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...midday on Wednesday it was perfectly clear that the two men were not going to agree on the issue of strategic defense. Increasingly, the question became whether they could find any common ground on other issues, or at least enough to enable them to produce a joint statement that would provide the world with some tangible sign of progress...
Febres Cordero responded by declaring a national state of emergency. Officials closed the Quito airport and ordered four local radio stations off the air. On Friday, elite government troops led by tanks stormed the air base. Air force troops loyal to Vargas were overwhelmed in a brief but fierce midday battle. The cost: four dead and nine wounded. Some 400 rebels were rounded up and confined to an army compound. "Loco" Vargas, his private rebellion quashed once and for all, was again taken into custody and imprisoned at an unnamed army base...
...shirt. "It's fabulous for Iceland!" she exclaimed. "It's the best publicity we could ever get." She was the soul of congeniality, but she adamantly refused to pose in a swimsuit. Prime Minister Steingrimur Hermannsson, on the other hand, showed no such reluctance. Hermannsson, who often takes a midday dip, was interviewed by television reporters while wearing only his swimming togs...
...Around midday, a man armed with a rifle strolled up the track. The soldiers froze. Spotting the odd-looking bush from about 10 m away, the man "went for his weapon," according to the patrol report. "It was the last thing he did,'' says the trooper. The SAS men opened fire. Alerted by the gunshots, armed men fanned out from the village below, some climbing the path toward the gun emplacement. The troopers fired shots and threw a grenade in an effort to keep them back, but the Afghans split up and outflanked them. Within minutes, bullets were whizzing from...
Herrmann said the team’s mood during the week—it arrived in Orange County midday on Wednesday—was “really positive,” and equally...