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More controversially, he opposed the release of Nelson Mandela from jail and was one of only 21 congressmen to vote against the prohibition of armour-piercing "cop killer" bullets.

"It's not a silver bullet, and it is part of a suite of measures, but it's a good one," Bowen told ABC.

NAGOYA, Japan—The tourists who crowd the bullet trains from Tokyo tend not to disembark at Nagoya as they speed along the so-called Golden Route linking the Japanese capital with Kyoto and Osaka.

"The emotion side is quite difficult, and then trying to manage that around work...do I bite the bullet and explain what's happening? Or keep having sick days and holidays?" she says.

Two Irish scientists have created a groundbreaking method for recovering fingerprints from fired bullet casings -- something long believed to be impossible.