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A brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Ahmed Wali Karzai, may be involved in the illegal drug trade, which is prompting serious concern among top US officials, The New York Times reported on its website Saturday. Citing unnamed US officials, the newspaper said the US ambassador to Afghanistan, the Central Intelligence Agency's station chief and their British counterparts, discussed the allegations against Ahmed Wali Karzai with Hamid Karzai as far back as 2006. But the Afghan president has so far resisted calls to move his brother out of the country, arguing he had not seen any conclusive evidence against Ahmed,...

“That spirit of looking out for one another, that core value that says, ‘I am my brother’s keeper, I am my sister’s keeper,’ that spirit is most evident during times of great tragedy. It’s most evident during times of great hardship, it’s most when natural disasters strike. We all understand that we have to come together.” – Sen. Barack Hussein Obama (D-Ill.) on the campaign trail, Sept. 2, 2008 Senator Barack Obama (D-Ill.) frequently claims on the hustings, as part of his campaign for the presidency, that he would like to usher in a new era of “change” where Americans...

Help for Obama's Shack-Living Brother September 10, 2008 06:05 PM ET | Paul Bedard | Permanent Link It was only a matter of time: A website has been created to provide donations to Sen. Barack Obama's half brother, who lives on $12 a year in a shack in Kenya. Called Help Obama's Brother, the site draws attention to George Hussein Onyango Obama, living in a hut in the "tough" town of Huruma on the outskirts of Nairobi. "If Barack Obama won't send his brother a few bucks for rent, we can step up and help a brother out," headlines the...

Nice ad manages to bite back on Obama’s critique of McCain’s wealth while highlighting Obama’s own big money hypocrisy.

This is a catchy video that exposes, once again, the "hope-o-crisy" of the Obama campaign http://www.youtube.com/v/2DvzWpdGtKw

The muddy lanes and rickety shacks of Huruma slum are known for their poverty, disease and outbreaks of gang violence — but for Barack Obama’s half-brother it is the place he calls home. Yesterday, as the Democratic nominee moved ever closer to the White House, George Hussein Onyango Obama, the youngest of his halfsiblings, responded to claims that his family had abandoned him by insisting that he was content with life in a simple wooden hut. “Life in Huruma is good. In other places you must lock yourself in to keep yourself safe,” he told The Times. “Here I am...

Senator Barack Obama's long lost brother has been tracked down for the first time living in a shanty town in Kenya, reports claimed. The Italian edition of Vanity Fair said that it had found George Hussein Onyango Obama living in a hut in a ramshackle town of Huruma on the outskirts of Nairobi. Mr Obama, 26, the youngest of the presidential candidate's half-brothers, spoke for the first time about his life, which could not be more different than that of the Democratic contender. "No-one knows who I am," he told the magazine, before claiming: "I live here on less than...

Barack Obama's half brother Malik said Thursday that if elected his brother will be a good president for the Jewish people, despite his Muslim background. In an interview with Army Radio he expressed a special salutation from the Obamas of Kenya.

CAMP FOSTER, Japan, Feb. 26, 2008 – Cameron Bonner’s life was in danger, and his best hope for survival came from a U.S. Marine stationed at this Okinawa base. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Austin Bonner, left, visits with his brother, Cameron Bonner, in Los Angeles. The lieutenant donated a kidney to his brother, who suffers from lupus. Courtesy photo  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Cameron’s brother, Marine Corps 1st Lt. Austin Bonner, is the training officer for Marine Air Support Squadron 2, Marine Air Group 18, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing. He is one of two siblings who were...

Microsoft is developing Big Brother-style software capable of remotely monitoring a worker’s productivity, physical wellbeing and competence. The Times has seen a patent application filed by the company for a computer system that links workers to their computers via wireless sensors that measure their metabolism. The system would allow managers to monitor employees’ performance by measuring their heart rate, body temperature, movement, facial expression and blood pressure. Unions said they fear that employees could be dismissed on the basis of a computer’s assessment of their physiological state. Technology allowing constant monitoring of workers was previously limited to pilots, firefighters and...

