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...this kind of cybercrime - breaking into top-secret networks for reconnaissance, more than blocking access to Web-based services - that could serve terrorist logistics or research cells, worries Alexander Neill, head of the Asia Security Programme at the Royal United Services Institute in London. "To what extent are organizations like al-Qaeda using cyber attack to do reconnaissance?" he asks. "Given their command and control, I have no doubt they have experts doing this." For now, though, there's reason to suspect that terrorists might not attempt the sort of online barrage to which Estonia was subjected. "Terrorism is about...
...made them hard to reach. Now peace and high prices have made them alluring again. Today Angola is the second-largest oil producer in sub-Saharan Africa, and production is growing 25% a year. Since 2002, businessmen have been flying into Luanda offering huge sums in return for access to oil, while foreign governments have bolstered their case with aid. China has made a habit of outbidding the world here. In 2004, years of talks over structural reforms between Angola and the International Monetary Fund became redundant when a state-run Chinese bank offered a $2 billion line of credit...
Getting their hands on oil fields is the biggest issue. "They can see the opportunities," says veteran oil analyst Fadel Gheit of Oppenheimer & Co., "but they don't have access to them." Only 7% of the world's estimated oil and gas reserves are in countries that allow companies like ExxonMobil free rein, according to consulting firm PFC Energy. Fully 65% are in the hands of state-owned companies such as Saudi Aramco, and the rest are in the likes of Russia and Venezuela, where Western companies can get a foothold one day but lose it the next...
...When I was doing research on stem cells, my team got a lot of inquiries from IVF patients and professionals asking if they could donate embryos to generate stem cells that they could have access to," says Anna Krtolica, a biochemist and CEO of StemLifeLine, the California company offering the service. "Until now, there wasn't that option...
...Both sides have plenty of incentive to cut a deal. Beyond getting access for U.S. companies to India's $100 billion civil nuclear energy market, the Bush Administration has prioritized deepening U.S.-India ties based on India's potential as an economic powerhouse and a strategic counterweight to China. For India , the deal offers an end to decades of nuclear isolation, which is a precondition for its energy security and technological advancement - and, most importantly, it affirms India's great-power aspirations...