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...poisonous. No one was seriously injured. TIME Japan correspondent Irene Maciulis-Kunii said that some in Japan are even seeing this as the perfect terrorist attack: "You make your point, and nobody really gets hurt."Aum Shinri Kyo, the Japanese cult suspected in the Mar. 20nerve gas attackon Tokyo subways, immediately denied involvement. Police said they believe the attack differs enough from the one in Tokyo to be a copycat crime. People affected by the fumes today complained of stinging eyes, coughs and dizziness, but there were no reports of serious or life-threatening injuries...
...from the station.) Officials said sarin, the nerve gas used in the Tokyo attack, was not suspected because the victims' symptoms were different. People affected by the fumes today complained of stinging eyes, coughs and dizziness, but there were no reports of serious or life-threatening injuries. Curiously, on Mar. 5 -- two weeks before the Tokyo attack raised national alarm -- about a dozen passengers were taken to a hospital in Yokohama after they inhaled mysterious fumes in a train car. The source of the fumes was never found...
Nadeem Riaz, a suspect in the killings of American diplomatic personnel in Pakistan, was shot and killed today by police outside a home inKarachi. The FBI is in Karachi investigating the Mar. 8 killings of Jackie Van Landingham and Gary Durell, and the U.S. has offered a reward of up to $2 million for information leading to the arrest of the killers. A witness identified Riaz as one of the killers. However, sources in Karachi tell TIME Daily that the FBI has not confirmed that...
Japanese police have found evidence of sarin nerve gas at a building owned by thereligious cult suspected in the Mar. 20 Tokyo subway attacksthat killed 11 people and injured about 5,000 others, according to media reports. A chemical called methylphosphon acid monoisopropyl, which can only be created when sarin decomposes, was found in a laboratory that belongs to the Aum Shinri Kyo (Supreme Truth) sect on Friday, NHK television and the Yomiuri newspaper said. Though police have so far found chemical stockpiles that include all the ingredients of sarin, sophisticated laboratory equipment, secret plants and documents, they have...
...Citadel also believes that women may mar the excellence of the school. Although this has been a much cited problem, the evidence for it is strangely lacking. In the Navy these criticisms came to the forefront when one of two female F-14 fighter pilots was killed in a training accident. Opponents of women in the Navy immediately isolated gender as the single determining factor in the accident...