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...while Yeager, unable to see the attackers, blasted away pointlessly at a barricade before running to take cover in a ditch on the opposite side of the road. In the rear car, Ahmelman was slumped against the window. Hunt, bleeding to death from a wound to his femoral artery, lay on the ground beside the vehicle while Johnson tried to treat him. Harris, in the armored Mercedes, tried to drive closer to help Surette, but the vehicle sputtered to a halt after about 3 m, apparently damaged in the attack. At last the machinegun fire stopped; on the tape, Johnson...
When Kennedy asked Roberts whether he would approach the law with “both a heart and a head,” the nominee gave an answer that he apparently hoped would lay the senators’ concerns to rest...
...government officials in Jakarta, Indonesia shut down the Ragunan Zoo when tests on 27 exotic birds revealed that 19 were infected with the H5N1 avian influenza, better known as the bird flu virus. According to authorities a woman in the area also died of the illness, while four children lay in hospital after appearing to contract the deadly disease. Perhaps even more concerning, the zoo hosted tens of thousands of guests this past weekend even while authorities knew of the positive results...
...carefully that refining has been neglected. The last major refinery construction in the U.S. was undertaken in the late 1970s - just before the price of oil dropped, and stayed low for nearly a decade. With oil languishing at around $15 per bbl., few oil companies had the appetite to lay out huge capital expenditure on refineries, which traditionally yield low profits. Then there was the dizzying mix of regulatory conditions placed on refining both in the U.S. and Europe; in one of America's many energy quirks, gasoline refined in 49 states can't be sold in California because...
...Solidarity, and returned to Gdansk for the commemorations. "I was thinking of all those years of underground struggle," Lech told Time last week, sipping a coke in a dimly lit office in central Warsaw. "I was thinking of my brother being released from prison and of the struggle that lay ahead." The struggle that lies ahead of Lech Kaczynski now is an attempt to win parliamentary and presidential elections over the next three weeks. On Sunday, Poles choose a new parliament; then, on Oct. 9, Kaczynski and 12 other candidates face voters in the presidential poll. The elections are unique...