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...Reported by Hannah Bloch/Islamabad, Ghulam Hasnain/Quetta, Elaine Shannon and Douglas Waller/Washington and Rahimullah Yusufzai/Peshawar
...WASHINGTON, D.C.: TIME's Elaine Shannon reports that a newly redesigned $50 bill probably won?t cause the same international queasiness that greeted the phony-looking new $100 bill last year. Because U.S. currency often serves as the fail-safe exchange in countries with collapsing or corrupt banking systems (an estimated two-thirds of all U.S. cash circulates abroad), many international dollar-holders back then feared that their old $100 bills would be made worthless. In Russia, exchange centers were overwhelmed by worried people looking to change their bills for something smaller. This time around, the response has been muted...
Affleck is best known for his roles as Shannon Hamilton in Mallrats and as Holden McNeil in Chasing Amy, both written and directed by Kevin Smith. Damon played Ilario in Courage Under Fire...
...Charles Nixon's entire congregation had prayed hard for his granddaughter Shannon. Her health had been troubling her for weeks. At 5 ft. 4 in., the teenager weighed only 100 lbs. More significantly, she was constantly thirsty. By June 18, Shannon was complaining of weakness and dizziness and decided to stay home from her job at her father's storm-door company. Though she was worried about her health, the thought of calling a doctor never occurred to Shannon. Instead she asked to be "anointed," a procedure the church reserves for extremely serious illnesses. The day after, she felt better...
...Nixons were devastated by the loss of their daughter. But their faith was unshaken: it was God's will to take Shannon. Nevertheless, Pennsylvania law held them responsible for her death, even though their lawyer, Steven Passarello argued that Shannon was more than able to decide for herself whether she wanted to follow the sect's doctrine or seek medical help. William Haberstroh, the prosecuting attorney, countered that a life-or-death situation demanded parental intervention even for a mature minor. The judge's instruction that the case was one of law, not of religion, practically sealed the verdict...