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...Whether or not ExxonMobil has approached the government, it does have leverage. Facing revenue losses of around $100 million a month after the company recently suspended operations, the Indonesian government promised to restore order swiftly. The troops at A-13 were put on high alert and in May, Jakarta dispatched 2,000 more soldiers to ExxonMobil's gas sites. Among them were the feared Kopassus, or Special Forces, responsible for much of the mayhem in East Timor before it gained independence in 1999. According to Lieut. Colonel Sadharun Nandio, spokesman for the Aceh Security Restoration Operation: "The decision...
...sample case, which is filled with designer shades, he grabs his wireless handheld computer and begins his morning routine: trading the mainland's volatile "B" shares online as the taxi weaves through traffic. For Gao, who sometimes slips out of sales meetings to check on a preprogrammed stock alert, the personal digital assistant (PDA) has become indispensable. "I always take my PDA with me," says Gao, whose specialty model, made by niche player GWcom, sells for $240 in a market where stripped-down devices go for as little...
...southern tourist resort of M?laga defused a powerful car bomb planted by the Basque separatist organization ETA. The group had telephoned a warning that the bomb, which contained around 60 kg of explosives, had been left in the city's airport car park. Popular tourist destinations were on alert after suspected ETA member Olaia Castresana blew herself up as she handled explosives in the Mediterranean resort of Torrevieja. MACEDONIA Back from the Brink Dangerously close to all-out war, the two sides in the Macedonian conflict gave way to persuasion and declared another cease-fire. Under pressure from international mediators...
...however, Israel is on the highest alert for more terror attacks. There are plain-clothes police crawling all over Jerusalem. One of the reasons that they carried out this attack, they say, was that Israeli intelligence had learned that this particular network was preparing seven suicide attacks, at least. So they decided to strike first and also in retaliation for several attempted car bombs...
...most, Code Red proved you should always be wary about what Microsoft software does to your machine, like turning it into a server without your implicit knowledge. Apart from that, the whole red-alert reaction only demonstrated that there's seemingly infinite space on the Feds' faces for more egg. That's what happens when you cry wolf over a microbe, guys...