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...shade and tranquility in this sweltering city. But fewer Karachiites are responding to the muezzin's call to prayer these days. The city is experiencing one of its periodic spasms of vengeful warfare between extremist members of Islam's Sunni and Shi'a religious sects. Mosques are a favored target...
...developing countries, counterfeiters tend to target common prescription drugs, including the antibiotic amoxicillin and the painkiller acetaminophen. Many knockoffs are easy to spot because of their amateurish packaging. WHO investigators recently found a fake antimalaria drug circulating in Cambodia called Brainy, a nonexistent brand. Counterfeiters apparently planned to fool unsophisticated buyers by printing the packaging in the Thai language-Thai products are respected in Cambodia. Other fakes, however, come in packages that are nearly indistinguishable from the real products. "Even if there is a new security feature, such as a hologram, the counterfeiters can reproduce...
...landing target of the D-day invaders was a 50-mile stretch of shoreline in the middle of the Cherbourg--Le Havre crescent in France. On the night of June 5, the operation began as Allied paratroopers boarded planes and gliders. "O.K., let's go" was Eisenhower's direct order. Just after midnight, June 6, they began landing behind enemy lines, with orders to attack and destroy German gun batteries. Meanwhile, an armada started making its way toward the designated beaches. Allied troops began landing at 6:30 a.m. Wading through the water onto French soil, they met vastly different...
...laid out with ribbons leading from our base to a point on the English coast. From there, the ribbons led to the French coast, then along the coast to the drop zone described as Utah Beach. Someone asked if we could expect much fighter opposition over the target. The colonel answered that one very simply by saying, "There will be approximately 3,500 Allied fighters over the beach this morning." That brought a big sigh of relief from the group...
...also violated an unspoken DLC no-no by helping the Hispanic Caucus (From opposes the Democrats' ethnic fragmentation) with a series of Spanish-language political-advocacy ads. The NDN spots are totally unlike the dark, Bush-bashing ads favored by liberal groups. They are optimistic, sun-splashed and "target Latino aspirations," notes Hispanic Caucus chair Representative Bob Menendez. "The New Democrat Network really gets where...