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...killers. Duong is guilty of "distorting the history of Vietnam," according to Ho Chi Minh City Culture and Information Department officials, who dislike the movie's depiction of the November, 1965 battle of Ia Drang as a U.S. victory. Vietnamese historians say their side won the battle, the first face-off between the U.S. Army and NVA regulars...
...Diesel) shanghaied into a U.S. government spy unit to buy hot cars from Russian anarchist Yorgi (hyperemoting Marton Csokas). Yorgi is brilliant enough to create a nerve-gas missile system but not quite smart enough to lock the door to his hideout. So Xander struts in for a climactic face-off. "I love anything I can get into and do somethin' stupid," says Xander. Kids will line up to watch that somethin' this weekend. Adults, perplexed at Diesel's surly stardom, need to recall this: Hollywood once made an action hero of a lug named Steven Seagal...
...police force. Then, on Saturday, a group of armed men slaughtered 25 Hindus in a Kashmiri shantytown as they watched a Pakistan-India cricket match on TV. Indian police suspect a Pakistan-based Muslim militia. If so, the provocation would rank with the mass murder that sparked the May face-off. Now more than ever, the world is counting on Musharraf the risk taker--who assures us his risks are calculated--to steer South and Central Asia from internal chaos to regional security, from the threshold of nuclear Armageddon to Pax Pakistania, from fundamentalist fervor to secular moderation...
...world's spotlight remains on the face-off at the India-Pakistan border. But the 2,100-kilometer Thai-Burmese frontier is almost as tense?even without the shadow of a nuclear war. The clashes have plunged relations between Bangkok and Rangoon to their lowest point in years. Burma's junta has banned visits by Thai officials, expelled Thai workers and closed border crossings, while Thai army officers have accused Rangoon of warmongering...
...half minutes left and we’d be running the face-off,” Logigian said. “Once we tied it up, we knew we were there three days ago and we knew that we were in good shape and it was just a matter of finding the right match...