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...Devour the Americans just like the lions devour their prey. Bury them in the Iraqi graveyard." AYMAN AL-ZAWAHIRI, Osama bin Laden's lieutenant, featured on a videotape released days before the second anniversary of 9/11...
...GRAVEYARD SHIFTS Convenience stores and gas stations pay more, but not many kids want to be night owls...
Commander Mamabaidullah switches off the ignition and alights from his pickup truck onto the desert plain surrounding Spin Boldak, a chaotic Afghan town that borders Pakistan. Followed by four of his Kalashnikov-toting men, he walks briskly toward a graveyard where scores of bodies lie buried beneath mounds of dirt and clay. Mamabaidullah, who is responsible for guarding this stretch of frontier between Afghanistan and Pakistan, stops at the row closest to the border. With evident pride, he explains that they contain the corpses of Taliban militiamen killed by Afghan soldiers during a battle last month. These Taliban, Mamabaidullah says...
...graveyard shift has always been a lonely one to work, but new data suggest that it may be an unhealthy one as well. According to the latest results from the continuing Nurses' Health Study, which surveyed more than 78,500 women, those who worked overnight shifts at least three times a month for 15 years were 35% more likely to develop colon cancer than those who worked only days. Authors of the study, published last week in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, think the increased risk may be linked to lowered levels of melatonin, which usually reaches peak...
...touchdown next January, Spirit and its twin, Opportunity, set for launch later this month, will study the geology of Mars, looking for evidence that a vast area of water once existed on its surface. Only three NASA spacecraft have successfully landed on Mars, which some scientists label a "spacecraft graveyard...