"The operation Lightning Thunder was launched, and to date we have no inkling from Kony or the LRA that they are willing to talk, or that they are cornered, or that they are under pressure."

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" People in the Italian Apennines call them "brontidi" or thunder-like, and residents of Shikoku, Japan, have dubbed them "yan.

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There are many possible causes for such sounds, he said, including large waves, earthquakes, shifting sands in dunes or deserts, far off thunder or man-made sources like factories, explosions or sonic booms.

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Names like Hong Jin-Ho -- or "Thunder Zerg, " as he's known in cyberspace -- are sponsored gamers who are paid to play.

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