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But in 2003, Cynthia s medical treatment stopped.Marguerite s explanation: Well, she didn t say she was ill. In 2007, Marguerite moved with her husband, daughter, grandsons and mother to a Brisbane suburb.There, Cynthia s world shrank to a pinpoint.In the 18 months Cynthia lived there, no visitors were invited inside. Cynthia did not talk on the phone or write letters. Her only other close relative, her son Thorolf, lived nearly 1,700 kilometres away,<b>[http://www.nflcustomic.com cheap broncos jerseys free shipping]</b>, and dementia left her confused at times.One morning, probably in late November 2008, the family found Cynthia on the floor next to a pool of liquid.Marguerite figured she d sprained her knee and kept her in bed, with a towel underneath to soak up excrement. She said she called an ambulance on December 17, 2008 because her mother had stopped eating.She said the screaming only began when she moved Cynthia to a bed near the front door.Up until this point, she said, her mother seemed fine.When Cynthia arrived at the hospital, her chafed skin was covered in bedsores and faeces. Her toenails were overgrown and curling. Her swollen right leg was 10 centimetres shorter than her left, the result of a fracture healing improperly.Marguerite didn t ride to the hospital with her mother. She did not show up for three days.The break appeared to be between three and 12 weeks old. The fracture was too severe and the delay in treatment too long to operate.Cynthia died at 6.15pm on January 3, 2009. She was one week shy of her 89th birthday.The coroner would not hold the inquest hearing into her death until four years later.In Australia, as in many places, experts say the legal system is not set up to prevent, catch or punish elder abuse.The few regions with mandatory elder-abuse-reporting laws including most US states, some Canadian provinces and Israel still catch only a tiny fraction of cases. And even then, the victims rarely see justice.Only one case out of the hundreds Diane Pendergast investigated as Queensland s Adult Guardian was prosecuted. People won t prosecute whether it s police, whether it s family members because it involves family business, she said. Because it s private. Because there s a level of abuse that s tolerated in the community that none of us wishes was there. We all turn a blind eye. The autopsy concluded Cynthia died from a blood clot in her lung, sparked by the leg fracture. Dr Stephen Morrison, the medical expert, concluded Cynthia s condition and the delay in treatment was neglectful to the point of cruelty in a distressed, demented and totally dependent patient. Police contemplated charges of manslaughter, failure to provide the necessities of life, negligent acts causing harm, torture. But they decided the doctors could not say beyond a reasonable doubt that Marguerite s care had caused Cynthia s death.So they closed the case.The key to Cynthia s story lies with her daughter, Marguerite.The few people who know her describe her as introverted, odd but compassionate. She took in unwanted rabbits and ran an information service dedicated to their care. In a poem on the website, Marguerite writes: Miserable howling pierces the night as the pet shop puppy cries a lament that nobody hears ... The solitary victim left to cry alone. At the inquest on May 13, 2013, the coroner, Christine Clements, and the lawyer, Emily Cooper, grilled Marguerite for two hours. Through it all, she seemed detached.The excrement? There wasn t that much. Cynthia s screams? They weren t that loud. The stench of urine? The result of her grandson running around without a nappy.She hadn t accompanied her mother in the ambulance because she didn t think it was allowed. She hadn t visited for three days because her husband was too busy to join her.Marguerite finally conceded that perhaps she should have called an ambulance a week earlier. But no sooner.Ms Cooper asked point-blank: Had Marguerite provided Cynthia appropriate care? I believe that up to that last fall, she had very good care, Marguerite replied. I did my best. And after the fall? I probably could have judged the situation better. In the coroner s 15-page report, the word pain appears 30 times. It is an appalling thought to consider the pain endured by Cynthia Thoresen during this period when she was totally at the mercy of her daughter s inadequate regime of care , Ms Clements wrote.Marguerite s brother and sister-in-law declined interviews. Police refused to talk. Centrelink referred to the family and housing department, which refused to address possible changes in policy. The state attorney general referred the case to the public prosecutor s office, which also refused to comment.From all involved: silence. With elder abuse, no one wants to touch it. 