Hillary Rodham Clinton's youngest sibling is a deadbeat dad who owes tens of thousands of dollars in child support to his politically connected ex, The Post has learned. In a disclosure that could prove embarrassing for his sister, Anthony Rodham has stiffed his former wife, Nicole Boxer, out of $75,000 in child support, as well as $55,000 in alimony, a source close to the case said. Including interest and various fees and expenses, the presidential candidate's brother now owes Boxer - the daughter of Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) - more than $158,000, the source said. The revelation that Rodham is...

Unindicted 'co-conspirators' namedJefferson's brother, wife are among 11 Wednesday, September 12, 2007 By Bruce Alpert WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Justice Department has named 11 unindicted "co-conspirators" in the case against Rep. William Jefferson, D-New Orleans, including the congressman's wife and brother and the former vice president of Nigeria. The information is contained in a letter from prosecutor Mark Lytle to Jefferson's attorney, Robert Trout. The letter was made public last week when attorneys for Jefferson included the letter as one of the exhibits attached to motions asking Virginia federal Judge T.S. Ellis III to drop 14 of the 16 criminal...

By Norris Jones Gulf Region Central District BAGHDAD, Sept. 7, 2007 — They're overseeing some of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers key projects rebuilding Iraq. Lt. Col. J.P. Moszer and his sister, Lt. Col. Jan Carter, deployed with the North Dakota National Guard Engineer Brigade, 34th Infantry Division, in April. Moszer is the officer in charge of the Baghdad Area Office responsible for 150 projects valued at $600 million. He's working with seven brigade combat teams and 53 battalions improving essential services to residents throughout the capital. "We're building water, sewer and electrical networks, courthouses, schools, clinics, renovating...

I have been providing portions from my book, Is the Mormon My Brother?, which define, from exclusively LDS sources, the teachings of Mormonism regarding the central definitional doctrine of any theistic religion: the doctrine of God. Given the presidential aspirations of Mitt Romney, a Mormon, this topic is once again in the public eye, and sadly, the general ignorance of LDS teaching on the part of the public at large is simply absymal. The idea of latter-day revelation opens up for us a second level of authoritative teachings from which we can glean a great deal of information about the...

KIRKUK, Iraq, Aug. 17, 2007 – Twin sisters and fellow Army Spcs. Sarah and Angela Andrews helped promote their brother, Ryan McCarty, to sergeant here earlier this month. Ryan McCarty (right), of 2nd Squadron, 6th U.S. Cavalry Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, gets pinned with sergeant rank by his twin sisters, Spcs. Sarah (center) and Angela Andrews (left), both soldiers with 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, at Forward Operating Base Warrior, in Kirkuk, Iraq, Aug. 10. McCarty’s sisters traveled from Forward Operating Base Warhorse, in Baqubah, for the event and brief family reunion. Photo by Sgt. Mike Alberts, USA  (Click...

Jefferson deals all in the family, feds sayBrother always gets a cut, indictment says Saturday, June 16, 2007 By Bill Walsh WASHINGTON -- Throughout a 94-page federal indictment, prosecutors repeatedly describe scenes of Rep. William Jefferson telling business executives that there is an important condition to be met before he would use his influence on their behalf: A certain family member would have to be compensated with cash, contracts or a stake in the business. And he played hardball, according to the government. While pushing an oil deal in Nigeria in 2002, Jefferson is said to have complained that the...

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Samuel Martin (right) shows his brother, Army Sgt. Paul Martin, how he performs a maintenance check on an F-16 Fighting Falcon jet engine, May 30, 2007, at Balad Air Base, Iraq. Samuel is assigned to the 14th Air Expeditionary Maintenance Unit and Paul is a satellite imagery analyst with the 3rd Brigade, 1st Calvary Division from Fort Hood, Texas. The two caught up with each other at Balad. U.S Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. LuCelia Ball U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Martin Balad-Based Airman Gets Chance Visit from Army Brother By Staff Sgt. LuCelia...

