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...that he would be electrocuted if he fell off his perch. In Britain, a separate set of graphic pictures was published in London's Daily Mirror, which appeared to show, among other things, an Iraqi prisoner being beaten and urinated upon by his British army captors. The scenes drew horror and condemnation in a country in which the military usually prides itself on its crisp professionalism. "We went to Iraq to get rid of that type of thing," said Prime Minister Tony Blair...
Rule #2: Drive-ins are made for horror films...
Rule #2: Drive-ins are made for horror films...
...Most horror movies live and gruesomely die in the moment: the splattered head or severed limb gives viewers a quick thrill or a giggle, a jolt to the nervous system, that lingers no longer than a shiver. The films of Japanese director Hideo Nakata--The Ring (1998), Ring 2 (1999), Chaos (1999) and Dark Water (2002)--take a subtler route to spooking audiences. In his thrillers, Nakata concentrates less on the explosion of the time bomb than on the ticking inside it: abstract images on a videotape, an aquarium tank full of dead fish, a water stain spreading...
...have heard Bono tell that story several times. Each time, I think he is haunted by the unacceptable fact that any father should be faced with such a choice and by the horror that this unjust moment is repeated every day across Africa. He has dedicated his life to making sure that such extreme poverty comes to an end. --By BOBBY SHRIVER, who with Bono founded Debt AIDS Trade Africa, www.data.org