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Nothing in the past has disturbed me like this job disturbed me, the paramedic Christopher Curtis told police. I ve not seen anyone, regardless of their age, that could withstand the level of pain inflicted by a fractured femur for five seconds, let alone three weeks. In a way, ageing in today s world can be a slow slide into invisibility, older people often say they exist in the shadows, their words dismissed, their cares unheeded.Information on elder abuse lags decades behind research on child abuse. Only a handful of countries legally require the reporting of suspected elder abuse, compared to dozens for child abuse. In the US, the government passed the Elder Justice Act in 2010, compared to 1974 for its counterpart on child abuse.The data varies wildly across cultures because researchers cannot agree on who is an elder, let alone what elder abuse is. But other statistics are telling. Only one in five older people worldwide has a pension. 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Medicare records show that for years she saw doctors and took prescription medications. But in 2003, Cynthia s medical treatment stopped.Marguerite s explanation: Well, she didn t say she was ill. In 2007, Marguerite moved with her husband, daughter, grandsons and mother to a Brisbane suburb.There, Cynthia s world shrank to a pinpoint.In the 18 months Cynthia lived there, no visitors were invited inside. Cynthia did not talk on the phone or write letters. Her only other close relative, her son Thorolf, lived nearly 1,700 kilometres away,<b>[http://www.nflcustomic.com cheap broncos jerseys free shipping]</b>, and dementia left her confused at times.One morning, probably in late November 2008, the family found Cynthia on the floor next to a pool of liquid.Marguerite figured she d sprained her knee and kept her in bed, with a towel underneath to soak up excrement. She said she called an ambulance on December 17, 2008 because her mother had stopped eating.She said the screaming only began when she moved Cynthia to a bed near the front door.Up until this point, she said, her mother seemed fine.When Cynthia arrived at the hospital, her chafed skin was covered in bedsores and faeces. Her toenails were overgrown and curling. Her swollen right leg was 10 centimetres shorter than her left, the result of a fracture healing improperly.Marguerite didn t ride to the hospital with her mother. She did not show up for three days.The break appeared to be between three and 12 weeks old. The fracture was too severe and the delay in treatment too long to operate.Cynthia died at 6.15pm on January 3, 2009. She was one week shy of her 89th birthday.The coroner would not hold the inquest hearing into her death until four years later.In Australia, as in many places, experts say the legal system is not set up to prevent, catch or punish elder abuse.The few regions with mandatory elder-abuse-reporting laws including most US states, some Canadian provinces and Israel still catch only a tiny fraction of cases. And even then, the victims rarely see justice.Only one case out of the hundreds Diane Pendergast investigated as Queensland s Adult Guardian was prosecuted. People won t prosecute whether it s police, whether it s family members because it involves family business, she said. Because it s private. Because there s a level of abuse that s tolerated in the community that none of us wishes was there. We all turn a blind eye. The autopsy concluded Cynthia died from a blood clot in her lung, sparked by the leg fracture. Dr Stephen Morrison, the medical expert, concluded Cynthia s condition and the delay in treatment was neglectful to the point of cruelty in a distressed, demented and totally dependent patient. Police contemplated charges of manslaughter, failure to provide the necessities of life, negligent acts causing harm, torture. But they decided the doctors could not say beyond a reasonable doubt that Marguerite s care had caused Cynthia s death.So they closed the case.The key to Cynthia s story lies with her daughter, Marguerite.The few people who know her describe her as introverted, odd but compassionate. She took in unwanted rabbits and ran an information service dedicated to their care. In a poem on the