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...ITALY Echo of Sept. 11 When an aircraft crashed into the 30-story Pirelli tower in the center of Milan, many feared a repeat of Sept. 11. Initial investigations revealed that minutes before the crash, 67-year-old Luigi-Gino Fasulo, pilot of the four-seater tourist plane, had radioed air traffic control that he had landing-gear problems. Fasulo and two women died and 29 other people were injured. "This had nothing to do with the haunting images of the Twin Towers," said Interior Minister Claudio Scajola. "Sure, tragedy struck, but it could have been worse...
...Powell may have known all along that military solutions would fail, but for months his voice had been drowned out by those of Bush administration hawks inclined to see in Sharon military solutions an echo of their own war on terrorism. But the tacit endorsement of Sharon's security policy backfired last week, when violence spiraled dangerously out of control and threatened U.S. interests throughout the region. It quickly became clear, also, that Sharon viewed the Palestinian Authority itself as part of the "infrastructure of terror" that he planned to destroy, which would leave behind no Palestinian security arm capable...
...between the present and the past, the characters come on thick and fast: Tigre and Sammy, the tiny couple of questionable morals; Joe Hook, sporting a fu-Manchu and looking to boost his petty criminal rep; the Overboys, a criminal gang; the Mystery Girls, a crime-fighting duo; and Echo, the little girl with the mysterious eye-patch. They all swirl around this mystery man who turns out to be Michael Chang. Born in a secret compound, able to control men's minds, he can shed his skin like a suit. Is he a monster or savior...
...Echo makes a friend in Gilbert Hernandez' "Grip...
...unfolded an American flag and held it taut over the remains of one of their own. With unblinking solemnity they stood still and strong against the wind while 50 feet away seven other Marines aimed their rifles at the sky and, on command, fired three sharp volleys. As the echo of the final shots reverberated through the cemetery, a lone bugler on an opposite hillside pursed his lips for the first notes of Taps...