Radiation linked to a contact of ex-spy

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Radiation is linked to a contact of our ex-spy. Traces of the rare radioactive substance polonium-210 were found at a German apartment. A contact of fatally poisoned ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko staid at this apartment, just before he met him in London.

Gen. Augusto Pinochet, who terrorized his opponents for 17 years after taking power in a bloody coup, died Sunday. This put to an end a decade of intensifying efforts to bring him to trial for human rights abuses blamed on his regime. He was 91. Some people can get away with anything these days.

Weddings take place amid Iraq bloodshed. Despite Iraq's terrible violence, young couples such as 23-year-old Hussein Ali and Sumaya Jassim are marrying and trying to live normal lives. In a country where tens of thousands have died and even more have been displaced by nearly four years of war, this requires bravery, ingenuity and compromise.

But, I don't care today. Whatever you do: don't forget to love a soldier. Love, Jenifer. bloomjenifer@yahoo.co.uk