website, Marguerite writes: Miserable howling pierces the night as the pet shop puppy cries a lament that nobody hears ... The solitary victim left to cry alone. At the inquest on May 13, 2013, the coroner, Christine Clements, and the lawyer, Emily Cooper, grilled Marguerite for two hours. Through it all, she seemed detached.The excrement? There wasn t that much. Cynthia s screams? They weren t that loud. The stench of urine? The result of her grandson running around without a nappy.She hadn t accompanied her mother in the ambulance because she didn t think it was allowed. She hadn t visited for three days because her husband was too busy to join her.Marguerite finally conceded that perhaps she should have called an ambulance a week earlier. But no sooner.Ms Cooper asked point-blank: Had Marguerite provided Cynthia appropriate care? I believe that up to that last fall, she had very good care, Marguerite replied. I did my best. And after the fall? I probably could have judged the situation better. In the coroner s 15-page report, the word pain appears 30 times. It is an appalling thought to consider the pain endured by Cynthia Thoresen during this period when she was totally at the mercy of her daughter s inadequate regime of care , Ms Clements wrote.Marguerite s brother and sister-in-law declined interviews. Police refused to talk. Centrelink referred to the family and housing department, which refused to address possible changes in policy. The state attorney general referred the case to the public prosecutor s office, which also refused to comment.From all involved: silence. With elder abuse, no one wants to touch it. Any nugget of information that might lead to revelations of abuse is always swept under the carpet, said Lynda Saltarelli, founder of Aged Care Crisis,[http://szzjj.vicp.net/Review.asp?NewsID=980 <em>Inject some colour into your winter wardrobe</em>] | ||
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| + | The New China News Agency said only that the cause of the incident was under investigation. | ||
| + | Tiananmen Square is blanketed at all times with paramilitary troops and police, in uniform and plainclothes, who mingle among the crowds. Cameras record every motion. Separating the street from the sidewalk are 5-foot-high white steel barricades designed to prevent the type of attack that took place Monday. | ||
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<html>ST. LOUIS Drama left the park early Friday night. Just ahead of Clayton Kershaw. The best team in the National League is going to the , and it's just that simple.The Cardinals won 97 games during the regular season, more than anybody else in the NL, and here's the thing: Rookie Michael Wacha made just nine starts. Can you imagine if this kid had been installed into their rotation back in April? What, then, 130 wins? Wacha rolled the Dodgers, the Cardinals lit up Kershaw, and the most special moment about this 9-0 NL Championship clincher didn't even happen on the field.No, it came in the clubhouse,cheap broncos jerseys, where the Cardinals now headed to their fourth in 10 years -- stood around for several moments, surrounded by the plastic sheeting protecting their lockers, awaiting the arrival of their spiritual leader, Carlos Beltran, before spraying the champagne.And when he arrived, he gratefully accepted a bottle of bubbly, held it and offered what essentially was a toast to his teammates, to where they've been and, most certainly, to where they're going. People say you guys have been on a mission to get me to the , Beltran, who has never been there, told his teammates. I appreciate it. Then, after a few more words, he had one final thought for them: Let's get this done! Pop went the champagne corks, up went the clubhouse stereo, on went the party.Next stop: Boston or Detroit, and Game 1 of the on Wednesday.Over 16 seasons, Beltran has played in 2,064 regular season games and, now, 45 postseason games.So close was he against these Dodgers that his wife, Jessica, spoke late Friday night of being so nervous that she was up at 4 a.m.,cheap broncos jerseys free shipping, anticipating the evening. And when she arose, she saw the strangest sight: Her husband, already up, bat in hand, working on his swing. I thought a lot about today, Beltran said in a champagne-drenched Cardinals clubhouse. I thought a lot about who we were facing. I envisioned myself facing Kershaw, just trying to live it before it happened,Witchery, treachery and gross Witchery, treachery and gross, do you know what I'm saying? For me, I