Four days passed before President Lee Teng-hui issued an emergency decree, while authorities often seemed callous and distant when they visited quake survivors.

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"The heinous crimes committed by Seung-Hui Cho were an unprecedented act of violence that no one could have foreseen, " Mr. Owczarski said.

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"Gold stocks, as represented by the AMEX Gold Bugs Index (HUI), an index of 15 large-cap, un-hedged, publicly held gold producers, have not kept up in percentage terms with the rise in the price of gold, and this is especially unusual because mining stocks are theoretically a leveraged play on the price of gold and should rise faster than gold in a rising price of gold environment, " says Nystrom.

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The winning idea, said Yao-Hui Huang, the Hatchery's managing director, was an app that allows local businesses to accept packages on behalf of nearby residents who aren't home a common problem faced by the city's apartment dwellers.

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From what she tells me, it is clear Kim Hyun-hui has gone from one-time true believer in the Kim cult to an ardent hatred of the regime and a deep sense of personal victimhood.

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Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, a Republican, an advocate of gun rights, has also focused on the importance of the national database since Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 people and himself at Virginia Tech in 2007.

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