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...practically been a motto stitched on their sleeves - "Better to fight the terrorists there than here" - except now they were at home, and there was one of their own, a U.S. officer, jumping up, shouting "God is great" in a language he could barely speak and then opening fire. (See pictures of Nidal Malik Hasan's apartment...
Last Thursday, a gunman opened fire at Fort Hood Army post in Texas, leaving 13 dead and 30 wounded. Our deepest sympathy goes out for the men and women who have fallen and to their families. The victims will always be remembered as heroes who died courageously while serving their country. This tragedy has deeply saddened us, and we hope that, as details emerge, we will become better equipped to prevent similar incidents going forward...
...Despite the fact that Chapman had scant experience with pharmacology - his expertise was in forensic pathology - the proposal was well received. Lethal injection gave executioners another option besides electrocution, which could set inmates on fire and cause extreme pain; in addition, prisoners who were paralyzed would not writhe around or cry out as they died, which made watching executions easier for witnesses. Chapman's proposal was approved by the Oklahoma state legislature the same year and quickly adopted by other states. In 1982, Texas became the first to use the procedure, executing 40-year-old Charles Brooks for murdering Fort...
...Obama, who is just a week away from his first visit to South Korea as head of state, needed a reminder of just how tense the Korean peninsula remains, he got one on Tuesday. For the third time in the past decade, the North and South Korean navies exchanged fire in disputed waters in the Yellow Sea, off the peninsula's west coast. According to the South Korean joint chiefs of staff, a North Korean gunboat ventured about a mile into what Seoul claims is its territorial waters. The South Koreans issued verbal warnings and then fired warning shots...
...power. Saleh says he suspects Iran is already involved. "They want to follow the system of Iran," he says of the rebels. "It is impossible. Our people are one people." Using his public speech at the ceremony, Saleh told the crowd, "There will be no compromise or cease-fire until we finish the jihad." (See TIME's pictures of the conflict in Yemen...