envision myself having success before I have it. For me, I woke up today feeling confident, feeling you know what, that you lived this last night. You still have to come here and do it and get prepared. I did that, I came here, I looked at [Kershaw video] from different angles. I looked at him pitching in different situations so I had an idea of what I was going to look for. Being able to come through is a different story. Though they had listened for two days about how they were up 3 games to 1 over the Giants a year ago in the NLCS and blew it, these Cardinals are accustomed to coming through. They've played in the postseason in 10 of the past 14 seasons, and they now move onto their second in three seasons. There were two key differences from last year's near-miss to this year's hit-it-out-of-the-park. One, unlike last year, they had home-field advantage in Games 6 and 7. Two, Wacha.It was catcher Yadier Molina who said at one point this spring that the kid was ready for the majors right now, which was a mouthful being that one year prior, Wacha was pitching for Texas A M.He wound up dueling Kershaw in Game 2 and again in Game 6 and led the Cardinals to a win in each. From the school that brought you Johnny Football, meet Michael Baseball: In three postseason starts, Wacha constructed an incredible 0.43 ERA. Over 21 October innings pitched, he's struck out 22, walked four, yielded only eight hits and surrendered just one earned run.He was named as NLCS MVP, the youngest winner since the Braves' Steve Avery in 1991. He also becamse the first rookie to start and win an NLCS-clinching game since Fernando Valenzuela in 1981. Man, he's a superstar, second baseman Matt Carpenter said. I think we're watching a guy evolve into a dominant pitcher in major league baseball. He got an opportunity, and he ran with it. There's no doubt that if we didn't have him up here, we wouldn't be here. Said catcher Yadier Molina: The guy is something else. Unbelievable. He's got the heart. He's got the knowledge. You can see his confidence. The guy is unbelievable. So Friday's expected encore pitting Wacha against Kershaw fizzled early, because the guy who's going to win the NL Cy Young award couldn't keep up with the kid.Beneath the blizzard of Cards runs backing Wacha stood one enormous plate appearance that started the avalanche: Carpenter's, with one out in the third. Kershaw had thrown two wild pitches an inning earlier, an indication that he was fighting his curveball.Well, after taking ball one, Carpenter fouled off seven consecutive pitches. Kershaw emptied his tool box: Fastballs. Sliders. The curve. The ninth pitch was ball two. Then Carpenter fouled off an eighth pitch, and then sent Yasiel Puig scurrying into the right-field corner with the 11th pitch of the at-bat. Double, on an 86 m.p.h. slider that didn't quite slide.Before the Dodgers knew it, their night was over. As iconic Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully said, it was as if the Arch fell over on top of them. He threw everything he had against me, said Carpenter, who led the majors in runs scored and the NL in hits this season. He really only made one mistake against me in the whole at-bat, and I was able to get it. Up next, Beltran pulled on the Kershaw thread that Carpenter had started to unravel, cracking an RBI single that put the Cardinals on top 1-0. Two innings later, astoundingly, Kershaw was gone. By game's end, Beltran had two more hits three total and two RBI.And the celebration was on.Not that it is unfamiliar in these parts. The Cardinals have played in the postseason in 10 of the last 14 years, and Friday they clinched the organization's 20th appearance. No franchise not named Yankees has played in more '. With 11 titles, the proud Cardinals also rank second only to the Yankees.Beltran, 36, must feel as if he's finally living his dream. Though that is completely different from what he was doing with the bat in his hand at 4 a.m. Friday. I just couldn't' sleep, Beltran said. I was thinking. I was going over a lot of different scenarios in my mind. It's incredible how the power of the mind sometimes works. Now,India on pace for record dengue fever cases India on pace for record dengue fever cases, someone asked him,cheap broncos jerseys china, what the heck are you visualizing for next week? Well, you know what? First I've got to go to bed and think about it, Beltran said. Hopefully, we can win, man. It will be up to the Red Sox or Tigers to see what he comes up with. You can bet, those in St. Louis already can't wait.
