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Seated in row 56, just four rows from the end of the cabin, Yumi Ochiai, 26, an offduty JAL flight attendant, saw and heard the signs of trouble. "There was a sudden baan [a Japanese expression emulating a loud noise]," she--recalled later. "It was overhead in the rear. My ears hurt. Immediately, the inside of the cabin became white. The vent hole at the cabin crew seat opened...
...sound of an explosion was heard," Ochiai continued. "The ceiling above the rear lavatory came off. The automatic O2 [oxygen] masks dropped down at the same time, and the prerecorded announcement [on use of the masks] started...
...that imaging and printing account for 70% of HP's profit, the challenge is significant. "Dell is giving away their printers rather than charging for them," says Vyomesh Joshi, head of HP's printer and PC group. "They're trying to buy the business." HP continues to diversify, presenting rear-projection TV, for instance, as an extension of its innovations in printing. No doubt HP is hoping to avoid a race to the bottom. --By Jeremy Caplan
...crouched beside a small tree, a .50-caliber bullet ripped through the trunk about 10 cm from his head. The Afghans kept on shooting. Soon the men noticed bullets landing in the dust behind them: a machine gun on a distant mountaintop was taking pot shots at their rear. Some of the tribesmen tried repeatedly to scale a nearby peak from where they could rain bullets down on the Australians. As far as the SAS men knew, they were surrounded by al-Qaeda forces...
...first luxury hybrid SUV, the $48,535 400h comes equipped with creature comforts like a navigation system, rain-sensing wipers, aluminum alloy wheels and a screen that lets you see what's behind you simply by looking at a dashboard monitor. (A camera mounted just above the rear bumper provides the video stream.) We found the navigation system to be slow and confusing but loved extra-cost options like the heated front seats ($540) and the rear-seat DVD system with wireless headphones...