Word: strike
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...defensive stance may make the offender more likely to back off. Stand with your legs shoulder width apart, hands in front of you, and palms spread. Tell the attacker that you don’t want any trouble. If he or she still approaches, use your palm to strike his or her nose (or jaw) with an upward force. 2. If your attacker still poses a threat, there are many other areas of the body you can try to injure: —The groin is a very vulnerable area if your attacker is male. You can either kick...
...arrests or a claim of responsibility, even yesterday's bombing are likely to remain a mystery, he says. "We know that there are ... [terrorist] training camps in Bahawalpur in Pakistan across the border from Rajasthan. This looks like a pre-planned ISI [Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence unit] pattern: strike mosques on Fridays and Hindu temples on Tuesdays, Tuesday being the day when Lord Hanuman is worshiped. This attack was also well-designed and well-planned like the one on Benaras," he says. "But unless there are arrests, it is difficult to say who is behind it for sure...
...political equation in the Palestinian territories. And it will undoubtedly lead to an escalation of violence. The Israelis will likely show restraint as long as Bush and other V.I.P. guests are here for Israel's anniversary celebrations, but once the party is over, Israel is likely to strike hard in Gaza once again...
...long this new cease-fire will last is uncertain. Al-Sadr declared a cease-fire unilaterally last year only to see al-Maliki ignore it with the initial strike in Basra. But one thing is clear: the latest pause in the running fight between al-Sadr and the U.S.-backed Iraqi government offers no visible solutions to the problems at the root of the conflict. Al-Maliki wants to disband the Mahdi Army, or at least de-fang it, before provincial elections in the fall. The bloody nose the Mahdi Army gave al-Maliki in the latest crisis shows...
...gathering opposition to the regime has been the role played by independent journalists, who have persistently exposed its failings. Chikowore is an accredited journalist with Zimbabwe's Media and Information Commission. He was arrested on 16 April in Warren Park township in Harare, a day after a failed national strike by the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (M.D.C.). In Warren Park, opposition protestors had burned a bus, and Chikwore gone to investigate. "Before I knew it, seven armed policemen arrested me," he said. "They dragged me to my home where they confiscated my video and still cameras, laptop and dicta...