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...other side of the globe, in a military ward of a hospital in the Cambodian town of Kampong Spoe, 25 miles southwest of Phnom Penh, a soldier named Neh Kon, 30, lies on a wooden pallet. He has lost both legs -- one just above the knee, the other just below. The stumps are wrapped in flyspecked, blood-soaked bandages. Neh Kon's wife sits beside him, holding their young child. Two weeks earlier, on patrol in Khmer Rouge territory, Neh Kon stepped on a mine. "By the time we get peace," he says, "a lot of people won't have...
Neighborly nudge. Not everyone worries about the hazards of releasing balloons. As many as 10,000 of them, carrying cards with pro-environmental messages like "Buy recycled paper," will be sent aloft from Munich's main square. The project's organizers hope for a wind from the southwest that will blow the balloons into highly polluted Czechoslovakia...
Today: Periods of rain. High in the mid 50s. Wind southwest 10 to 20 mph becoming northwest in the after-noon. Chance of rain 80 percent. Tonight: A 30 percent chance of showers early, then partial clearing. Low in the mid 40s. Tomorrow: Party sunny. High...
...With the wind and rain, scores are going to skyrocket," Kincaid said. "Being from the southwest, I had trouble adjusting to the weather out here. My muscles tighten up in the cold rain...
Today: windy, becoming mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers late in the day. High 60 to 65. Southwest wind 20 to 30 mph. Tonight: cloudy with showers likely. Breezy, low around 50. Chance of showers 70 percent. Tomrrow: showers ending then clearing. High 55 to 60. Chance of showers 80 percent...