 An 89-year-old man driving through a crowd at a summer festival panicked after striking one pedestrian and lurched his station wagon through the throng, injuring 27 people, city officials and witnesses said.Ned Lamont, who is challenging three-term incumbent Sen. Joe Lieberman in the Aug. 8 Democratic primary, and several campaign workers were among those in the crowd.Lamont, who was campaigning at festival, was not injured, but three of the staffers were treated for various injuries, spokeswoman Liz Dupont-Diehl said.The accident happened about 3:30 p.m. near the Amtrak station during New London's Sailfest summer festival, where a crowd had gathered on both sides of warning gates as a train passed, witnesses said. Once the train departed and the gates lifted, the pedestrians and the Chevrolet Caprice wagon both began to cross...
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 War 101: The line between killer and murderer Veterans enlisted to teach new soldiers about waging war the ‘right’ way |
Whether it’s firing a rifle from 100 feet away or directing a bombing raid from a mile or more in the air, the military objective is the same: Kill the enemy. Troops get instruction in deadly skills from the first time they put on a uniform. But there’s another lesson they’re taught, one that’s rooted in philosophy and old-fashioned values like honor and courage. Call it the morality of war: how to kill, but not murder. Whether it’s firing a rifle from 100 feet away or directing a bombing raid from a mile or more in the air, the military objective is the same: Kill the enemy. Troops get instruction in deadly skills from the first time they put on a uniform. But there’s another lesson they’re taught, one that’s rooted in philosophy and old-fashioned values like honor and courage. Call it the morality of war: how to kill, but not murder. If we have to teach that, then we have lost it. All should know that, its called morality...
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Editor - 10:32:00 07-09-06
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| NASA ponders whether shuttle tuft needs plucking |
NASA managers could decide Sunday whether a piece of fabric filler sticking out from thermal tiles on space shuttle Discovery's belly needs to be plucked out by astronauts during a spacewalk this week. The gap filler, which is cracked and about an inch long, remains one of the few concerns that need resolving before mission managers give the green light for Discovery to return to Earth in over a week. The early consensus is that it probably won't pose problems during the shuttle's re-entry into Earth's atmosphere, but engineers pulled an all-nighter to recommend what, if anything, needs to be done, NASA officials said. Agency managers already have cleared a slew of areas on the shuttle that raised their interest after viewing images taken during Discovery's flight to the international space station and before the shuttle docked with the orbiting complex....
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| China's Trade Surplus Probably Held Close to Record Last Month |
China's trade surplus probably stayed close to a monthly record in June, increasing pressure on the government to let the yuan appreciate faster. The surplus was $12.8 billion, little changed from $13 billion in May, according to the median forecast of 26 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News. That would bring the trade surplus in the first half to $59.6 billion, up 50 percent from a year earlier. Figures may be released as early as today. China's swelling trade surplus is flooding the economy with cash, hampering government efforts to rein in lending for investment projects. Allowing the yuan to strengthen would help curb the surplus, making it easier for Premier Wen Jiabao to cool parts of the economy, economists said. ``The trade surplus is creating a huge problem in China,'' said Chris Leung, an economist at DBS Bank in Hong Kong. ``It is pumping cash into the economy and increasing incentives for banks to lend.'' ...
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| S.Africa police arrest 500 |
South African police arrested more than 500 people in Johannesburg this weekend as the country tried to clean up its image as one of the world's most crime-ridden nations, local media reported.South Africa's high level of violent crime, among the worst in the world, has again come under the spotlight as it prepares to host the next soccer World Cup in 2010. Local officials and world football body FIFA have rejected reports that South Africa may lose the tournament to another country, such as Australia, because of its shocking crime rate and poor infrastructure and transport. Johannesburg police regularly conduct raids on the city's rundown inner city — a crime hot spot in the nation's financial heartland. ...
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| Israel Vows to Push Gaza Offensive Until Palestinians Release Captured Israeli Soldier |
Israel will push forward with its offensive in the Gaza Strip until Palestinian militants release a captured Israeli soldier and halt rocket attacks, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Sunday. Speaking at a Cabinet meeting, he dismissed international criticism that the army has used excessive force during a nearly two-week operation in the coastal area. The meeting came a day after Olmert rejected a call by the Palestinian prime minister, Ismail Haniyeh, for a cease-fire. The Israeli offensive, launched in response to the soldier's capture, has caused widespread destruction in Gaza and left more than 40 Palestinians dead. "We're talking about a war that will continue for a long time and it is complicated," Olmert was quoted as saying by meeting participants. "This is a war for which we cannot set down a timetable and we can't say how long it will continue." ...
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