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...Iraqi town of Haditha on Nov. 19, 2005, allegations of a cover-up have mounted. The New York Times on Friday reported that pages detailing what happened on that day in Haditha had been excised from the official logbook of the company involved in the incident. But the sergeant on duty the next day at the unit's operation center, where the logbook was kept, denies that he tampered with the logbook...
...film concentrates on two of the men - Sergeant John McLoughlin (Nicolas Cage) and Officer Will Jimeno (Michael Pe?a) - who were pinned down in the metal carnage on the buildings' Concourse level, and on the attempt of a few men above to rescue them. It intercuts the action in Lower Manhattan with the hopes and forebodings of McLoughlin's and Jimeno's wives as they anxiously await news of their husbands' fate...
...thunderclap-at least that's what it sounded like-woke the whole of Normanton. Still in his pajamas, the police sergeant rushed to the river bank, where a group of local men-"practical jokers," says Wolfgang Arneth, who's telling the story-were drinking rum. "What are you silly bastards up to now?" the cop said. "We're going to be famous,'' came the reply. "We've sent a man into space...
...elegant presence helps keep its Sunday numbers in double figures; she has a son, grandson and great grandchildren who are also regulars. A total of 11 worshipers this morning in a farming town of fewer than 300 people isn't such a bad ratio. But church chairwoman Dianne Sergeant is concerned. "The numbers are slowly dwindling," she says. "We're like many churches today: the congregations are getting older, and with that they're getting a bit smaller...
...Sergeant isn't throwing up her hands, however. Attendances for the town's annual Carols by Candlelight regularly exceed 100, she says, and one year peaked at 206. The church organizes dinners, bonfires and card nights, and many of the regulars do volunteer work. "Community outreach, we call it," says Sergeant. "When we hear of someone in trouble, perhaps needing wood, we rally round and help them. Our numbers may be small in church, but our Christian faith continues through the week...