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...THREAT Thriller writers often confect plots that turn on the poisoning of a city's water supply with a few tablets of some very lethal substance. But while the idea has a long history (Roman legionnaires tossed animal corpses into the water supplies of their enemies), the tactic isn't very practical. Even in high concentrations, germs would probably be quickly diluted in a large reservoir, if not killed off later during chlorination...
...small church in Behawalpur, Pakistan—that was the scene of the most recent post-Sept. 11 atrocity. This past Sunday, Islamic extremists spent five minutes spraying gunfire into clusters of Protestant worshippers at St. Dominic’s Roman Catholic Church. The murderers arrived on motorcycles, and according to the Rev. Rocus Patras, they “had whole bags of weapons and bullets.” Among the dead were four children under the age of 12, four women and eight men. Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf expressed his outrage at the sudden extermination of these...
...small church in Behawalpur, Pakistan—that was the scene of the most recent post-Sept. 11 atrocity. This past Sunday, Islamic extremists spent five minutes spraying gunfire into clusters of Protestant worshippers at St. Dominic’s Roman Catholic Church. The murderers arrived on motorcycles, and according to the Rev. Rocus Patras, they “had whole bags of weapons and bullets.” Among the dead were four children under the age of 12, four women and eight men. Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf expressed his outrage at the sudden extermination of these...
...Browns' decision stemmed partly from personal experience. Lourdes' Cuban, Roman Catholic parents had banished Peter from their home when the two were in their 20s and living together. "I could see then the unrealistic aspect of my parents' perspective, and I never wanted to ostracize my kids in the same way," says Lourdes...
...it’s not in-group, out-group,” Olshan explains. “There are all sorts of rumors that we punch from the facebook, or that we only punch people with Roman numerals after their names. That’s not what it’s about...