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By Penny Starr, Senior Staff Writer In a scene from the new film "The Hurt Locker," a troop in the U.S. Army's Explosive Ordinance Disposal squad dodges a bomb as it explodes in Baghdad, Iraq. (Photo courtesy of Summit Publicity) (CNSNews.com) - The death toll in Iraq from Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) would be much higher if it were not for the men who spend every day in a life-and-death struggle to dismantle those destructive devices. That struggle, in riveting and sometimes shocking detail, is recounted in the new film “The Hurt Locker,” which tells the story of three soldiers in the U.S. Army’s Bravo Company’s Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) squad in 2004 as they try to make the dangerous streets of Baghdad safer for both coalition forces and the Iraqi people who live there. The movie is directed by Kathryn... [read full story]
Daniel Shih, Russell Perkins and Stephanie Bell are heading for Oxford next year Two residents of the Chicago area and a University of Chicago graduate are among the 32 Americans chosen this year as Rhodes scholars, the...
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Asian stock markets mixed as investors hunker down ahead of figures on US economy SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Asian stock markets were mixed Monday after a decline on Wall Street and as investors hunkered down ahead of a stream...
Here is expert equity call for the day on how the markets are expected to trade: Prabhat Awasthi, Nomura Financial Advisories: The market could see some downside over the short-term due to rising inflation. India faces...