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Millions of elderly wordwide suffer in silence
<html>SYDNEY // By the time the ambulance showed up to the house, the woman s screams were, as the paramedics would later tell it, already at a 10 out of 10.On a bed in the foyer lay Cynthia Thoresen, 88, her eyes screwed up in agony, her skin covered in faeces, with a broken leg gone untended for weeks.The fact that Cynthia even lived in the house was a surprise to the neighbours. None had seen her. None had any idea she spent her final days in hellish pain after a fall. None knew that her daughter and caretaker, Marguerite Thoresen, had waited at least three weeks, and up to three months, before calling for help.In the end, Cynthia Thoresen joined a large and growing cohort of elderly people across the world who live, and increasingly die, in silence, left to fend for themselves against a problem society has barely begun to notice: elder abuse.This type of abuse, which often includes neglect, is still so hidden that it is hard to quantify. But the broad picture gleaned from hundreds of interviews and dozens of studies is clear: tens of millions of elders have become victims, trapped between governments and families, neither of which have figured out how to protect or provide for them.Most of the elderly live with family or at home, and researchers estimat min åsikt e at least 4 to 10 per cent of them,GAINFORD, Alberta- Train carrying oil, gas derails west of E GAINFORD, Alberta- Train carrying oil, gas derails west of E, and probably a lot more, are abused. Even by the lowest count, that means 30 million people.The demographics alone show the problem is growing. By the year 2050, there will be more old people than children for the first time in history.Australia, where Cynthia Thoresen lived, is a wealthy nation considered progressive, but even in high-income countries, the abuse rate is 4 to 6 per cent, according to the World Health Organisation. And even here, the system repeatedly failed Cynthia, in life and in death. Nothing in the past has disturbed me like this job disturbed me, the paramedic Christopher Curtis told police. I ve not seen anyone, regardless of their age, that could withstand the level of pain inflicted by a fractured femur for five seconds, let alone three weeks. In a way, ageing in today s world can be a slow slide into invisibility, older people often say they exist in the shadows, their words dismissed, their cares unheeded.Information on elder abuse lags decades behind research on child abuse. Only a handful of countries legally require the reporting of suspected elder abuse, compared to dozens for child abuse. In the US, the government passed the Elder Justice Act in 2010, compared to 1974 for its counterpart on child abuse.The data varies wildly across cultures because researchers cannot agree on who is an elder, let alone what elder abuse is. But other statistics are telling. Only one in five older people worldwide has a pension. Elders figure prominently among the more than 100 million who fall into poverty each year because of healthcare expenses. And the suicide rate among men over 75 is the highest in the world.Cynthia Thoresen s story can be pieced together through legal documents, newspaper clippings,cheap broncos jerseys china, interviews and police testimony. Marguerite Thoresen did not answer repeated requests for comment.Cynthia s world began to shrink with a fall that left her dependent.She moved into Marguerite s home in Perth, and in 2001,cheap broncos nike jerseys, Marguerite applied for a government carer s benefit that came to around 500 Australian dollars (Dh1,775) every two weeks. Once the payments started, the government welfare agency, Centrelink, never asked for further medical updates on Cynthia, Marguerite said.Cynthia vanished from the healthcare system. Medicare records show that for years she saw doctors and took prescription medications. But in 2003, Cynthia s medical treatment stopped.Marguerite s explanation: Well, she didn t say she was ill. In 2007, Marguerite moved with her husband, daughter, grandsons and mother to a Brisbane suburb.There, Cynthia s world shrank to a pinpoint.In the 18 months Cynthia lived there, no visitors were invited inside. Cynthia did not talk on the phone or write letters. Her only other close relative, her son Thorolf, lived nearly 1,700 kilometres away,cheap broncos jerseys free shipping, and dementia left her confused at times.One morning, probably in late November 2008, the family found Cynthia on the floor next to a pool of liquid.Marguerite figured she d sprained her knee and kept her in bed, with a towel underneath