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...this city takes place in the cemetery. In the extended section, disorderly rows of graves all bear the same "sunset" date - 5 Dey, 1382, the Iranian calendar date for Dec. 26, 2003. Mass graves abound. Azimi, who moved to Bam from far away after the quake, says his mission will be accomplished - and he'll return to his family - the day after the anniversary. "The graves without stones by the anniversary," he says, "must be of Bamis who have left no one behind...
...Laden's hometown - it came as something of a relief that they failed to penetrate the building and claimed only five innocent lives. But the latest terrorist operation by al-Qaeda loyalists raises serious new concerns. It was the first time al-Qaeda managed to strike an American diplomatic mission in Saudi Arabia. Riding in a car emblazoned with a banner reading there is no god but god, ringleader Fayez bin Awad al Juhaini and his terror cell shot their way through the gates, tore down and burned an American flag, and spent two hours stalking consular staff. The five...
...Defense JAPAN The government revised the country's defense policy, relaxing a long-standing ban on arms exports to allow sales to the U.S. of components related to the development of a joint missile-defense system. A day earlier, the Cabinet extended by a year Japan's humanitarian military mission in Iraq. Government Gridlock TAIWAN President Chen Shui-bian suffered a setback as his independence-backing Democratic Progressive Party and its ally, the Taiwan Solidarity Union, failed to take control of the legislature. The Kuomintang-led opposition, which favors eventual reunification with China, retained a slim majority, winning 114 seats...
...serving astronaut; after 42 years; in Houston. Young joined NASA in 1962 following a stint in the U.S. Navy and piloted the first manned flight of the Gemini program three years later. In 1981, having previously traveled twice to the moon, he commanded Columbia on the first space-shuttle mission. He is the only astronaut to have flown four types of spacecraft...
...mind-numbing job as an insurance claims specialist while longing for the old days; Helen is not willing to give up the peaceful life they have earned. Everything changes when Bob receives a communiqué calling for Mr. Incredible’s help in a top-secret mission on a mysterious island. The mission eventually pulls the entire Incredibles family into a battle to save the world from their nemesis, Syndrome (Jason Lee). Writer-director Brad Bird (Iron Giant, The Simpsons), who serves triple duty as the voice of the temperamental superhero fashion designer Edna Mode, has created a film...