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...operatives disguised as police officers attempted to attack the Srinagar airport that day. But Indian army guards turned them away, and the operation was aborted. Two weeks ago, however, a second attempt succeeded. Six would-be martyrs, dressed in police uniforms and driving a stolen government jeep, reached the outer defense gate of the airport and indiscriminately tossed grenades and opened fire with rifles. Back in the Islamabad safe house, a coded message came through at 2:15 p.m. saying the men had reached their target. Abu Ammar, a 30-year-old Pakistani veteran of the Afghan war?his face...
Girls must be taught to respect themselves, respect others and respect the rules of the institutions to which they belong. School dress codes can help set outer boundaries, but expect an adventurous dresser to go right to the edge. Parents must know that girls can be respectful and smart and still leave the house showing more skin than we would like them to. That's why we need to show them by example--the way my mother showed me in 1974--that we care more about the content of their character than about the clothes in their closet...
...seemingly) fake palm trees and a few "Survivor"-esque thatched roof huts where bartenders are serving mixed drinks. All for the pleasure of the sequestered rock stars. The whole huge building is actually much scarier and creepier than Area 54. At least the things supposedly stored there are from outer space...
CORNEAS There aren't many treatments for a scarred cornea, the opaque outer layer of the eye, since corneal tissue can't be easily replaced. But it may be possible to grow a new one. Doctors have successfully transplanted tissue from other parts of the eye to reconstruct the cornea and restore sharper sight to a handful of patients...
Coffee mogul Dang Le Nguyen Vu, 31, owes much of the success of his 400-outlet-strong Trung Nguyen franchise to reviving Ca Phe Chon. According to legend, the chon (weasel) would eat the choicest coffee beans, then digest the outer shells, leaving the innards to, um, emerge in long strings. Farmers collected the beans and roasted them?presumably after a thorough washing?to make a rich brew. While Vietnam isn't alone in making such coffee (Indonesia has beans predigested by civets), Vu has brought Ca Phe Chon back in a more sanitary incarnation. He processes the beans...