to soak up excrement. She said she called an ambulance on December 17, 2008 because her mother had stopped eating.She said the screaming only began when she moved Cynthia to a bed near the front door.Up until this point, she said, her mother seemed fine.When Cynthia arrived at the hospital, her chafed skin was covered in bedsores and faeces. Her toenails were overgrown and curling. Her swollen right leg was 10 centimetres shorter than her left, the result of a fracture healing improperly.Marguerite didn t ride to the hospital with her mother. She did not show up for three days.The break appeared to be between three and 12 weeks old. The fracture was too severe and the delay in treatment too long to operate.Cynthia died at 6.15pm on January 3, 2009. She was one week shy of her 89th birthday.The coroner would not hold the inquest hearing into her death until four years later.In Australia, as in many places, experts say the legal system is not set up to prevent, catch or punish elder abuse.The few regions with mandatory elder-abuse-reporting laws including most US states, some Canadian provinces and Israel still catch only a tiny fraction of cases. And even then, the victims rarely see justice.Only one case out of the hundreds Diane Pendergast investigated as Queensland s Adult Guardian was prosecuted. People won t prosecute whether it s police, whether it s family members because it involves family business, she said. Because it s private. Because there s a level of abuse that s tolerated in the community that none of us wishes was there. We all turn a blind eye. The autopsy concluded Cynthia died from a blood clot in her lung, sparked by the leg fracture. Dr Stephen Morrison, the medical expert, concluded Cynthia s condition and the delay in treatment was neglectful to the point of cruelty in a distressed, demented and totally dependent patient. Police contemplated charges of manslaughter, failure to provide the necessities of life, negligent acts causing harm, torture. But they decided the doctors could not say beyond a reasonable doubt that Marguerite s care had caused Cynthia s death.So they closed the case.The key to Cynthia s story lies with her daughter, Marguerite.The few people who know her describe her as introverted, odd but compassionate. She took in unwanted rabbits and ran an information service dedicated to their care. In a poem on the website, Marguerite writes: Miserable howling pierces the night as the pet shop puppy cries a lament that nobody hears ... The solitary victim left to cry alone. At the inquest on May 13, 2013, the coroner, Christine Clements, and the lawyer, Emily Cooper, grilled Marguerite for two hours. Through it all, she seemed detached.The excrement? There wasn t that much. Cynthia s screams? They weren t that loud. The stench of urine? The result of her grandson running around without a nappy.She hadn t accompanied her mother in the ambulance because she didn t think it was allowed. She hadn t visited for three days because her husband was too busy to join her.Marguerite finally conceded that perhaps she should have called an ambulance a week earlier. But no sooner.Ms Cooper asked point-blank: Had Marguerite provided Cynthia appropriate care? I believe that up to that last fall, she had very good care, Marguerite replied. I did my best. And after the fall? I probably could have judged the situation better. In the coroner s 15-page report, the word pain appears 30 times. It is an appalling thought to consider the pain endured by Cynthia Thoresen during this period when she was totally at the mercy of her daughter s inadequate regime of care , Ms Clements wrote.Marguerite s brother and sister-in-law declined interviews. Police refused to talk. Centrelink referred to the family and housing department, which refused to address possible changes in policy. The state attorney general referred the case to the public prosecutor s office, which also refused to comment.From all involved: silence. With elder abuse, no one wants to touch it. Any nugget of information that might lead to revelations of abuse is always swept under the carpet, said Lynda Saltarelli, founder of Aged Care Crisis,Inject some colour into your winter wardrobe Inject some colour into your winter wardrobe, an Australian advocacy group. As a community, we should all hang our heads in shame over the fact that it s remained hidden. In the end, the lawyer concluded there was no evidence of malice from Marguerite, but her explanations were quite ridiculous .The coroner mused aloud about the troubling death of such a dependent, vulnerable elderly person, and said, How as a society can we help such an event occurring? Did it come down to changing the law? Was it about moral, family, social responsibility? Did Marguerite herself need help?The coroner let out a small sigh. Her voice was resigned. I don t know. Her words were met with silence. Marguerite had left the room.* Associated Press</html>
