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...seem like a great sin to most students, Sue says. But in a culture and family structure where sacrifice by an older generation for the advancement - and education - of its children is a deep-seated tenet, feelings of shame for "failing" can become unbearable, Sue says, noting that this pattern is most evident in families with immigrant parents and among foreign students sent to study at U.S. universities by their families...
...Throughout the city on Tuesday, glittering piles of broken glass mixed with masonry were heaped in streets lined with gutted houses. Where fierce battles were fought, holes as big around as a man have been blasted into walls - black scorch marks and the almost geometric pattern of flying shrapnel ringing the holes...
...Indian Mujahideen has claimed credit for two previous attacks: blasts in the tourist hub of Jaipur in May, which killed 63 people; and bombings in the northern cities of Varanasi, Faizabad and Lucknow last November, which killed 16. Their attacks follow a similar pattern: numerous crude bombs timed to go off in sequence in bus stations, temples and markets. The latest attacks used explosives delivered in the most mundane possible ways - on bicycles left casually near a fruit stand, or in a stainless-steel tiffin carrier, the ubiquitous lunchbox of Indian commuters, left under the seat...
...maverick dissenting from the Republican Party from points left. Obama has become one by succeeding as a down-the-line liberal. When McCain decided this time around to court conservative Republican voters as much as liberal reporters, the coverage of him became more critical. Notice a pattern...
...difficult it is for governments to tell the difference between organized terrorist or cyberwar attacks from other countries and the individual hacker." The remarkable depth and range of McKinnon's attacks and the fact that he appeared to be looking for something in particular is exactly the kind of pattern that security experts point to as evidence of cyberterror attacks. "This guy was organized and he was looking for specific material," says Jordan, who also blames the "absurd insecurity" of the U.S.'s cyber-defenses. "McKinnon was mainly using the basic technique of an automatic dialer that scans loads...