• As a young parish priest in Brazil, Carinal Braz de Aviz was caught in the cross-fire of an armed robbery, with bullets perforating his lungs, intestines and an eye.

    BBC: Papal conclave: Runners and riders

  • Memories of the 7 July London bombings and the Kings Cross fire are, of course, still raw and many would baulk at unmanned trains in the capital.

    BBC: Could Paris Metro inspire driverless Tube trains?

  • The truce has largely upheld since then, despite several incidents of cross-border fire.

    BBC: Gaza city: Israeli air strike kills Palestinian militant

  • Ardrossan soldier Sgt Glen Gardiner, of the 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment, received the Military Cross for running through enemy fire to try to save the life of an Afghan National Army soldier who had been critically wounded.

    BBC: Scots soldiers honoured for Afghan bravery

  • Ankara has tried not to escalate tensions over the past year in response to events that have included the deaths of Turkish citizens in cross-border artillery fire, a car bomb in February that killed 14 people on the border and the shooting down of a Turkish jet by Syrian antiaircraft guns.

    WSJ: Turkey Blames Syria for Bombing

  • Arsenal were awarded an indirect free kick just six yards out on 57 minutes when Dean Whitehead cushioned a Walcott cross into the arms of Fulop but Gilberto could only fire wide.

    BBC: Sunderland 0-1 Arsenal

  • Lions Gate Entertainment finds itself in the cross fire as billionaire Carl Icahn takes on the Board of Directors over the possible merger with MGM and overall control of the TV and film studio.

    FORBES: Caught In The Crossfire: Lions Gate's Value As Icahn Battles Board

  • From the new Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem cross-over, to the announcement of two new Zelda games (well, one new one and an HD remake of Wind Waker) the Nintendo goodies just keep dropping.

    FORBES: Connect

  • Creative deconstructionism is the hallmark of any form of capitalism and so there are bound to be industries that are victims of it and I have just been caught in the cross-fire.

    FORBES: Your Job Is In Trouble. It's Not Fair. Deal With It. (Here's How.)

  • It was left to a more experienced head to make Chelsea's progression to the quarter-finals secure, as Deco was given time and space in the box to collect Cole's left-wing cross, control and fire in to the bottom right-hand corner of Al Habsi's net.

    BBC: SPORT | Football | League Cup | Chelsea 4-0 Bolton

  • Moreover, Amazon can use cross-subsidies from the sale of digital content to keep the price of the Fire down, something that rival tablet-makers who do not sell content cannot do.

    ECONOMIST: Brain scan

  • It lives on in the Cross of Steel made from the World Trade Center beams, placed on a Pentagon-shaped platform that rests proudly outside the Shanksville Volunteer Fire Department. (Applause.) That Cross of Steel is an enduring symbol of the steel and the spine of this region, and the spine of this country.

    WHITEHOUSE: Vice President Biden Honors Flight 93 Memorial

  • Imagine a cross between a Homeric rhapsode, chanting one of the epics in front of a roaring fire, and the blues singer Muddy Waters.

    NEWYORKER: Chunhyang

  • Buying the Nook would effectively make them the owner of the eReader category, and allow them to focus on the Kindle Fire and the cross over devices to media distribution, and ecommerce on the tablet.

    FORBES: Amazon Preparing Bid For Barnes And Noble?

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