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...officer searched the car and found a double-edged knife, a can of mace and leaflets for a June 9 protest at an Israeli Independence Day festival in Boston...
...little more than one's ego. That may have changed with the shocking murder last Friday of Diet member Koki Ishii. The 61-year-old Ishii was steps away from his car outside his home when he was stabbed repeatedly with what appeared to be a 30-cm sashimi knife by Hakusui Ito, a 38-year-old with ties to right-wing extremists. Ito fled the scene but turned himself in to the police the following day. The news stunned lawmakers, many of whom were in the middle of a budget debate when the murder took place...
CAUSE OF DEATH The medical examiner may study wounds to measure how deep a knife penetrated the body or examine the shape of a crushing blow to the head to determine what kind of bludgeon was used. Other evidence such as bullets or fibers can also be collected from the body, and the examiner may look for evidence of drugs, alcohol or poison...
...Kyrgyz ak-kalpaks, woolly Turkmen telpeks and the black-velvet hats of local Uighurs?reveals the diversity of the traders. Behind food stands, cooks dish out noodles; grinning barbers with wicked blades offer death-defying shaves. This is the place to buy a fur coat or an intricately inlaid knife. Or, less exotic but well traveled, a bottle of Head & Shoulders shampoo...
...model prisoner. Penitentiary guards considered his behavior so commendable that they soon began assigning him sensitive prison tasks. He received several job offers pending his release. Mesbah even risked his own life in March, 2001 when he prevented another inmate from attacking a prison guard with a knife. His changed character moved the parole judge to call Mesbah's threat to public order "nonexistent." Still, the Interior Ministry stands by its ruling that as a foreigner convicted of a violent crime, Mesbah must be expelled. Mesbah's supporters say ministry officials have privately acknowledged the case merits revision...