Word: elders
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...Qaeda Proves It Can Still Fight Back Ten Pakistani soldiers were killed in a gun battle with al-Qaeda fighters in Pakistan's tribal northwest. The soldiers closed in at night on a village in the Waziristan region to arrest the fighters hiding in the house of a local elder. As troops approached, the al-Qaeda loyalists opened fire. After a four-hour battle, two fighters were killed and one, an Uzbek teen, was captured; 32 others escaped. Soldiers found a cache of heavy arms including rocket-propelled grenades before the compound was razed to the ground. MEANWHILE Peace Pills...
...says Roland Jacquard, a terrorism expert close to the office of the French President. Among the documents are plans for attacks on tankers and cruise ships, says Jacquard, as well as evidence that bin Laden's son Saad was also in Faisalabad, though he evaded capture. As for the elder bin Laden, even if he is still alive, evidence of his failing health is mounting. Intelligence experts have long believed that bin Laden suffers from kidney trouble-perhaps brought on by diabetes-that requires him to undergo regular dialysis. Now, according to a source with access to intelligence...
...CONTRITION] [Strong stench] The elder Rigas hasn't gone public but reportedly wept in front of creditors after agreeing to relinquish control of his company...
...Sometimes he’d go in, and I’d show up a few minutes later,” the elder Moynihan brother recalls. “I’d say, ‘Hey this is my beat! Get the hell out of here!’ Sometimes I’d knock his papers to the floor and walk out. And a few more people would feel sorry and buy newspapers from my brother...
Wilkins, Wing, the elder Hall and Thorndike, who was No. 34 in the final rankings, all went undefeated throughout the season...