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...news sent a seismic shiver through the film world: "Jackie Chan admits he doesn't do all his own stunts." A few weeks ago, the universe's top action star acknowledged that, if a movie requires him to "ride an F-16 jet fighter, or to jump over a series of hurdles with a crazy horse, or to perform two 720-degree somersaults," he will hand the job to a younger daredevil. "But one somersault, I'll do it myself...
...shut down. But at least two suspects were still missing - and police feared that some of the deadly product was too. Had terrorists got away with enough of the toxin to launch a strike? While the police and MI5 launched a massive manhunt, news of the poison sent a shiver through London that could not be attributed to last week's icy weather. "This has got everybody on edge," says Sonia Merzoug, a convert to Islam who has lived near the apartment - where one of the suspects was arrested - for the past seven years. "This is a bit too close...
...connections with a new struggle. The Fellowship can be seen as Western democracies now besieged by the lunatic faction of Islamic fundamentalism. (Saruman, as played by the tall, lean, bearded Lee, looks eerily like Osama bin Laden.) The enemy's power seems overwhelming, untouchable; its ruthlessness makes strong nations shiver. "So much death," King Theoden says. "What can men do against such reckless hate?" Aragorn replies, "Ride out to meet them...
...Fellowship from the West can be seen as the various countries now under attack from the militantly lunatic faction of Islamic fundamentalism. (Lord Saruman, as incarnated by the tall, lean, bearded Lee, looks eerily like Osama bin Laden.) The enemy's power is daunting; its ruthlessness makes strong nations shiver. As he surveys the carnage of his realm, King Théoden mourns: "So much death. What can men do against such reckless hate?" And Aragorn replies, "Ride out to meet them." The Two Towers is a call, not for preemptive action, but for the resolve of disparate factions...
...protruding from a 28-m-long shallow grave. If verified, it would be the worst civilian massacre since a rebellion split the nation into military- and rebel-held zones three months ago. MEANWHILE Jailhouse Mock For Russians, the very mention of the Perm-36 workcamp sets off an involuntary shiver. The notorious Soviet gulag in the Urals housed political prisoners like Jewish dissident Nathan Sharansky. The camp has now reopened - as a museum of political repression. Adventurous (or masochistic) tourists can sleep in uncomfortable cells, walk behind barbed wire and eat disgusting prison food. Please pass the salt mines...