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...been arrested and is being interrogated, informed Jamil in which car Musharraf--who uses several decoy limousines--was riding. U.S. and Pakistani investigators say they believe that insiders within the President's guard were also in on a failed Dec. 14 hit, allowing would-be killers to plant five explosive charges under a bridge that blew up just after Musharraf crossed it. Jaish-e-Muhammad is also suspected in that near miss. Under a new order, police officers assigned to the President's motorcade are prohibited from carrying cell phones while on duty for fear they will use them...
...site, it is also possible to grow food. Mars has plenty of soil, and if chemical samplers like those aboard Spirit prove that Mars dust isn't poisonous, it would be a relatively straightforward job to assemble a greenhouse-like enclosure, raise the temperature, pump up the atmosphere and plant a few seeds. Donald Henninger, a NASA chief scientist, has identified 13 crops that could thrive in a space habitat, including wheat, potatoes, soybeans and salad greens. "You can take stored food along, but how long does it last?" he asks...
...paramilitary troops entered a Coke bottling plant in Carepa, Colombia and murdered for Isidro Gil, a Sinaltrainal leader spearheading the fight for a new contract. Hours later, a paramilitary squad set fire to the Sinaltrainal offices in Carepa, and two days later gunmen entered the plant again and forced workers to terminate their union membership under threat of death. These stories are sickeningly commonplace in Colombia, the most dangerous place in the world for union members with 1,800 confirmed murdered over the last 12 years, and only five of those murders resulting in convictions...
Rotating into the low post and then out beyond the arc, Peljto’s troublesome size and range left out-of-position defenders struggling to plant a hand in her face. The senior’s flawless touch, guiding shots beyond those outstretched arms and through the cylinder, left them struggling to find answers...
...XZITE: A daily capsule, manufactured in Marina del Rey, Calif., containing Chinese plant bark, flowers and roots, which doctors at UCLA's Female Sexual Medicine Center say works for many of their patients...