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Accounts of the attack were still conflicting on Monday afternoon, but according to official Chinese media reports, two unidentified men drove vehicles - one of which may have been a dump truck - into a squad of border police conducting morning exercises. After explosions that may have been caused by grenades or bombs attached to the vehicles, the two men reportedly started attacking the surviving soldiers with knives before being subdued and arrested. Authorities said the number of dead and wounded was still being confirmed...
...There is no excuse for your flighty defense of the New Yorker cover depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as fist-bumping terrorists [July 28]. You ask if America has lost its sense of humor - America has not. But we have lost patience with the kind of hatemongering that drove the New Yorker to try to sell magazines by marginalizing the man who will be the next President of the United States. You should be ashamed of defending its decision to run that cover. Thomas Rajala, Stockton, California...
There is no excuse for your flighty defense of the New Yorker cover depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as fist-bumping terrorists. You ask in the piece if America has lost its sense of humor--America has not. But we have lost patience with the kind of hatemongering that drove the New Yorker to try to sell magazines by marginalizing the man who will be the next President of the United States. You should be ashamed of defending its terribly bad decision to run that cover. Thomas Rajala, STOCKTON, CALIF...
...least, the Priests have faith that there is more than one way for them to glorify God. On a recent Saturday evening, after four days of recording in Dublin, Eugene drove three hours to his home in Ballyclare. Sometime after 10 p.m., he made final tweaks to the church newsletter before saying his prayers and going to bed. The next morning he delivered a sermon reminding parishioners that they must constantly nurture their relationship with the Lord. "As with any garden," he said, "if you don't tend to it, the weeds begin to take over." Good advice to those...
...driver stopped to buy a newspaper only a short distance from 3M Security Printing and Systems Ltd, which produces the new electronic passports. The robber jumped into the van and forced the second deliveryman in the passenger seat to lower his head onto the dashboard before assaulting him. He drove a short distance in the van and ran off with the boxes of documents, presumably with the help of an accomplice. The victim suffered minor injuries to his head and shoulders. This was a traumatic experience for the passenger, said police...