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...close to hell down there." SOUTH KOREAN FIRE FIGHTER, after emerging from the scene of a firebomb attack on a Daegu subway. Officials say 133 people died and 300 remain missing...
...news sent a seismic shiver through the film world: "Jackie Chan admits he doesn't do all his own stunts." A few weeks ago, the universe's top action star acknowledged that, if a movie requires him to "ride an F-16 jet fighter, or to jump over a series of hurdles with a crazy horse, or to perform two 720-degree somersaults," he will hand the job to a younger daredevil. "But one somersault, I'll do it myself...
...Thaksin is used to getting his way, but he found a formidable opponent this time. Purachai's record as an anticorruption fighter and his high-profile "social-order campaign"?which instituted a 2 a.m. curfew and random drug tests at Bangkok's notorious nightclubs?won widespread public support. And when it appeared Thaksin was trying to engineer Purachai's resignation, Thaksin's own political mentor, Chanlong Srimuang, publicly backed the Justice Minister. By Friday, Thaksin backed down, niftily taking credit for keeping Purachai in the government?"He definitely won't quit, I insist"?while also heading off potential divisions...
...assailants. But an examination of the corpse revealed that not only had the man been dead longer than the military insisted, he also had a medical condition?massive enlargement of the testicles?that would have made it difficult for him to be a guerrilla fighter. Eyewitnesses say that the gunmen wore military style paraphernalia such as boots and camouflage face paint, although no insignias were seen. The report concludes that it is "very possible" there was military involvement in the attack...
...fans: action star JACKIE CHAN, 48, the martial-arts expert from Hong Kong long known for personally executing all manner of hazardous maneuvers on film, admitted that he has started using a stunt double. "I will use stunt doubles if you ask me to ride an F-16 jet fighter, or jump over a series of hurdles with a crazy horse, or perform two 720-degree somersaults," Chan said. But, he added, "[if the script calls for] one somersault, I'll do it myself." It seems that after years of sustaining broken bones, his body isn't as elastic...