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...Catch-22. Soldiers aren't allowed even to shovel snow from the street with troops from other countries because that would be an exercise of collective security. If the stable situation in their section of the Golan were to deteriorate into conflict, Furusho's men are allowed to shoot to kill only in self-defense. The Canadians have orders to use lethal force to protect themselves, U.N. civilian employees and the Japanese. That's one reason why the guard at Camp Zirouani's gate is always Canadian. "Japanese troops can't work together with other troops," says Gen Nakatani...
...Asian kids at his school, he morphed from shy geek to totally tubular dude when he showed up to show-and-tell with his techno-toys. "The other kids were playing with their little G.I. Joes," he recalls. "And then I appear with a robot that could shoot missiles or transform into something else. It blew them away...
When interest rates on short-term government debt shoot past those on long-term bonds, it is a phenomenon known as an inverted yield curve. And it's bad. Normally, investors with longer-term debt receive a higher interest-rate payment than those holding shorter-term securities. That's because there is a bigger risk that inflation will hurt the value of a 30-year Treasury bond over time...
...favorite story of the week involves Angelina Jolie’s recent appearance at a magazine cover shoot. According to the New York Post, she showed up with a vial of red liquid around her neck which she refused to take off, pooh-poohed all outfits suggestions, and had a set of fresh wounds on her arms. When asked about the cuts, she volunteered the reason: “I have to cut myself before sex,” said Jolie. Angelina, of course, has made it no secret that she enjoys wild sex with her husband Billy Bob Thornton...
...program that caused the mistaken downing of the missionaries' plane. U.S. electronic intelligence-gathering planes patrol Latin America's airspace, feeding information on suspicious planes to local air forces, who are supposed to intercept the plane and follow a series of established procedures for establishing its identity, and then shoot it down if it fails to comply with directives to submit to a search...