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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: lorne who wrote (100805)	3/2/2011 11:12:16 AM
From: FJB	Respond to of 224755

Pakistani Minister Was ‘Ready to Die’ March 2, 2011, 10:57 am By ROBERT MACKEY As my colleagues Salman Massod and Jane Perlez report, Shahbaz Bhatti, Pakistan’s minorities minister, was shot dead on Wednesday morning as he left his home. Al Jazeera has obtained this video of a recent interview with Mr. Bhatti, who was the only Christian member of Pakistan’s cabinet, insisting that he would not be stopped from opposing Pakistan’s blasphemy law, despite threats to his life by Islamist extremists: VIDEO thelede.blogs.nytimes.com

To: lorne who wrote (100805)	3/2/2011 11:54:05 AM
From: FJB	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224755

Frankfurt airport shooting: two killed in attack on US military bus Bus driver and US soldier killed and two others injured in shooting at Frankfurt airport, reports say Helen Pidd in Berlin guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 2 March 2011 16.13 GMT guardian.co.uk Two men including a US soldier have been shot dead at Frankfurt airport, German media reported. The gunman, believed to be from Kosovo, opened fire on a bus containing US troops in front of Terminal 2. The bus driver and a soldier were killed, according to the German news channel N-TV. Two others, thought to be soldiers, were seriously hurt. The shooting happened at 3.20pm local time. "It all appears to have taken place on the bus," said a police spokesman, Jürgen Linker. It was too early to discuss the gunman's possible motives, he said. The US Army Europe said it had no immediate information on the incident but was looking into it.