German mediators repatriate to Israel the remains of two Israeli soldiers killed in Lebanon, setting in motion the biggest swap of bodies and prisoners between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas in 14 years. It was a fastball. Huge storage silos lay crumbled on the ground and sugar was scattered up to a mile away Sunday after an explosion described as a ball of blue flames ripped through a major sugar refinery. State regulators insist they were just coming to the aid of desperate citizens. Doors are always locked.
Motion detectors are inside and out.
Windows are obscured, and a special alarm service summons help faster than a call to police. Others prefer the analogy of the Spanish Civil War. The battle pits the Los Angeles-based Church of Scientology against a few loosely organized bands of free speech advocates who have taken up what they believe to be the flag of truth. At issue is the right of the church to safeguard its sacred writings, some of which it says are copyright and some it calls trade secrets. The church has fought, both in the courts and in online arenas, to protect those writings.