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...stint at Chemical Bank (now part of JP Morgan Chase), he joined Allfirst in 1993 and scarcely made a ripple. He was "not in any sense a star trader," Buckley said. His personal life was equally unremarkable. Married with two kids and a Labrador, he attended services at the Shrine of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church and is on the board of a nonprofit ceramic-arts education organization...
...understand the depth of Korean anger, take a stroll through the peaceful, leafy grounds of Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, where Japanese soldiers who died in bat-tle are honored. With a number of war criminals enshrined there as well, it is the most infamous symbol of Japanese militarism. Koreans were outraged when Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi paid his respects at the shrine last August, but this place is a raw wound for Koreans for another reason, too. Tucked away in a remote corner of the grounds, behind a heavy, locked iron gate, is a simple tombstone-shaped tablet, just...
...None awaiting trial in the Philippine penal system has soared as high as this prisoner; so none can know how it feels to fall this far. Like many who are incarcerated, he has turned to religion, pop psychology, any spiritual balm for his depleted soul. He keeps a small shrine of candles and statues of St. Philomena and Christ and a sloppy pile of self-help books such as Your Personal Encourager: Biblical help for dealing with difficult times. He tries to look convincing when he says, "The trials that I am experiencing, I would say it strengthens my faith...
...cold satisfaction to think of him entombed in a crushed mountain, just as his victims were three months ago. But Tora Bora is not likely to become a sacred shrine of Islam, and his caves will not be the holiest place in Afghanistan. It is the World Trade Center site that has become hallowed ground and the secular values of a free nation that inspired the unity, charity and victory he imagined. It was not just his army that was routed, but his dreams. He made his tape; now we are making ours...
...removed permanently to the holy Iraqi city of Karbala, where he spent his early years. The security forces descended on the procession and spirited the corpse away to a waiting minibus. With neither the presence of his family nor their permission, they buried Shirazi at the Hazrat Massoumeh Shrine in Qom. Still reeling from the sight of the cleric's corpse falling into the street, one of Shirazi's daughters-in-law said local authorities prevented his transfer to a better hospital in Tehran shortly after his stroke. "After this we suspect everything," she said. The next day, few Iranians...