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...even the region’s thin veneer of peace. Reports that the 80 tons of weapons, including long-range rockets, were purchased by the Palestinian Authority (PA) support the repeated claims of the Israeli government that PA Chair Yasser Arafat is a dangerous man, ready and willing to resort to terrorism to achieve his aims...
...older brother Robert pile into his blue Ford Expedition and drive to Dingman-Delaware Elementary School in the Pocono mountains of eastern Pennsylvania. A third-grade class has pooled their piggy banks to raise $150 for the guys in Mike's firehouse, and a local resort has donated a free night's stay. The school's students, told to wear red, white and blue for the occasion, welcome him with a medley of patriotic standards. Two TV stations and the local newspaper are in tow to cover the event...
...Darkness falls quickly in the tropics and after sundown, there's only one place to be: in one of the park's comfortably appointed accommodations. During the wet season, rates drop considerably. The Kakadu Resort complex, set on a 10-hectare bushland site near the South Alligator River, offers air-conditioned motel rooms (doubles cost $70 a night), powered and unpowered van sites, and a camping area ($3.80 per person); call (61-8) 8979-0166 to book. For those with slightly fatter wallets, there's the Gagudju Crocodile Holiday Inn in the town of Jabiru...
...experienced nausea while coming out of anesthesia, your doctor may have given you a tranquilizer called droperidol. Even at standard low doses, however, the drug can cause an irregular heartbeat, and last week the FDA issued a warning to physicians, asking them to use droperidol only as a last resort...
...dingy ward have left her stir-crazy, but Xiaowei shows off limbs already stretched 4 cm. "I can take the pain, if it means I can become a diplomat," she says, wincing as she shifts her metal-embraced legs. "But I never thought I would have to resort to surgery...