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...have sought refuge from the mobs, and urged them to follow him home. Tsvangirai is facing an increasingly violent political challenge at home, with supporters of President Robert Mugabe unleashing a campaign of intimidation against opposition supporters ahead of a runoff presidential election scheduled for June. Tsvangirai told the crowd he would return to Zimbabwe in the next few days, despite fears that he could be assassinated, and he invited the refugees of Alexandra to join him. "Let's go back home, let's solve the Zimbabwean problem," he told a jubilant crowd...
...would be the first people in the world to see Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, fourth in the adventure series that began with Raiders of the Lost Ark in 1981 and the first since The Last Crusade 19 years ago. Inside the Grand Palais, the crowd's mood was more World Cup Final than movie premiere. Some revelers trumpeted the first four notes of John Williams' signature theme, and others responded with the next three. The lights dimmed, the Lucasfilm Ltd. logo materialized, and the audience erupted in cheers...
...stump speech, her tribute to her father can bring a crowd to tears. Struck with multiple sclerosis, he went to work on crutches; he never was late, never gave up and never complained. He put two children through Princeton, writing each check with pride. "My father, like most Americans, just wanted to know that after a lifetime of hard work and sacrifice that one day, he could put his feet up and look over all that he had done and retire with a little respect and dignity," she says. "That's what most Americans want...
...Despite issuing them visas, the Moscow authorities were not about to give some 42,000 British soccer fans - a group who have, rightly or wrongly, earned a questionable record for maintaining public order - the keys to the city. Some some 15,000 policemen were deployed to maintain crowd control, while the Chelsea and United fans were segregated both from one another and, as far as possible. Their charter flights landed at different airports, and most were taken directly to separate fan stockades connected to the stadium by special galleries to prevent any mixing. Alcohol sales at the stadium were banned...
...built out of tofu," says Hu Yuefu, 44, of the school building that collapsed in the magnitude 7.9 quake and killed his 15-year-old daughter Huishan. He believes local government officials and the building contractors are responsible. As he speaks, a crowd gathers around to listen and offer their support. "I hope there is an investigation," Hu says. "Otherwise, there are a thousand parents who would beat them to death...