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...Audacious attacks by Tamil tiger rebels on a military air base and the international airport at Colombo left 21 people dead and 11 aircraft destroyed. At the airport hundreds of passengers dived for cover as gunfire and grenades exploded at 3:45 a.m. Four hours earlier the rebels had struck at the Katunayake Air Force Base, blowing up eight military aircraft. The dead - seven servicemen and 14 rebels - included several suicide bombers, who detonated explosives strapped around their bodies. The attack was thought to have marked the anniversary of the 1983 anti-Tamil riots, when more than 400 people died...
...last time Mexico tried invading the U.S., in 1916, Pancho Villa led a doomed horseback adventure that was quickly snuffed out by Uncle Sam. So you had to admire the stealthy 21st century raid Mexico launched last week: the way the invaders all wore business suits, the way they struck one by one at inland targets like Detroit, Chicago and Milwaukee, the fact that they came not to conquer but to lobby--and all with the tacit encouragement of the American President. As the Mexican Foreign Minister and three of his country's leading Senators traveled the U.S. recruiting allies...
...TIGER SHARK Jesse Spencer, now 18, from the Big Island of Hawaii, was surfing near Kona in October 1999 when a 10-ft. tiger shark came halfway out of the water and pushed him off his board. The shark's nose struck Spencer's head, then its jaws locked onto his arm. "I could almost see the whole shark. My elbow was down his throat." The shark ripped muscles, tendons and blood vessels, then chomped down on the surfboard before finally disappearing. Spencer made it to shore, and today his arm is recovering, although he still cannot grip with...
While Benin and the United States may appear to have few connections, Gates said he was struck by how similar the people of Benin look to many blacks...
...first kiss. Fuming, he went home, got a gun belonging to his grandfather and returned to the school, where he stood outside Grunow?s classroom and demanded to see his girlfriend. Grunow did not take him seriously enough, so he cocked the gun. Then he fired one bullet, which struck Grunow in the head. As his favorite teacher lay dying, Nate...