Galveston, Texas -
Officer Blake Patton puts his right hand on the butt of his gun and shouts, "Anybody there?"
The house he has been ordered to check looks deserted, but you never know. Patton and his partner, Mustafa, disappear around the back of the house, and a gunshot is soon heard.
A pitbull that was locked up in the backyard is killed in the operation.
"He charged against me, and I had no other option," Patton tells Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa as he wipes the sweat off his forehead.
His boss is not happy.
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Phnom Penh - US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte flew into the northern Cambodian tourist hub of Siem Reap in a relaxed start to his three-day official visit, touring the ancient temples of Angkor Wat, local officials said on Sunday.
Paris - European aerospace giant EADS will not withdraw from the bidding for a 35-billion-dollar contract for new US air tankers after the Pentagon halted the competition, a company spokesman said Sunday.
