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This week RUF forces have killed 7 U.N. peacekeepers and kidnapped 500. The RUF is no stranger to violence, as they have become a group notorious for flagrant human rights abuse. To intervene in the growing conflict and human rights violations, the United Nations sent an envoy of peacekeepers to enforce a peace accord between the rebels and the government signed last year. But the effort has been largely unsuccessful and has cast further doubt on the efficacy of U.N. peacekeeping methods...
...Manhattan. "Cool!" he said. "I've got a subway map. Want it?" So right there, on the 6:24 to Huntington, we engaged in the Palm ritual known as "beaming"--using our infrared ports to swap programs wirelessly. We both got so excited about beaming with a stranger that we made e-business cards and beamed those too. We were beaming like idiots, and no one noticed. There were at least half a dozen other people in the car lost in their own Palms...
...least one particular place, one particular period, from firsthand experience, eye-witness reports; to be the authority, to have time on your side, for once, for once." Smith later turns her attention to the next generation, to Archie's daughter Irie, an unwieldy girl who feels herself "a stranger in a stranger land" and to Samad's twin sons Magid and Millat, who become guinea pigs in a bizarre cultural experiment aimed at redeeming Samad's pride. His designs eventually intersect with those of a bona fide genetic engineer, with outrageous results...
...meet the man of your dreams, turn on the charm and nab a proposal. All's well on your way to the altar until some stranger interrupts matters to claim your hubby-to-be is already hitched. Mr. Bad News won't stop talking and your beau won't start...
...broke and bored with the usual sights, so you sign up for a job with tons of travel. Once on board, however, you notice your boss acts stranger and stranger with each passing day. As the bad omens accumulate, you start to wonder if you're going to make it back to the home office in one piece...