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...Liberia; in Monrovia. Known to Liberians as King George, Weah in recent years has focused on bringing peace and healthcare to the impoverished and war-torn country by helping rehabilitate former child soldiers and working with UNICEF to raise aids awareness. One of 13 children raised in a shack by his grandmother, he is the odds-on favorite to win the presidency, thanks to his immense popularity and humble beginnings. "I don't need political experience to give you lights and water, or to see that the roads are bad," Weah said at a recent rally in the Liberian countryside...
...That includes the Shan stronghold at Loi Tai Leng, where almost every resident is a victim of the Burmese military or a witness to its savagery. Wi Ling, 34, stands outside his newly rebuilt shack on one good leg and one bad. Two years ago he was living with his family near Taunggyi, the Shan state capital, when Burmese soldiers dragooned him and 14 other villagers as porters. Three were shot dead, while Wi Ling was forced at gunpoint into a suspected minefield. A month after he was conscripted, he stepped on a mine, which blew most of his left...
...rocket grenades, boots and other supplies--but two of the three dead crew members found inside were Americans. The pair were later identified as William J. Cooper, 61, of Reno, and Wallace Elaine Sawyer Jr., 41, of Magnolia, Ark. A day later searchers cornered Hasenfus hiding in an abandoned shack. Though he was armed with a pistol and a knife, he offered no resistance, and was marched off to a Sandinista base camp. The following day he was helicoptered to Managua, where, unshaven and haggard, he made a brief statement to the press: "My name is Gene Hasenfus. I come...
Phatt Boys will also keep Rock Bottom’s design. But Hartford said that the 304-seat restaurant will be brightened up to make it look like a “Southern barbecue seafood shack...
...your TV commercials, you know what's happening on your world. Before the little ones are old enough to slither away, I would like to visit earth, show them the sights of Disneyland, let my other half wander through Bloomingdale's, and do some shopping for myself at Radio Shack. But I have been watching your television for years, and if your movies are any indication, it seems that though earth may be a nice place to live, it is not a good place for aliens like me to visit. If true, it is a pity because we are almost...