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They don't want to see our content stolen. For one thing, they are employing filtering technology [to prevent theft of songs...
ESTABLISHED. TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM, covering the Indian Ocean; by UNESCO; in Paris. Designed to prevent a repeat of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami that killed more than 200,000 people, the planned system will link seismographic equipment and deep-sea sensors scattered throughout the region with monitoring centers and emergency-services agencies in at least 19 countries. When fully operational in 2006, the system is expected to provide early warning of potentially devastating undersea earthquakes, enabling the evacuation of coastal communities around the Indian Ocean...
...mood on Capitol Hill, where the recent battle over filibusters did nothing to improve the atmosphere, is every bit as testy. Senate majority leader Bill Frist gave a speech last week warning Democrats that the so-called nuclear option--the proposal to change Senate rules to prevent filibusters of judicial nominees--remained an option if Democrats sought to block Bush's eventual choice. The Democrats, meanwhile, were doing some early saber rattling of their own. Within hours of O'Connor's resignation, Senator Kennedy called a press conference to warn that if Bush chose a nominee who "threatens to roll...
...would make the difference, they would [come through]. The American initiative on AIDS has put 150,000 people on antiretroviral drugs. If we were able to have an African peacekeeping force able to go into situations like Sudan--where America is the biggest contributor of humanitarian help--you would prevent a lot of problems...
Opportunities for creative problem solving abound, as I have been placed in charge of procuring foodstuffs for the kitchen. However, with a slightly limited budget, and a mandate from the powers that be to prevent an outbreak of scurvy above all else, I have become well acquainted with the phrase, “Price reduced for immediate sale...