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...strapped to his back, Bugti travels by camel through desert ravines and hobbles up cliffs to hidden caves where he plots ways for his Baluch tribesmen to ambush the Pakistani army. "It's better to die?as the Americans say?with your spurs on," says Bugti. "Instead of a slow death in bed, I'd rather death come to me while I'm fighting for a purpose." That purpose is to make life as difficult as possible for Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf. Bugti is one of three Baluch tribal chiefs leading an armed uprising against Islamabad. In recent months...
Before you wade in, remember that the carnage could get a whole lot worse. Like many markets, India has been badly rattled by fears that the U.S. Federal Reserve and other central banks will keep raising interest rates to fight inflation. That could cause global economic growth to slow precipitously--a worry that's causing edgy investors to pare their exposure to Indian stocks. Marc Faber, a renowned emerging-markets investor based in Hong Kong and Thailand, expects a further fall in the next six months as that uncertainty deepens. "In the near term, you have to be cautious...
...their helmet laws since the 1960s, and more may follow. Some riders argue that as long as they don't hurt others, the risk is theirs to take. Others question the efficacy of helmets. Federal standards require that they withstand a crash at 13 m.p.h., and "who drives that slow?" asks Vince Consiglio of American Bikers Aiming Toward Education in Michigan. He says boots and vests are more vital. "If a biker's going down, he's first going to protect his head...
...with some exceptions) a new English translation of the daily Mass may seem like a minor piece of religious linguistic business. But in reality, it amounts to the swallowing of some very bitter medicine administered by the Vatican. Or, perhaps, it could be better described as part of a slow-motion kick in the bishops' teeth, with repercussions for all English-speaking believers...
...Magilla Gorilla, then The Andy Griffith Show. I think I allotted 15 minutes for dinner, and homework was done in front of the television. News was always on the schedule as well. I had a reading problem when I was a kid, so writing came a little slow...