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...first body she saw, she says, was her 65-year-old neighbor, Bui Van Vat. Lying near him were his 62-year-old wife Canh and the couple's three grandchildren, all under 12 and all stabbed to death. Terrified, Lanh says she ran back inside her hut, a makeshift sleeping shelter with a low ditch dug in the floor to shield from incoming bullets. But first, she says, she glimpsed seven shadowy figures moving toward another nearby shelter. Later, she heard gunfire. It was an hour before Lanh worked up the courage to go outside. When...
...Peace Parks development program was also set up to help local communities manage their natural resources and develop ecotourism. The task involved getting sovereign countries to coordinate passport and customs controls, poaching laws, fencing and road-building plans. "The logistical challenges are enormous," says Peace Parks executive director Willem van Riet, "but so are the rewards. We are looking at the frontiers of a genuine African renaissance...
...countries. South Africa is discussing the possibility of a Peace Park with the governments of North and South Korea. It would sit astride the demilitarized zone that separates those two longtime enemies - an area where animals such as the endangered Siberian tiger and Amur leopard are known to exist. Van Riet says there is some interest in the idea at the U.S. Defense Department. If the generals of the Pentagon and their counterparts in the two Koreas are as wise as the tiger and the leopard, then peace may have a chance...
...around behind his impressive set-up of bongos, congas, shakers and other drums, at one point taping his hands to stay the blisters for a while. “Bury Me,” which incorporated bits of the “Beverly Hills Cop” theme and Van Halen’s “Jump” from Miller on the keyboard, featured Rosenworcel’s flashiest playing of the evening...
...listen to everything from Mingus, to bands that open for us, to Radiohead’s newest album to Yo La Tengo. But aside from all the Indie-rock stuff, we’re also going back to Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, E-Rex . . . Subconsciously everything influences your writing...