I usedto hidemycellphonein a deeppocket and carryawalletfilled withpaper to hand over to motor scooter pirates at intersectionsifsomeone stucka gunin the car window to rob me.
They filled the peaceful mountain air with shouting and gun shots.
VOA: special.2009.06.06
BAGA, Nigeria (AP) Fighting between Nigeria's military and Islamic extremists killed at least 185 people in a fishing community in the nation's far northeast, officials said Sunday, an attack that saw insurgents fire rocket-propelled grenades and soldiers spray machine-gun fire into neighborhoods filled with civilians.
We live in an age of helicopter parents so pushy and overbearing that Colorado Springs banned its annual Easter-egg hunt on account of adults jumping the starter's gun and scooping up treat-filled plastic eggs on behalf of their winsome kids.