A high school lunch period was disrupted Monday by a greased, naked student who ran around screaming and flailing his arms until police twice used a stun gun on him, authorities said.Taylor Killian, 18, had rubbed his body with grapeseed oil to keep from being caught, and got up after the first time he was shocked to continue running toward a group of frightened students huddled in a corner at Westerville North High School, Lt. Jeff Gaylor said."That prank went a little farther than he intended, I guess," Gaylor said.Officer Doug Staysniak was monitoring the lunch period when Killian, with long hair and a full beard, ran in the room toward students, who screamed and ran away. The officer is normally assigned to a middle school and did not recognize Killian as a student, Gaylor said....
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 Saudi Arabia, Iran cooperate in attempt to ease crises in Iraq, Lebanon |
U.S. ally Saudi Arabia and Iran are working together to try to calm the crises in Iraq and Lebanon, the Saudi foreign minister said Tuesday, despite Washington's efforts to isolate Tehran and stem its power in the Middle East.The mediation is an unusual step by two rivals, Saudi Arabia and Iran, that have been competing for influence in the region. Mainly Sunni Muslim Saudi Arabia has been increasingly vocal about its suspicions of mainly Shiite Iran's intentions.U.S. President George W. Bush has rejected calls that the United States reach out to Iran to win its help in easing Iraq's bloodshed and resolve the political crisis in Lebanon that erupted into violence last week. Instead, he has taken a confrontational approach, vowing to break what he called Iranian support for militants in both countries....
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| Vietnam cuts army business links |
Vietnam's leaders have decided to remove dozens of companies from the control of the armed forces and the ruling Communist Party. The companies will instead be transferred to civilian ownership. The decision, taken last week by the Communist Party's main policy-making body, the Central Committee, represents a significant break with the past. Many state and party organisations have made large amounts of money by going into business. Vietnam's armed forces own a mobile phone company, a bank, shipbuilders, textile factories and even hotels - in total more than 100 firms. Most of these began by making weapons or uniforms but increasingly they have taken on a life of their own. Some senior officers have found a comfortable second career as company directors....
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| What's Pulling Lebanon Apart Forces From Inside, And All The Way From Iran Threaten To Topple A Mideast Democracy |
Just hours before the strike that would shut down Lebanon began, a young veiled woman named Sana sold tapes and CDs of speeches made by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in her shop in south Beirut. Asked whether she'd be open for business the next day, she smiled and said, "When Sayyed Hassan (Nasrallah) says close, we close." The government may consider Hezbollah a terrorist organization, but few in Lebanon would likely agree. Roughly one in four Lebanese citizens supports Hezbollah, and those numbers helped bring Lebanon to a grinding halt on Jan. 23, the day the Shiite movement called for a general strike. President Bush once held Lebanon up as a model for Arab democracy. Today, the U.S.-backed government is struggling to fend off a massively popular Hezbollah. ...
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| Irish Drinkers May Hitch Government Ride to Keep Pubs Alive |
Ireland's government may drive its people to drink. Rural Affairs Minister Eamon O Cuiv is proposing a bus service to shuttle people to and from country bars as a crackdown on drunk driving threatens pubs that are the traditional meeting places in many communities. Ann Kenny, who plans to close her Bridge Inn in County Limerick, says it's too little, too late. ``It looks like the end of rural Ireland,'' Kenny said. Sales at her 120-year-old bar fell 50 percent after police began randomly testing drivers for alcohol consumption, she said. The drive to get drunks off the road is dividing a nation whose tourism board advertises it as a place to enjoy a welcoming pint of stout. Mick Loftus, a former coroner in County Mayo, points out that drinking is involved in 40 percent of fatal car accidents in Ireland. Rural residents say the change is tearing their social fabric as many post offices and dairies, their other gathering spots, also shut down....
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| Attacks on Shiite pilgrims kill 38 in Iraq |
string of attacks on Shiite pilgrims on the final day of the Ashura holiday killed at least 38 people and wounded more than 100 others Tuesday in Iraq.During Ashura, Shiites mark the seventh-century martyrdom of the Imam Hussein, the Prophet Mohammed's grandson. The final stop on the pilgrimage culminates Tuesday in Karbala, the holiest Shiite city in Iraq. The annual holy period has been marred by sectarian killings since it resumed after Saddam Hussein's ouster in 2003. Millions have taken part in celebrations throughout Iraq, and no violence has been reported in Karbala. Two major attacks occurred Tuesday in Diyala, a religiously and ethnically mixed province northeast of the Iraqi capital. ...
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