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...that at 2 p.m. on March 13, then Interior Minister Angel Acebes was told of the imminent arrest of Moroccan and Indian suspects, yet later that day Acebes said publicly that eta was still the main focus of the investigation. Spaniards were also surprised when Aznar told Colombian radio station W Radio that he still has classified intelligence documents from after the attacks. Socialist Party and other officials have called for an inquiry to determine whether Aznar broke the law by retaining the reports. "This is a sign of his authoritarian and self-centered way," says Begoña Lasagabaster...
...U.F.C. was bought and revamped in 2001 by second-generation Vegas tycoons Lorenzo, 35, and Frank Fertitta III, 42, brothers and co-owners of Station Casinos, who in their spare time practice Brazilian jujitsu, the technique of choice among top U.F.C. fighters. In fact, a series of buttons on the U.F.C. video game will allow you to fight as Lorenzo, who apparently is much stronger than he looks. Their parents gave them a bunch of local casinos, which, along with revenue made from consulting with Native Americans on casino operations, they have used to build the slick Green Valley Ranch...
...lite are "pretty shaken" by the murder, he explains. Few share his optimism. Other than the fact that Klebnikov's murder was a contract killing, nothing is clear - not even how many bullets struck him on the evening of July 9, as he walked to a nearby metro station. Work is the likely motive. Journalism is a high-risk profession in Russia. Twenty-one reporters - all, except Klebnikov, Russian citizens - have been killed in the line of duty since 2000, including two so far this year, according to the Paris-based press group Reporters Without Borders. Contract killings in Russia...
...train station I meet two American women from Boston who flew all the way here to pray for a sick relative. As the train lurches forward, one pulls out her rosary and whispers a prayer. I turn away, but am thankful that I've seen her, and that I've seen Lourdes. Even though I've had no vision, and drawn no conclusion, I know I haven't passed through this holy ground unchanged...
...special train waiting to carry [Eleanor Roosevelt] north was at the little wooden station. Soldiers lifted the flag-draped casket into the last car where other soldiers, sailors and marines would stand guard over it. The band played on & on; the drums echoed hollowly in the hot valley. Leaning on [an aide's] arm ... she steadily went aboard. The train moved slowly out of Warm Springs. At Atlanta, steel-helmeted soldiers lined the station platform, crowds filled windows overlooking the smoky terminal ... The train rumbled on, past fields where farmers tied their mules and stood at the fences with their...