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表姊夫今年104歲，自20年前表姐去世之後，他一直獨居於舊金山漁人碼頭附近的老人公寓裡，是該處年歲最高、又最受人們尊敬和喜愛的和藹老人。我每次來美國旅遊或探親，總要去拜望這位長者。

第一次同外子來美旅遊是1998年的事，和表姊夫約定住在他家。當時他已93歲，怕我們語言不通、無法問路，竟親自前往機場迎候。午飯之後，他又陪我們去漁人碼頭觀光，眺望金門橋和犯人島。

我們恐他勞累，一再勸他回去休息，他卻精神抖擻、步履健爽，不停地給我們介紹周圍景點和有關故事。身體之硬朗，思維之敏捷，幾乎勝過我們60多歲的人。讚嘆之餘，我不禁請問姊夫：「您的長壽秘訣是什麼？」他告訴我：「80歲之前適度運動，80歲之後悠閒度日，最重要的是心胸開闊，於人於事豁達大度。」

邊走邊說，我們不知不覺已回到家中。進門後還沒坐定，表姊夫就說要給我們兩個驚喜；只看他取出相簿，指著一張在高空跳傘的照片問：這是誰？哇！原來那位四肢結實、健美靈活的跳傘者，就是他80華誕的留影。接著，他又給我們另一個驚喜，讓我們欣賞他櫃子上布置的一套兒童樂隊。

那是一群造型活潑的孩子，手執不同樂器，姿態各異，似乎在演奏各自的樂曲。正當我們指指點點，比較哪個更可愛時，姊夫卻悄悄地把按鈕一按，櫃上的小人立刻機靈地敲起手裡的樂器，逗得我們哈哈大笑。這時的姊夫，活像一個調皮的孩童。

今年6月上旬，我第六次來美探親。姊夫得知，熱情地邀我們去做客。當天他等候在家，門鈴一響，他立即站起身來迎接。讓座完畢，大家邊喝茶邊聊天，我見姊夫面色滋潤、耳聰目明，腦子反應靈敏、說話對答如流，依然詼諧風趣，不時發出朗朗笑聲，比我見過的所有百歲人瑞都健談。

他說：「我現在成為活寶了，處處受到保護。社區和樓裡的鄰居經常來關心我，牧師剛才還來電話，明天將派車接我去聚餐。逢年過節，專程來訪者更是絡繹不絕，親戚朋友個個叫我『老祖宗』。」

「醫院也定期上門給我做體檢，一切指標正常，估計將來我會『無疾而終』。」臨別依依，姊夫送我們到走廊盡頭的窗口時，還不忘指著近處的海灣景色說，他每天早晚都來此欣賞。他並發出深情的讚嘆：「這世界實在太美了！」

9月底的一天下午，我們突然接到訃告：表姊夫帶著微笑，無聲無息地告別了人間，如他所言，無疾而終。教會為他舉行一個隆重的追思會，他的長女在會上代表家屬答謝來賓時說：「諸位一定很想知道爸爸的長壽秘訣，他是這樣教導我們小輩的，希望大家記住他老人家的三句話：「Money is gone, nothing is gone（失去了金錢，沒有失去什麼）；Health is gone, half is gone.（失去了健康，失去了一半）；Hope is gone, everything is gone.（失去了希望，就失去了全部）。」

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陳嘉君上午也出席景美人權文化園區開幕儀式，她質疑馬英九並未真的道歉，不知錯誤何在，與其在法律上著墨，政府應拿出實際動作；此外，同樣出席的前副總統呂秀蓮也質疑，開幕儀式以美麗的歌聲花朵裝飾，讓她感覺反諷。

陳嘉君質疑景美人權文化園區中，部分裝置藝術有美化江南案主使者汪希苓之嫌，日前前往抗議並破壞裝置藝術。馬英九上午向在場的陳嘉君致意，他相信陳嘉君的行動，不是針對藝術家，而是認為政府表現對受難者不夠尊重，對家屬感受不夠充分了解，對這類議題高度敏感，政府推動應更審慎細膩，造成家屬與藝術家的受傷，政府應反省檢討。

馬英九致詞時談到，過去威權是民主歷史的一部分，有許多維護尊嚴、捍衛民主價值的人士，扮演著重要角色，對於這些為民主法治奔走的人，他鞠躬表達誠摯的歉意。

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WASHINGTON – FBI agents have questioned some of the young Americans arrested in Pakistan as U.S. investigators gather evidence that could lead to a conspiracy charge against them, an American official and another person familiar with the case said Friday.

Agents are working to see if there is enough evidence to charge any of the five Muslim students with conspiracy to provide material support to a terrorist organization, the two people said.

They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the investigation.

