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Although HAC members noted that Bush suggested a five-year $15 billion authorization bill to combat AIDS in Africa, they criticized him for not putting the plan into action...
...Army isn't taking any chances with the $3.4 million Stryker, its first new combat vehicle in 20 years. Currently stationed in Kuwait, 300 of the Strykers are due to cross the border into Iraq in the coming weeks, but they need some beefing up before they roll. The Army is concerned that the eight-wheel battle wagons are vulnerable to the insurgents' favorite weapon--the primitive but ubiquitous rocket-propelled grenade (RPG). So more than 100 soldiers and contractors have been working virtually around the clock, bolting a 5,200-lb. metal cage resembling a big green catcher...
Even if the HAC doesn’t agree, their vicious impugning of the president’s motives is startling. Mind you, the HAC posters do not merely depict Bush fiddling while Africa burns; rather, they suggest that he is actively undermining efforts to combat African AIDS...
...biggest players in the global economy, are bound by the rule of law," says Terry Collingsworth, executive director of the International Labor Rights Fund. The law in question is a once-obscure statute drafted in 1789 by the first U.S. Congress: the Alien Tort Claims Act. Originally designed to combat piracy, it fell into disuse until 1980, when courts began applying it to liability for aiding and abetting violations of fundamental human rights no matter where they occur. More than two dozen cases have been filed against firms doing business in developing countries, although to date no judgments have been...
...combat serial crimes, law-enforcement officials have tried to improve their technology and methodology. They have created a national computer network that registers suspects from across the country. It helped police catch the suspected Hebei killer, who was detained outside a nightclub before a check was run on his name. Urban police forces can also tap into the registries of upscale hotels. Four forensics labs in major cities now run ballistics tests and check the DNA of suspects and victims, and one such lab reportedly identified the decomposed bodies of the Shenzhen women. Closer to street level, the Ministry...