China seeks suspects after car plows into Tiananmen Square
<html>Chinese authorities were looking for two suspects whose names identified them as Uighurs, according to a notice put out by police late Monday. The Uighurs, an ethnic Muslim group from China's Xinjiang region, have carried out a long and sometimes bitter campaign for greater autonomy. They have been implicated in numerous attacks against authorities in Xinjiang, but seldom in assaults in the center of Chinese communist power. Authorities advised Beijing hotels to look out for two men from the towns of Pichan and Lukchun, which have been involved in deadly tit-for-tat violence with Chinese authorities. The notice said the men, ages 25 and 42,cheap nike broncos jerseys, had at least one light-colored SUV and four different license plates. Police confirmed the authenticity of the notice,Troy Trojans vs. Louisiana Troy Trojans vs. Louisiana, but referred further inquiries to the press office. "There was a major criminal case in the city.... To prevent the suspects and vehicle from committing more crimes,cheap broncos jerseys china, now we require all hotels to report guests who have registered since Oct. 1 and the cars they have driven," the authorities said in their notice. Few other details were forthcoming from the official Chinese news outlets, and photographs were scrubbed clean from the Internet. Nelson Bunyi, a Philippine pediatrician who suffered a in the incident, said he had been on the sidewalk with his wife and two daughters when they spotted the vehicle heading toward them. "A lot of people were running and jumping, but it was too late for me,cheap broncos nike jerseys," said Bunyi, who was lying in a hospital, oxygen tubes in his nose. "It was a white car and it was coming very, very fast. I fell to the ground. I remember there was smoke,鶴見辰吾＆伊藤かずえが27年ぶりに共演 鶴見辰吾＆伊藤かずえが27年ぶりに共演, not much else." The interview was interrupted when police, who were stationed in the hallway outside his room, said the patient could not be questioned without written permission. On Tuesday morning, a family friend said that it was Bunyi's wife, an obstetrician, who was the Filipina killed in the attack. The New China News Agency said only that the cause of the incident was under investigation. Tiananmen Square is blanketed at all times with paramilitary troops and police, in uniform and plainclothes, who mingle among the crowds. Cameras record every motion. Separating the street from the sidewalk are 5-foot-high white steel barricades designed to prevent the type of attack that took place Monday. However, the white sport-utility vehicle appears to have entered at one of the few openings in the barricades, about 500 yards to the east of the square at the intersection of Nanchizi, a street running perpendicular to the main street, Changan. The driver then headed along the sidewalk toward the enormous Mao portrait, which hangs over the vermilion-walled "Gate of Heavenly Peace" (Tiananmen) that leads into the Forbidden City, erstwhile home of China's emperors. The vehicle appears to have burst into flames after crashing into a guardrail protecting Jinshui Bridge, a small stone pedestrian walkway in front of the gate. Photographs taken immediately after showed plumes of white and brown smoke rising from the scene. It is unclear whether the car carried explosives or whether it caught fire. "The police were unprepared," wrote one microblogger, who gave his name as Ma Min and who claimed to have information from witnesses. Another, writing under the name Chen Renda, complained: "We have yet to hear the story behind the story. What was the real identity of the people inside the jeep?... Were there weapons found? Were there any pamphlets?" Best known as the site of the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators, Tiananmen Square is a magnet for protesters and self-immolators. But most plots are foiled far from the square, such as a 2009 incident in which three people set themselves on fire in a car at the Wangfujing pedestrian mall, reportedly over personal grievances with the government. Most of those injured Monday appeared to have been tourists or police. A nurse at Beijing's Tongren Hospital said that in addition to the Philippine family, a Japanese tourist and a 5-year-old Chinese boy were among the injured.</html>
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