It was children's way of saying Farewell to Arms in militancy-hit Manipur when hundreds of them in a village burnt their toy guns--look alikes of AK-47 and M-16 rifles and 9mm pistols--in a symbolic protest against violence in the region.
Imphal, May 22 It was children's way of saying Farewell to Arms in militancy-hit Manipur when hundreds of them in a village burnt their toy guns--look alikes of AK-47 and M-16 rifles and 9mm pistols--in a symbolic protest against violence in the region.
The rest and recreation for Rangers' players on Saturday started prematurely. A lacklustre first half was followed by a 10-minute snooze in the second that was only ended with the considerable double shock of two Queen of the South goals.
THURMONT †Deborah Reckley still remembers how surprised she was when her son Erik Hayes said he had joined the Army. But the bigger surprise was that he was leaving in exactly a week.
In a unique effort to wean away the children in insurgency-hit Manipur from firearms, residents of a village in interior Bishenpur district today consigned toy guns to flames.
PARIS, France (AP) -- Novak Djokovic survived a rough start to his quest for a second straight Grand Slam title on Sunday, holding off unseeded German Denis Gremelmayr 4-6 6-3 7-5 6-2 in the first round of the French Open.
Sixth seed David Nalbandian crushed Argentine compatriot Carlos Berlocq 6-2, 6-4, 6-1 to book a place in the second round of the French Open on Sunday.
Settimio Damiani's children came across their father's tattered, yellowed journal after he died in 1979. Penned in Italian, it was stashed away, unread for years. They had no idea how formidable a mission it would be to get it translated into English. Nor did they know that, once opened, their father's journal would reveal a story both haunting and humbling.
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