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...mercurial rebel chief variously denied that his men were holding anyone, suggested the U.N. soldiers "may have got lost in the bush" and claimed U.N. peacekeepers were forcibly and illegally disarming R.U.F. fighters. U.N. officials say they have proof that Sankoh has been sending orders to field units to launch the attacks. "The situation is very fluid and very delicate," said a U.N. spokeswoman...
Molczan insists that spying on the spies isn't really hard. For starters, he says, the U.S. telegraphs its intentions by warning mariners and aviators before every space launch. Using spherical trigonometry, the trackers plot a potential orbit and notify other amateurs worldwide where to look. That's how Eberst and others track the famous 1990 stealth satellite, despite decoys deployed to distract observers. They lost that satellite after it maneuvered unexpectedly a few months later, but even that much tracking has some spooks steamed...
...will launch some new initiatives in the area of entrepreneurship and public policy and some other areas next year," he said...
...Antonio Mamani's life. Two years ago, Mamani, 33, was a jewelry craftsman in Cuzco, "selling what I could on a plastic sheet by the central square." Then a notice for a seminar on e-commerce by the Peruvian Science Network (rcp), a nonprofit organization that has spurred the launch of more than 500 public Internet centers across the country, piqued his interest. Taking advantage of rcp's free technical assistance and low use rates, Mamani set up a site hawking his jewelry online. Today he is a cyberentrepreneur. Nearly 80% of the $800 he makes each month is earned...
...broadcast TV channels on offer in Britain, two of which belonged to the Beeb. Audiences with digital services can now choose from as many as 200 channels. The BBC, which always has to juggle the need for ratings with its public-service role, has found it hugely expensive to launch digital channels, start Internet sites and cope with the spiraling costs of technology, talent and rights to broadcast such things as sporting events. Although sport is one of Dyke's priorities, he has already ruled out paying the vast sums being demanded to broadcast England's top Premier League football...