BRASILIA, Brazil - Brazil police have formally accused a brother of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of influence peddling after a nationwide crackdown on illegal gambling, the government news agency said Tuesday. Genival Inacio da Silva's home in the San Bernardo do Campo suburb was searched by authorities Monday as part of a federal police operation that arrested 77 people on charges of smuggling electronic gambling machines and bribing police in Mato Grosso do Sul state. Police did not say what was seized in Silva's brother's home or elaborate on the motives for the accusation, the official Agencia Brasil...

LYING alongside one another, these beautiful babies look like they could have been born weeks or even months apart - in fact, they are identical twin boys, who were born with just a minute separating them. Weighing in at a tiny 1.54kg, Byron Ryman's birthweight was almost double that of his brother Lincoln's, who was just 530g when he was delivered on March 15 at the Royal Hospital for Women at Randwick in Sydney.

Hi all, My brother Lucas, (Age 25) had a seizure today while just sitting and talking with my mom and grandmother. He's never had a case of seizures before, his blood sugar was normal, the bloodwork test came out normal, the cat scan showed nothing wrong with his brain. tomorrow he goes in for an EEG. None of this makes sense. He has been under a lot of preasure lately with studying at school and his job. and he has complained about feeling a bit light headed lately and had a couple of fainting spells last week. I'm asking for...

An Arab convert to Judaism living in Haifa was indicted Thursday for conspiring with the enemy and contacting a foreign agent – his brother, an Islamic Jihad terrorist. Assaf Ben-David, born Hussam Hafez Mahmoud Suafta, converted to Judaism and left the PA-controlled village of Tubas, near Shechem, once he received Israeli citizenship in 1993. He is now accused of trying to pass materials for manufacturing explosives to his brother Salah, a member of the Islamic Jihad terrorist group Salah was killed on December 20th in clashes with the IDF in Tubas before he could receive the nitrous acid from his...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) questioned soon- to-be House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-Calif.) commitment to eradicating corruption with her endorsement of one of the most unethical members in Congress, Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), to be Majority Leader of the House of Representatives. Rep. Murtha was listed in CREW' report Beyond DeLay: The 20 Most Corrupt Members of Congress (and five to watch). As reported in the study and by the news media, Rep, Murtha has been involved in a number of pay-to play schemes involving former staffers and his brother, Robert...

St. Crispen's Day Speech William Shakespeare, 1599 Enter the KING WESTMORELAND. O that we now had here But one ten thousand of those men in England That do no work to-day! KING. What's he that wishes so? My cousin Westmoreland? No, my fair cousin; If we are mark'd to die, we are enow To do our country loss; and if to live, The fewer men, the greater share of honour. God's will! I pray thee, wish not one man more. By Jove, I am not covetous for gold, Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost; It yearns me...

HAVANA - The ailing Fidel Castro is not dying but is recovering from an illness, his younger brother and Cuba's acting president said Sunday in response to rumors that the leader was on his deathbed. Raul Castro, who has been standing in for his brother since July 31, was responding to recent reports including one in Time magazine that said Castro apparently has terminal cancer. Castro is recovering from intestinal surgery but the lack of details from the Cuban government regarding the nature of his illness has sparked a number of rumors about his health. "He is not dying like...

AL ASAD, Iraq, Sept. 22, 2006 — While growing up, Daniel and Anthony Martinez, U.S. Marines from Michigan's Bay City, were typical young brothers - they fought and argued. But when Daniel was injured last month after a suicide bomber attacked his unit's post in Iraq's Al Anbar Province, everything changed. For the two Marines, who are just one year apart in age and both stationed in Iraq, communication has been sparse at best - Anthony serves at this sprawling U.S. airbase, while Daniel serves on a much smaller outpost northwest of Al Asad. Plus, the brothers' daily duties leave...

Katie, Who Shouted Down Jim MoranSeptember 13, 2006 BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: We have Katie on the phone from Arlington, Virginia. Hi, Katie, nice to have you with us. CALLER: Hello, Mr. Limbaugh, how are you? RUSH: Couldn't be better. Thank you. CALLER: Yesterday you had talked about the Jim Moran rally in Arlington for 9/11, and you had mentioned the screaming girl, and that was me, and I just wanted to give you some more context to why I had such a violent outbreak. RUSH: That's fabulous. Let me play the sound bite that we had yesterday. It's Internet quality,...

