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...week for U.S. troops in Afghanistan: eight soldiers died and three were wounded after a Taliban weapons cache they had discovered exploded outside Ghazni, 60 miles southeast of Kabul. U.S. officials say it's too soon to know why the arsenal blew up, though the Taliban has booby-trapped such caches in the past. But the week's events highlighted an even greater concern: the Taliban may be taking a cue from insurgents in Iraq and embarking on the deadly new tactic of suicide attacks in the country's capital, Kabul...
...SOUTHEAST ASIA THE EASTERN AND ORIENTAL EXPRESS The sister train of the Venice Simplon allows you to explore the cultures of Southeast Asia as it carries you from Singapore to Bangkok via the Malay Peninsula. The train's interior and standard of service are similar to that of the Venice Simplon; what's different is the view?acres of tropical countryside, jungle terrain and rice paddies framed in the train's window. It's also a bit cheaper at $1,760 for a one-way ticket...
...tests revealed that the chickens had been killed by an unknown agent. Van Dang Ky, a veterinarian from the department's epidemiology unit, admits, "The first signs of an epidemic were found in Tam Duong district in July 2003. At the time, Vietnam was preparing actively for the 22nd Southeast Asian Games and we thought we could control the disease, so we did not announce it for political and economic reasons." Anton Rychener, a United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization representative in Vietnam, confirmed that ministry officials told him there had been previous outbreaks. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials have...
...made on the Red Planet. The 90-mile-wide Gusev Crater--located about 15° south of the planet's equator--resembles a dry lake bed, one that could easily have been drenched with water from what appears to be a 559-mile-long river channel entering it from the southeast. If there was once Martian water, it should have ponded there. If there was once Martian life, it might have called this great lake home...
...attractive to mission planners as well. Such secondary-impact pits do geologists' excavation work for them, gouging away upper layers of soil and rock and offering a free peek at what lies below. There appears to be an especially inviting population of small craters to the east and southeast of the rover, providing one more reason for Spirit to head that way when it dismounts. "We've got a capable machine, but we can't dig 20-ft. holes with it," says Squyres. "The way to do that is to look at one of these craters...