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...hours later, another patrol, headed by Lieut. William Robertson, reached the town of Torgau, on the Elbe, and came under heavy fire from across the river. Robertson broke into a pharmacy, liberated a bed sheet, some ink and Mercurochrome, and painted a crude U.S. flag. He climbed the tower of the town castle and hung his flag from the parapet. "Tovarish!" he shouted. "Amerikansky...
...dispute in Israel, however, paled beside the renewed violence that erupted last week in Lebanon. On Tuesday suicide attackers detonated two car bombs in separate sections of Israel's "security zone" in southern Lebanon. There, five weeks after Israel's formal withdrawal, more than 500 Israeli soldiers continue to patrol the area. Seventeen people were killed, among them the two attackers and two soldiers of the Israeli-backed South Lebanon Army. Six were reported injured, including two Israeli soldiers. Responsibility for the attack was claimed by a pro-Syrian Lebanese group called the Syrian National Social Party...
...recently sent more than 700 soldiers and federal agents to patrol Nuevo Laredo's streets. Still, a local journalist was shot nine times last week (she lived), as she reported on an attorney's slaying--and the Zetas are top suspects in both cases...
...vigilantes." Jennifer Allen of the Border Action Network says she is preparing a human-rights complaint against the U.S. government for "failing to prosecute vigilante groups." Local officials in Arizona are nervous about hundreds of Minuteman volunteers coming from out of state, and Michael Nicely, head of the Border Patrol's Tucson sector, says the Minuteman Project will "hamper border safety...
...feasibility of travel to distant reaches of the universe. At the Japan pavilion, saltwater red snapper and freshwater carp live side by side in the same pool-a marvel accomplished by infusing the tank with "oxygenated nanobubbles." Throughout the 173-hectare grounds, more than 25 robots are on patrol, sweeping the walkways and offering directions, while natural-gas-powered, driverless buses zip guests from one end of the campus to the other...