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Suicide blast kills at least 15 in Pakistan
Special to the TimesA powerful suicide explosion killed at least 15 people and injured dozens of others here this evening, shortly after a large protest rally marking the one-year anniversary of government forces' raid on a radical mosque. Most of the dead were police...Tags: Ceremonies, Pervez Musharraf, Heads of State, Law Enforcement, National Government
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Suicide attack in Pakistani capital kills 15
Associated Press WriterA suicide bomber targeted police officers in Pakistan's capital Sunday, killing at least 15 people and wounding dozens while thousands of Islamists marked the one-year anniversary of a deadly military crackdown on a mosque nearby. The blast -- apparently...Tags: Explosions, Guerrilla Activity, Death and Dying, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Riots
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Garland helps Angels top Jays for 100th career win
Jon Garland pitched a six-hitter for his 100th major league victory, Jeff Mathis tied a career high with three RBIs and Juan Rivera homered to lead the Los Angeles Angels to a 7-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday. Garland (8-5) went the...Tags: Toronto Blue Jays, Major League Baseball, Kevin Appier, Garret Anderson, Alfonso Soriano
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Black students helped end 'Massive Resistance'
Associated Press WriterThe "Norfolk 17" were honored Sunday at the church that educated them 50 years ago when six of the city's all-white public schools closed under Virginia's defiant response to court-ordered desegregation. Ten of the 14 surviving members of the Norfolk...Tags: Court Administration, Local Authority, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Minority Groups, Baptist
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Suicide attack in Pakistani capital kills 15
Associated Press WriterA suicide attacker detonated explosives near a police station in Pakistan's capital on Sunday, killing at least 15 people and wounding dozens, officials said. The blast occurred in a kiosk in front of the police station, said Naeem Iqbal, a police...Tags: Explosions, Guerrilla Activity, Islam, Ceremonies, Pervez Musharraf
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Blast in Pakistan capital kills more than 10
Associated Press WriterA suicide bomber targeted police officers in Pakistan's capital Sunday, killing at least 15 people and wounding dozens while thousands of Islamists marked the one-year anniversary of a deadly military crackdown on a mosque nearby. The blast -- apparently...Tags: Explosions, Ceremonies, Emergency Incidents
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Mirroring JonBenet story
Special to the SunMy Sister, My Love: The Intimate Story Of Skyler Rampike By Joyce Carol Oates Ecco / 562 pages / $25.95 Social commentary has long been the hallmark of the best fiction. Many literary classics, among them Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter,...Tags: Nathaniel Hawthorne, Murder, Family, Charles Dickens, Ceremonies
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Opening eyes, minds
Sun reporterThe boys from Baltimore sprawled on leather chairs and sofas in the dark-paneled sitting room of a castle-like residential college at Yale University. It was the kind of place where scholars from earlier decades might have relaxed with cigars as they...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Court Administration, Murder, Punishment, Drug Trafficking
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Watching their words
Sun reporterTwo months ago, NAACP board member Alice Huffman played a pivotal role in a Democratic National Committee meeting that paved the way for Sen. Barack Obama to clinch the party's presidential nomination. Obama's historic victory - the first for a black...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Minority Groups, Health and Safety at School, Political Candidates, Prosecution
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Going out in style
Associated PressWhen Yankee Stadium opened for business April 18, 1923, an army of writers strained for adjectives to describe the majestic, triple-decked structure that loomed over the landscape like the Colosseum in Rome, somehow relocated to the Bronx. Babe Ruth, who...Tags: Derek Jeter, National Football League, Reggie Jackson, Baltimore Colts, Adolf Hitler
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