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• The arriving crew members Thursday were Russia's Mikhail Tyurin, American Rick Mastracchio and Koichi Wakata of Japan.
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Haunted by Lebanon's civil war, former senior militiaman tries to heal his nation's wounds
• EIN SAADEH, Lebanon (AP) -- With pen and paper in hand, it took Assaad Chaftari five minutes at his home nestled in a cluster of pine trees in the mountains overlooking Beirut to write a public apology for his role in the atrocities committed during Lebanon's civil war.
• Thirteen years later, he's still the sole senior figure from the slew of militias that prosecuted that bloody conflict to do so. That Chaftari alone has taken that bold step says as much about his own searing sense of remorse and desire to atone as it does about Lebanon and where it stands more than two decades after the country's 15-year bloodletting claimed the lives of an estimated 150,000 people.
• Lebanon has veered toward the edge of communal conflict several times since then, but never more so than now as the civil war in neighboring Syria has inflamed sectarian hatreds. Several rounds of fighting between gunmen of various stripes -- Sunni, Shiite, Alawite -- have broken out. The latest, which erupted last month in the northern city of Tripoli, killed at least 17 people.
• Lebanon's fragility stems in part from how it decided to deal with the wounds of its own war.
• There has been no truth and reconciliation commission, like the one South Africa created to deal with the legacy of apartheid. Instead, the Lebanese opted for mass amnesty, deciding to try to forget and move on. A few individuals have attempted to make amends for their actions during the conflict, but none of the former warlords, many of whom are now political bosses and members of parliament, has publicly apologized.
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FBI's 'most wanted' cybercriminals includes developer of spyware to catch cheating lovers
• WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's not just the federal government intercepting your communications. It could be a nosy relative or jealous partner.
• Among the five people added this week to the FBI's list of "most wanted" cybercriminals is a former San Diego college student who developed an $89 program called "Loverspy" or "Email PI." Sold online from his apartment, the program was (Continued on page 29)
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