Oops! Kyra Phillips' Girl Talk Airs Live Over Bush on CNN Posted by Megan McCormack on August 29, 2006 - 14:38. Looking for a "passionate, compassionate, great, great" man? Well, according to CNN’s Kyra Phillips, they do indeed exist. During CNN’s live coverage of President Bush’s remarks from New Orleans, Phillips was unaware that her microphone was on and picked up portions of a conversation she was having with another woman. At 12:49pm EDT, those listening carefully could hear Phillips praise her husband: Phillips: "Yeah, I’m very lucky in that regard with my husband. My husband is handsome and he...

LONDON, Aug 24: British police investigating a suspected plot to blow up transatlantic airliners freed two suspects on Wednesday and obtained permission to continue questioning nine others. Police had charged 11 people on Tuesday in the suspected plot and had been holding 11 others pending a decision on whether to charge them. They did not name the men they freed on Wednesday, but Sky News reported that one was Tayib Rauf of Birmingham, Britain’s second city. His brother Rashid Rauf has been arrested in Pakistan. Police later said they had obtained a judge’s permission to continue questioning eight of the...

A 14-year-old girl in Derry Borough thought she had killed her little brother during a fight, so she jumped off a bridge, breaking both her legs. Derry Police Chief Randolph Glick said the girl was taken by helicopter last night to Children's Hospital in Oakland. Her condition was not available today.

Boys with a number of elder brothers are more likely to grow up to be gay than boys with relatively fewer older brothers, younger brothers or sisters of any age - but is not the result of upbringing, says a study published today. For each additional older brother, a boy's chance of being homosexual increases by a third, it says. Prof Anthony Bogaert, at Brock University, in St Catherine's, Canada, says his research provides strong evidence that sexual orientation may be the result of biological processes in the womb. "If you have a biological brother, and you never even lived...

An alleged hit-and-run driver who police say struck a 20-year-old man was chased down and beaten by the victim’s older brother Thursday night in South Waco. Michael Campbell, 26, was in front of his house in the 3000 block of Mildred Street as his younger brother and two friends were walking home about 9:25 p.m., Waco Police Department spokesman Steve Anderson said. As they got closer to home, Michael Campbell saw a Chevrolet Cavalier driven by 20-year-old Arturo Martinez speeding down the road. The two friends jumped over a parked car to get out of the Cavalier’s way, Anderson said....

My brother Bill has been missing since April 10th . He lives in Chicago around 43rd and the Dan Ryan. His friend has been looking for him and did not know how to contact me. After he missed his second drill(he is in the reserves) the Navy got concerned and called me. The police will not file a missing persons report for an adult but I think the Navy will do it tomorrow. My brother is a member of the U.S. Navy reserves and he has recently served in Kuwait and Japan. Please pray for the safety of my brother.

Curse of big brother stalks Jeb Bush By Toby Harnden in Washington (Filed: 11/06/2006) He is a popular governor of a pivotal southern state, who has impressed with his leadership of hurricane relief efforts, is a charismatic speaker and a renowned policy expert - and is steeped in political campaigning. Normally, such attributes and qualifications, along with his small government, libertarian brand of conservatism, would make him a front runner for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008. Dynasty: Jeb Bush’s presidential hopes have been put on hold But the governor of Florida, who has a popularity rating of 63 per...

ZARQA, Jordan - Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's older brother said the Jordanian-born terrorist mastermind has become a martyr and that the family had long expected his death. "We anticipated that he would be killed for a very long time," Sayel al-Khalayleh told The Associated Press in a telephone interview from Zarqa, the poor industrial hometown of al-Zarqawi from which he derived his name. "We expected that he would be martyred," al-Khalayleh said in a low voice, signaling his grief. "We hope that he will join other martyrs in heaven." U.S. and Iraqi officials announced in Iraq on Thursday that the notorious...

