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...also does a pretty good boom. That passing look blossoms into a ferocious shootout on a crowded Hong Kong street, between mainland Chinese gangsters and a band of undercover cops. What follows is a madly complex, five-minute gun battle, shot in a single fluid take, that should be required viewing for directors who can't shoot a visually comprehensible action scene to save themselves. Breaking News isn't a deep movie or even a particularly great one, though it was an official selection at last month's Cannes Film Festival. It is, however, a thoroughly Hong Kong movie...
...Pacific Islands Forum, ice has brought other crime in its wake: "In the past, organized criminals stuck to one commodity, like heroin or LSD. Now we have polycriminals. Anything that will make money, they will do it." Evans, a former New Zealand customs agent, says that might include gun running, people smuggling and fraud. The Australian Federal Police say the syndicate behind Fiji's 2000 heroin seizure was allegedly involved in illegal immigration and credit card fraud; it's believed the gang that set up the ice lab had similar interests?and investigators are probing the possible involvement of some...
...truce, Mohammed had become a hero in South Waziristan. DVDs of him appeared in the bazaars, showing him presenting a rusty sword to Pakistani officers during the cease-fire ceremony, his only compliance with his promise to disarm. Mohammed rumbled around in a pickup truck mounted with a machine gun and appeared in public with a brace of Chechen and Arab bodyguards, on loan from al-Qaeda, say tribesmen. Two weeks ago, Mohammed took a second bride, a teenager...
...agree with him on everything," admits David Cook, 52, a lay leader at the Lawrence Street Primitive Methodist Church in Lowell, Mass., who says Bush's failings matter less than his motives. "He's not the Messiah, but he follows the Messiah." Charly Gullett, who owns a gun shop in Prescott, Ariz., reaches the same conclusion, coming from the opposite direction. "I'm not a believer in God," he says, "but I recognize that faith is a morally guiding force in most people's lives. I believe President Bush has brought honor back to the White House because...
...directly involved in violence - so as to avoid alienating this larger element and potentially provoking a civil war. Others say that while the security forces have shown considerable skill and courage in locating specific al-Qaeda cells, arresting more than 600 suspects and killing scores more in fierce gun battles, little has been done to challenge the extremist outlook with deep roots in Saudi society that replenishes the ranks of the fallen fighters. But right now, the more cautious element may be prevailing: Riyadh is aggressively pursuing known al-Qaeda cells and networks, but elements - particularly in the clergy...