -- whoosh -- instant respect...
...Russian guard said he was attacked "one ortwo minutes" after he began reading the bulletinboard. The Russian guard said his assailant struckhim in the back and in the chest and had his fistclenched to throw a third punch when he wasrestrained by Dowling...
...Saddam's primary audience was elsewhere. His chest-pounding provocations were a classic barbarians-at-the-gate strategy, designed to deflect attention from the dismal economic situation at home, heightened by U.N. sanctions, that has left Iraqis hunting daily for food. His police apparatus has reasserted its grip since the war, so citizens harbor few doubts that Saddam is still in charge. But he may have cause to worry about his 400,000-man armed forces. Kurds and other opponents have spread stories of anti-Saddam moles within the armed forces, particularly those stationed far from Baghdad. "I think...
...frequently under fire, Bosnian Deputy Prime Minister Hakija Turajlic chose to travel by U.N. convoy. The precaution was of no avail. En route back to town, the convoy was halted by 40 Serb irregular troops. After 90 minutes, his captors shot Turajlic, a Muslim, seven times in the chest and head through the open door of the U.N. armored car, in the presence of five French peacekeepers. He died at U.N. headquarters, the first high-level political figure to be assassinated in the former Yugoslavia's civil...
Byrd faces the possibility of permanent paralysis from the chest down. But thanks to recent developments in treating spine injuries, he has a far better chance of retaining some control of his body than he would have if the accident had occurred two or three years ago. Within hours of his injury, the football player received two new treatments -- one of them not yet approved in the U.S. -- that could help limit the damage. Although the drugs cannot cure paralysis, they may conserve enough nerve function to make the difference between confinement to a wheelchair and being able to walk...