Officials in both countries expect the five, who are from the Washington, D.C., area, to be deported back home. But Pakistan may hold them long enough for U.S. prosecutors to prepare charges, and there was no immediate indication how long that might take.

Intelligence officials in Pakistan said Saturday the five have been taken to a facility for terror suspects in the eastern city of Lahore, a major base for Pakistani military and intelligence where they face further questioning.

A police official in the Pakistani town of Sargodha, Tahir Gujar, confirmed Saturday the men were no longer there. Two intelligence officials said they were taken to Lahore. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to media.

While Pakistani officials have said the men admitted trying to connect with militant groups, an FBI note sent to American lawmakers Thursday evening said the bureau had "no information linking them to terrorist organizations." That FBI note did not address whether the students attempted to join some terrorist group.

The other possible charge ~{!*~} and one that could be more difficult to bring ~{!*~} would be conspiracy to maim or kill people overseas.

"If they had reached an agreement amongst themselves and were pursuing an opportunity to train or fight with what they knew to be a foreign terrorist organization, then that would be a crime," said Pat Rowan, the former head of the Justice Department's national security division.

Making that case would depend greatly on what the men say to FBI agents ~{!*~} and whether any evidence or incriminating statements gathered by Pakistani police would meet U.S. legal standards.

"Where one needs to be at least a little skeptical is that that will translate into the sort of evidence that can be used in an American courtroom," said Rowan.

Statements made by Americans to police overseas can be used against them in a U.S. trial, as long as the statements weren't coerced. Another key source of evidence could be the men's computers, on which Pakistani police say they found maps of areas where terrorists operate.

Across the United States, there has been a flurry of cases against alleged homegrown terror threats, but so far the situation of the five young men who went to Pakistan is most similar to a case in Boston, where investigators say two young men repeatedly tried and failed to join terror groups overseas.

In that case, the men were rejected by both the Taliban and Lashkar e Tayyiba in Pakistan, and later efforts to sign up with groups in Yemen and Iraq also failed, according to prosecutors. The charges against those two include conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists.

In both that case and the new one, the men apparently were drawn to militant messages on the Internet.

On Friday, local Muslim leaders gathered at the mosque where the five young men prayed in Alexandria, Va., just across the Potomac River from Washington. The five participated in youth activities at the small mosque that operates out of a converted single-family home in a residential neighborhood.

Mahdi Bray, executive director of the Muslim American Society Freedom Foundation, accused militants of manipulating young men through online videos and writings.

"We are determined not to let religious extremists exploit the vulnerability of the emotions of our children through slick, destructive propaganda," said Bray.

Pakistan authorities say the five young men used the social networking site Facebook and the Internet video site YouTube to try to connect with extremist groups in Pakistan. When they arrived in Pakistan, they allegedly took that effort to the street.

They were reported missing by their families more than a week ago after one of them left behind a farewell video showing scenes of war and casualties and saying Muslims must be defended.

Pakistani police detained them this week ~{!*~} along with one of their fathers ~{!*~} in Sargodha, a town in the eastern province of Punjab.

The case has fanned fears that Americans and other Westerners ~{!*~} especially those of Pakistani descent ~{!*~} are traveling to Pakistan to join up with al-Qaida and other militant groups. It comes on the heels of charges against a Chicago man of Pakistani origin who is accused of surveying targets for the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India.

One of the men being held is identified as an Egyptian American named Ramy Zamzam, a dental student at Howard University in Washington.

The others were identified as Waqar Hussain, Aman Yemer, Ahmad Minni, Umar Farooq and his father, Khalid Farooq. Investigators are still trying to establish what role ~{!*~} if any ~{!*~} the father played in the men's alleged activities, officials said.

Pakistani officials have given various spellings of their names. The FBI note said two of the young men are of Ethiopian descent, and two are of Pakistani descent. The note was provided by a congressional official on condition of anonymity because it was not a public document.

In Sargodha, regional police chief Javed Islam said Thursday the five men wanted to join militants in Pakistan's tribal areas before crossing into Afghanistan. He said they met representatives from the al-Qaida-linked Jaish-e-Mohammed militant group in the southeastern city of Hyderabad and from a related group, Jamaat-ud-Dawa, in Lahore, but were turned away because they were not trusted.

Pakistan has many militant groups based on its territory, and the U.S. has been pressing the government to crack down on extremism. Al-Qaida and Taliban militants are believed to be hiding in the lawless tribal belt near the Afghan border.

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Associated Press writers Munir Ahmad, Chris Brummitt and Asif Shahzad and in Islamabad, Babar Dogar in Lahore, Pamela Hess in Washington and Matt Barakat in Alexandria, Va., contributed to this report.
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