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DIED. THOMAS KELLY, 72, engineer who designed NASA's historic, insect-like lunar module that carried astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin to the moon on July 20, 1969; of pulmonary fibrosis; in Cutchogue, N.Y. DIED. GONZALO DURAN, 78, Mexican immigrant whose handcrafted leather shoes softened the steps of many flamenco and folklorico performers; of heart failure; in Los Angeles. Duran, who counted Michael Flatley (Lord of the Dance) among his customers, started his business after a shoe clerk treated him rudely...
...renowned violinist and instructor of some of the finest players to have emerged in the past 30 years; in Upper Nyack, New York. Educated at Julliard, DeLay's students included Itzhak Perlman and Midori. DIED. THOMAS J. KELLY, 72, engineer who oversaw design and construction of the Eagle lunar module that landed the first astronauts on the moon; in Cutchogue, New York. CONVICTED. TIMOTHY WOODLAND 25, Okinawa-based U.S. Air Force staff sergeant, for the rape last June of a 24-year-old local woman on the hood of a car at a shopping center; by a Japanese district court...
...exploded after blastoff, killing a family of six on the ground. Still, the country has persevered. With last week's successful launch, China's Space Association says it could send up an astronaut (pre-sumably with an actual heartbeat) as early as next year. The ultimate goal is a lunar landing. Only one problem: it's a long way to call for Chinese takeout...
...Borrowing money to come is prohibited, although many do.) Having performed the Hajj becomes a lifelong distinction celebrated with an honorific: I can now call myself Hajji Maseeh Rahman. And the Hajj is done en masse during one five-day period in the final month of the Islamic lunar calendar. Two million faithful have come to Mecca this year from virtually everywhere - Bosnia, the Ivory Coast, Michigan - and it feels like the most interesting year to be a Hajji since 1183, when a band of Crusaders tried crashing. It's been a rough year for far-flung Muslims, often minorities...
CHINA Welcoming the Year of the Horse The Chinese celebrated the lunar New Year with lion and dragon dances and the customary televised musical marathon. Beijing police said protests in Tiananmen Square by foreign followers of the banned Falun Gong spiritual movement were intended to stop the Chinese from enjoying the festival. They deported most of the more than 40 foreign nationals arrested. Since 1999 many Falun Gong supporters have been imprisoned without trial, and the movement claims over 1,600 have died in custody...