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...Zone. The group numbered almost 200-roughly 30 families-and had been camped for two days. In the past six months, says Va Char, the group, together with some 2,000 others camped nearby, had relocated many times to stay one step ahead of the Lao patrols that often swept through the jungle...
...workers in the city of Sylhet. As Hasina prepared to leave, hand grenades began raining down on the crowd from the rooftops of nearby buildings. While bodyguards surrounded her, Hasina, whose father, mother and three brothers were assassinated in a military coup in 1975, began praying loudly. Her bodyguards swept her into a bulletproof sport-utility wagon and whisked her off to safety as gunfire smashed into the vehicle's sides. "Allah helped me," she told TIME. "He saved...
...Brunei's Jimmy Anak Ahar, the Southeast Asian nation's sole Olympic athlete, who straggled far behind the pack in the 1,500 m, erasing his country's dreams of Olympic respectability. Still sucking wind after his 4:14.11 time, 40 seconds slower than gold medalist El Guerrouj, Ahar swept past reporters, his head downcast. Yet the Bruneian's performance was surely more honorable than that of Uzbekistan's Olga Shchukina, who not only finished last in her qualifying group in the shot put but later tested positive for an anabolic steroid, or Iranian flag bearer Arash Miresmaeili, who deliberately...
...disease since January 2003. The outbreak dealt a blow to the WHO's goal of eradicating polio worldwide by the end of 2004. Stormy Season TAIWAN Rescuers searched for survivors and evacuated residents threatened by mudslides in the wake of Typhoon Aere, which reportedly killed 30 people as it swept across the island. The storm had earlier contributed to heavy flooding in the Philippines that left at least 21 dead. The storm went on to hit China 's southeastern coast - from where officials had evacuated 1 million people - causing heavy damage but just two fatalities. Mean Streets BRAZIL A series...
...field medals, 8 of them gold. The rest of the world had its moments: Jamaican sprinter Veronica Campbell won two sprint golds, again cementing the Caribbean's niche in sprinting. And Greece's Fani Halkia thrilled the host country by winning the 400-m hurdles. But the Americans swept both the men's 400- and 200-meters, finished one-two in the long jump and the pole-vault, and won gold in two relay races (the men's and women's 4X400...