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...again on some new adventure. The last panel of a Tintin book rarely depicts anything other than a scene of departure: we bid farewell to the boy reporter as he steams away on an ocean liner, boards an airplane or blasts off into the night sky in his rocket ship. An old man and his courageous son, recently rescued from the clutches of some nefarious revolutionary cell, stand on the dock and wave their handkerchiefs...
...plans to ship a freight-car sized containerof food to Albania next week. Once in Albania, thefood and money will be distributed by two Islamicaid organizations...
...never know. We are going to ship it back [to England]," he said. "Maybe they can come up with a reason...
...Curt Newport found it on the first try. "I remember saying, 'Oh my God, I can't believe it. That's it. We found it. This is it!"' Newport said afterward. The sonar on the salvage expert's ship had spotted 88 potential targets in the 24-square-mile area Newport had isolated after 14 years of analyzing NASA charts and photographs. The first object Newport checked out looked like airplane wreckage -- until he made out the words "United States" on the video monitor. Mission accomplished. But the mystery of why the hatch blew in the first place will likely...
...attention of government operatives, who proceed to hunt him down (it's kind of like The X-Files, except in this case one of the operatives is wrestler Hollywood Hogan). Not only must Gonzo flee the men in black, he also must decide whether to board the mother ship and join his family or stay on earth with his Muppet friends...