Word: alarmism
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...Laskar Jihad will have a profound impact on external debt negotiations, international investment and other issues critical to Indonesia's stability. Although there is little evidence that militant Islamic groups in Indonesia have links with Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda, the growing strength of Laskar has already set alarm bells ringing in Washington. Noting the lack of Indonesian border controls and the recent flood of Afghan refugees, the commander in chief of U.S. military forces in the Pacific warned on an early December swing through the region that al-Qaeda members fleeing Afghanistan might attempt...
...taken its place among the nations "with us" in the war against terror, which has put everything else on the back burner. The old issues remain, of course: Taiwan's electorate handed the vigorously pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party a landslide parliamentary election victory two weeks ago, setting off alarm bells in Beijing. But the really big news that scarcely brooked a headline was China's formal induction into the World Trade Organization. Having plunged its economy into a giddy capitalist roller-coaster ride that will forever change Chinese society, the Communist Party leaders are now bracing themselves...
...Harvard insists that residents have no cause for alarm this time around...
...monitors are employees in the Holyoke Center who volunteered to receive additional training and take on extra responsibility during emergency situations. Easily distinguished by their bright red caps, which they don at the sound of the fire alarm, the monitors are each assigned a specific area of the facility, and seek to expedite the evacuation by checking each office and all restrooms to ensure occupants have left before exiting the building themselves...
...Indeed, it is the impression of the American referee leaving the ring while Sharon puts Arafat in a chokehold that has caused the most alarm in Arab and European capitals over the past three days - particularly when their TV screens are filled with images of terrified Palestinian children fleeing air strikes in Gaza. But despite the impression of Sharon having been given a green light to do as he sees fit, the Bush administration remains deeply divided over how to proceed. Only a week ago the State Department had sent General Anthony Zinni to cajole both sides into a cease...