Word: killinger
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There is no more powerful image of fear than a population gripped by plague. A novel flu virus exploded through Mexico last week, killing some 150, infecting hundreds more, and generating images of masked citizens and grim officials enumerating the latest toll. By April 29, the virus had spread to...
Under Pope Benedict XVI's reign, the Vatican dossier on Islam could be entitled: "Regensburg, and Everything After." Regensburg was the professor Pope's landmark 2006 discourse at his former university that included a nasty historical citation about the prophet Mohammed and provocatively asked if Islam lacks reason, making it...
Polar bears have become the universal symbol of global warming, not so much because they're cute or cuddly (they're actually ferocious and not opposed to cannibalism), but because it is eminently clear that climate change is killing them. Polar bears depend on solid sea ice for survival; it...
The bombing in Farah is a case in point. Abdulkarim Sharifi, a resident of the province, says locals have already lost faith in the government because militants are visible "everywhere," sometimes traveling in convoys of 10 to 15 vehicles in plain view of Afghan security forces who dare not leave...
The last time I saw Sherzai, who is an accomplished lyricist, he was belting out a newly written ode in Pashto to the Taliban in the domed atrium of his Baroque governor's palace. A turbaned Pavarotti with a deep voice burnished by years of cigarettes, he put one hand...