Terror suspect denies shooting own brother in raid (Filed: 04/06/2006) A man arrested by police in an anti-terror raid on Friday has denied allegations that he is responsible for the gun wound suffered by his older brother. Julian Young: 'My client is not a terrorist' Conflicting reports in today's newspapers claimed that Abul Koyair, 20, either shot Mohammed Abdul Kahar, 23, in the shoulder, or caused the melee that resulted in police opening fire. But Julian Young, Koyair's solicitor, dismissed the allegations and accused the police of attempting a "cover up". He said: "The phrases 'cover-up' and 'Stockwell' (the Tube...

MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT SAN DIEGO (Feb. 3, 2006) -- Two brothers have more in common than blood today as Company K graduates. Pvt. Harjay Lacanilao was welcomed to recruit training by his older brother, Sgt. Harvey Lacanilao, a drill instructor in his company. When Harvey graduated from boot camp in 1999, Harjay had no aspirations to join the armed forces. After his graduation from Pacific High School in 2004, Harjay attended San Bernardino Community College and worked for Sears. His goal was to be a professional singer. On Jan. 17, 2005, Harjay attended his big brother’s Drill Instructor School...

U.S. Army Capt. Kevin A. Reynolds (left), Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan, raises his right hand and recites the oath of enlistment to his brother, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. James Maikranz, who repeats the oath as he watches from New York via a video teleconference. U.S. Army photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Benjamin T. Donde U.S. Soldier in Kabul Reenlists Brother in New York The reenlistment took people working together in Kabul, Afghanistan; Washington D.C.; Rochester, N.Y., and Niagara Falls, N.Y. to make the teleconference possible. By U.S. Army Sgt. Benjamin T. Donde Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 28, 2005...

Guitarist Jeff Baxter is a founding member of Steely Dan and a member of the Doobie Brothers. The 56-year-old Baxter has eight platinum albums and two Grammy’s but he likes to call himself a hippie rock guitarist with top secret clearances. Now, believe-it-or-not, he is one of the top counter-terrorism experts in the United States.

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION NEW RIVER, N.C. (Dec. 6, 2005) -- One Marine Light/Attack Helicopter Squadron-269 Marine’s Dec. 1 promotion ceremony was made even more special when he was surprised to find he would be pinned with his new chevrons by his father and brother, both active duty Marines. Lance Cpl. Joseph B. Charboneau, HML/A-269 flightline mechanic, learned only moments before the ceremony that his father, Maj. Peter D. Charboneau, Sr., Marine Corps Combat Development Command force protection integration division branch head, and his brother Cpl. Peter D. Charboneau, Jr., Brig Co. corrections officer, Headquarters and Support Bn., Marine Corps...

Is Big Brother under your hood? Monday, October 24, 2005 By Kyla King The Grand Rapids Press They're not black or even really boxes, but those data recorders inside some vehicles are raising questions about personal privacy. Should you be told they are in your car? Who gets access to them? How can the information be used? What are your rights? That's what state Sen. Tony Stamas, R-Midland, wants to figure out. Stamas says he expects to introduce legislation this week that addresses "personal privacy" issues and requires car makers to disclose which models have them. Advertisement State Sen. Wayne...

BATON ROUGE, La. — In the chaos that was Causeway Boulevard, this group of refugees stood out: a 6-year-old boy walking down the road, holding a 5-month-old, surrounded by five toddlers who followed him around as if he were their leader. They were holding hands. Three of the children were about 2 years old, and one was wearing only diapers. A 3-year-old girl, who wore colorful barrettes on the ends of her braids, had her 14-month-old brother in tow. The 6-year-old spoke for all of them, and he told rescuers his name was Deamonte Love. Thousands of human stories have...

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, AFGHANISTAN, Aug. 11, 2005 — When Sgt. 1st Class Cliff Burgoyne decided to re-enlist in the Army, he needed an officer from his unit to swear him in. Luckily, his brother was available. Burgoyne, 39, from Slidell, La., is currently deployed to Afghanistan as the scout platoon sergeant with 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division. His brother, Capt. Jeffrey T. Burgoyne, 34, is the commander of the battalion's B Company. The captain re-enlisted his brother in front of a crowd of paratroopers during a short ceremony outside the battalion's tents here July 28. “It made...

