Catrien Ross on Blasting Mount Fuji to Bits – Does Liv

Live-fire artillery is blasting Mount Fuji to bits. Rocket bursts explode the calm of this early March morning. Even at more than 30 kilometers distance, the earth here shudders. Windows in my mountain minka rattle. Blasts reverberate through its ancient beams.

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Under Obama, more targeted killings than captures in counter

When a window of opportunity opened to strike the leader of al-Qaeda in East Africa last September, U.S. Special Operations forces prepared several options. They could obliterate his vehicle with an airstrike as he drove through southern Somalia. Or they could fire from helicopters that could land...

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As U.S. pursues al-Qaeda, more kills and fewer captures

When a window of opportunity opened to strike the leader of al-Qaeda in East Africa last September, U.S. Special Operations forces prepared several options. They could obliterate his vehicle with an airstrike as he drove through southern Somalia. Or they could fire from helicopters that could land...Good 4 Mr. O--let military earn their pay!!

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Bullet flies in window, misses 8 yr old

Deputies said a bullet flew through a window of a home where an 8 year-old was sitting. Investigators believe shots were fired by someone attending a party at a neighbor's house across the street.

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Man held in 3-alarm church fire on Northwest Side of Chicago

Police have arrested a 61-year-old man in connection with a fire at the Edgebrook Lutheran Church.. officials were called to the church at 5252 W. Devon Ave.. Hazel Clementz said she was watching the Grammy Awards when Allen said he saw "the flickering of a fire" through their living room window.. The flames shot from the roof on Hiawatha Ave.

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911 Call Released From Home Invasion Shooting|NewsChannel 8

While she was on the phone with dispatchers, police say she warned the intruder that she had a rifle. Authorities say the intruder, identified as Billy Dean Riley, ignored the woman's warning and threw a chair through the window. That's when she opened fire.

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Bail Raised for Suspect in Houston Arson

A 30-year-old Houston man being investigated in connection with a rash of fires in the Heights told police he and another man crawled through a window at a vacant house before he started the Sept. 17 blaze, according to court documents. 

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Trapped thief drops pants in bungled burglary

Romanian man tries to break into a supermarket in Portugal via small window and drops his pants to try and wiggle through. The police and fire brigade had to free him in the end.

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