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...piece on the spate of merchandise commemorating the 30th anniversary of Elvis Presley's death erroneously reported that he lived to the age of 46. He was 42 when he died...
...tragedy and destruction has sparked unprecedented outrage over the government's handling of the spate of forest fires since June. But the Prime Minister's allegations of sabotage has also fanned dark conspiracy theories over who might be responsible - as well fiery political debate ahead of next month's general elections...
...kidnapped in broad daylight today in Kabul, a month after two German engineers and their five Afghan colleagues were abducted in nearby Wardak province, and 23 South Korean Christian volunteers were seized from a bus by the Taliban in Ghazni, just 3 hours from the Afghan capital. This spate of kidnappings in and around the capital heralds an alarming trend for foreign nationals working in Afghanistan...
...been two kidnappings on her street, despite a police presence. "Security in this town is a joke. The Taliban are talked about incessantly, but no one talks about this stuff - this is the real reason Afghanistan can't catch its breath, not the insurgency, but the relentless and unanswered spate of criminal activity and corruption...
...been eliminated," Nikolai Patrushev, Director of Russia's FSB (the KGB's heir), commented to Interfax wire agency. He has ordered his service to strengthen its control of Russia's sensitive installations. Patrushev said the train bomb was part of a pattern of violence that also included a spate of attacks on security forces and officials in the North Caucasus region around Chechnya...