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...South Korean newspapers last week reported that 10,000 Chinese troops were digging in along the North Korean border, possibly to repel a wave of refugees expected to flee the North should there be political upheaval. In other reports from the South Korean and international press, North Korean generals were said to be defecting in droves; ubiquitous propaganda portraits of Kim were mysteriously disappearing from Pyongyang's public places; and fewer North Koreans traveling abroad were wearing lapel pins depicting Kim's visage. In an interview with Fuji Television, influential Japanese lawmaker Shinzo Abe underscored a general sense of foreboding...
...troops kept a tight security cordon around the town. Late in the week, helicopter gunships attacked a group of insurgents trying to flee the city by boat...
...Ponzi schemes and pyramid scams. On occasion, several huis will pool their money, and one failure will lead to a series of them. In September last year, just such a structure collapsed in Zhejiang's Fenghua city, according to Oriental Outlook magazine, and the hui leaders were forced to flee...
...question, inviting a brand-new curse. But could this talented Red Sox team win it all again next year? It won't be easy. In today's era of free agents and salary arbitration, it's almost impossible to build dynasties. For a bit more money, players regularly flee even fun-loving championship teams. In the past three decades, baseball has produced just two mini-dynasties: the 1972-74 Oakland A's and the 1996-2000 New York Yankees. The Red Sox seem particularly vulnerable to market forces: as many as 16 of their players could become free agents this...
...extremely curious about what society deems unacceptable and in particular how to use those things to get herself more attention, she flew to the Chicken Ranch, the legal brothel in Pahrump, Nev., that was the basis for The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (whorehouses, unsurprisingly, sometimes have to flee the state). In the episode, which aired last week, Sykes was trained by Diamond, a young hooker with a heart of gold. Probably. The heart stuff doesn't come up much around Sykes...