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The Sri Lankan Army announced with some fanfare two weeks ago that it had destroyed the last air strip used by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam , its adversary in a 25-year-long conflict that appears to be coming to an end. However, the Tigers made it clear tonight, with an air attack punching into the heart of the capital, that it’s not over yet
Ahead of her first trip abroad as Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton said she planned to renew U.S.
There’s a motorcycle-taxi stand near my home in Bangkok, and many of the drivers’ hands are dirty. Not from urban grime or motor oil, but from newsprint.
This is how a submarine-launched ballistic missile works: once airborne, the 60-ton missile travels out of the earth’s atmosphere into sub-orbit, where it moves toward its target at a shade under 4 miles a second. Approaching its destination, the tip of the missile splits into multiple, independently targeted warheads, each loaded with bombs up to 24 times more powerful than the Hiroshima blast, which re-enter the atmosphere in a spectacle that from the ground would resemble a meteor shower, before it resembled a thousand roaring suns. There are hundreds of these and similar land-based long-range missiles ready to launch at a moment’s notice.
Italians are normally not good at waiting in line. During the weekly trip to the bank or post office it helps to have sharp elbows and a sense of entitlement. Getting on a bus or train can be more like packing down in a rugby scrum.
The first clue came when I got my hair cut. The stylist offered not just the usual coffee or tea but a complimentary nail-polish change while I waited for my hair to dry. Maybe she hoped this little amenity would slow the growing inclination of women to stretch each haircut to last four months while nursing our hair back to whatever natural color we long ago forgot
At least 44 miners have died and several dozen others were injured by a mine blast Sunday in northern China’s Shanxi province, state-run media said. “We expressed our deepest condolences to the survivors of the noncombatants who were killed during this operation,” said Brig. Gen.
Hundreds of thousands of workers filled the streets of Dublin on Saturday to protest the government response to Ireland’s economic downturn. But these days, visitors to California’s most famous ZIP code are more likely to take note of the empty storefronts and deep-discount signs
The Lamborghinis and Bentleys still cruise Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills. But these days, visitors to California’s most famous ZIP code are more likely to take note of the empty storefronts and deep-discount signs
President Obama will seek to cut the federal deficit in half by the end of his first term, according to an administration official. LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) — One major contender’s chances at Oscar gold may be damaged due to its sensitive subject matter.