Word: deserter
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...With a deeply creased face that made him look many years older than 64, Jenkins wore a dress green uniform and fresh haircut. Originally charged with one count of desertion, one of aiding the enemy, two of soliciting others to desert and four charges of encouraging disloyalty, Jenkins came to court with a pretrial agreement in which he would plead guilty only to desertion and aiding the enemy. (He taught English to military cadets in Pyongyang from 1981 to 1985.) In exchange, he would receive a guaranteed maximum of 30 days' confinement. During the proceedings, Sergeant Jenkins filled in many...
...never thank Mr. Nader enough for all he has done for this country. No one’s public service record can even come close. I would never desert him and I would never betray him with a wrongly cast vote...
...Even at home, Beijing has faced embarrassing setbacks in its efforts to produce more oil and gas. In August, a consortium led by oil giant Shell pulled out of a just-finished gas pipeline running 4,400 km from China's western deserts to Shanghai after the firms decided their returns would be too small. A planned oil pipeline covering the same distance has also seen no takers. Shell and Unocal also backed out of a multibillion-dollar project this month to tap gas fields under the East China Sea. And no foreign companies have been willing to participate...
...ever said flying into space was easy, especially if you build your rocket yourself. SPACESHIPONE, designed by Burt Rutan and piloted by Michael Melvill, 63, made such a trip last week, climbing 64 miles above the Mojave Desert, with some scary corkscrewing along the way. The flight is the first of two the ship must make--the second is this week--to win a $10 million prize...
...before crossing the border to try to kill U.S. soldiers. "Elections aren't part of Afghan culture. Anyway, it is fixed so the American puppet Karzai will win," he says. Afghan intelligence officials in the southern city of Kandahar say more than 2,000 Taliban fighters are roaming the desert outskirts of the city. Says Nick Downie, a representative of the Afghanistan Non-Governmental Organizations Security Office (ANSO), which provides security updates for aid workers: "The Taliban seem to be consolidating, moving their men into place for a big push at elections." In Kabul, coalition soldiers have found explosives hidden...