Many who know me here know of my current and ongoing battle with pancreatic cancer. In this, I have been blessed with the prayers and kindness of many a FRiend. It is because of this that I'm asking for additional prayers...not for me, but for my second-eldest brother. My brother Michael has been suffering debilitating headaches and nosebleeds for the past several months. Originally he thought it was stress from work complicated by changes in the weather. But the problem just kept getting worse, so he went to the doctor about it. After seeing a specialist, it's been determined that...

Tuesday May 10, 2005 MILWAUKEE (AP) A 13-year-old boy who accidentally shot his 15-year-old brother to death had charges dismissed by a judge who said the family will deal with the tragedy all their lives. The boy was trying to unload their father's pistol March 19 when it went off and shot his brother in the neck. The boy told police his parents had gone to a funeral, and he and his brother went into the family grocery store, located in the same building as their home, and found the gun that their father kept for protection sitting on the...

For a Lost Brother, A Search For Justice The five McCartney sisters walked into the American Ireland Fund dinner looking nothing like avenging angels. Dressed in cocktail dresses, they stopped and posed calmly for the horde of photographers jostling for a picture. Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern stood at their side, wordlessly linking his passion to their cause. In the seven weeks since their brother was murdered outside a Belfast pub, they have become international celebrities for their battle with the Irish Republican Army and its political arm, Sinn Fein. "I do want to say here to this great...

Iraqis Capture Saddam's Half Brother 29 minutes ago By PATRICK QUINN, Associated Press Writer BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi security forces captured Sabawi Ibrahim al-Hassan, Saddam Hussein's half brother and former adviser who was suspected of financing insurgents from Syria after U.S. troops ousted the former dictator, the government said Sunday. In a statement, Prime Minister Ayad Allawi's office said the arrest "shows the determination of the Iraqi government to chase and detain all criminals who carried out massacres and whose hands are stained with the blood of the Iraqi people, then bring them to justice to face the right punishment."...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- A brother and sister were charged Wednesday with murder for allegedly killing their mother and grandparents, burying their bodies in a basement and heading off to Las Vegas with the victims' cash. The siblings were charged with three counts each of murder and conspiracy to commit murder and two counts of robbery. Authorities removed the dismembered bodies of their mother and grandmother and the intact body of their grandfather from under concrete in the basement of the grandparents' home. All three had been killed about five weeks ago, authorities said. "It's the most horrific thing I've ever...

Big Brother Bloomberg is watching. Smokers who've been buying cigarettes from Internet sites to beat the city's $1.50-a-pack tax are in for a shock: tax collectors know who you are and are now sending out thousands of bills going back more than two years, The Post has learned. Andrew Hoffer, a utility worker who lives in Queens, told The Post he was flabbergasted to get a threatening letter from the Finance Department demanding $1,005 for the taxes due on purchases he made back to July 2002. "I had a feeling of violation," said Hoffer, 37. "Internet purchases are traditionally...

St. John the Evangelist (3) * (1594 - 1604) ST JOHN, APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST Feast: December 27 [See Tillemont. t. i. p. 330; Calmet, t. vii. et viii.; Ceillier, t. i. p. 364; Reading, &c.] St John The Evangelist, who is styled in the gospel, The beloved disciple of Christ," and is called by the Greeks "The Divine," was a Galilean, the son of Zebedee and Salome, and younger brother of St. James the Great, with whom he was brought up to the trade of fishing. From his acquaintance with the high priest Caiphas, St. Jerome infers that he...

AN ISRAELI collector of antiquities who stunned the world with a find that he said was the burial container of Jesus’ “brother”, James, is to be charged with forgery. Justice Ministry officials said last night that Oded Golan would be indicted next week on a range of charges that would include forgery over an inscription on the stone container that carried the script in Aramaic reading: “James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus”. Six others are also to be charged. The discovery of the ossuary in October 2002 was hailed as one of the great archaeological discoveries of the age...