Word: alerting
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...Islamabad, insiders say that both countries were often only a few steps away from all-out war over the past eight months. There was a constant rain of artillery fire on both sides of the border, and both armies were placed on highest alert in March following riots?Muslim-Hindu riots in Gujarat and last month when Muslim gunmen besieged a Hindu temple in the same western Indian state. These sources say that the U.S. played a key role in keeping the two nations at bay. On at least one occasion, the Pentagon's spy satellites picked up a sudden...
...year's terrorist attacks, people in the Portland, Ore., area must have been paying attention. The arrest last week of four U.S. citizens accused of conspiring to join al-Qaeda was the culmination of yearlong cooperation among a clutch of curious neighbors, more than 100 fbi agents and an alert deputy sheriff. Officials have accused Jeffrey Leon Battle, 32; Patrice Lumumba Ford, 31; and Muhammad Ibrahim Bilal, 22, of trying to travel to Afghanistan late last year to support al-Qaeda. (They flew into Hong Kong but apparently lacked the cash and contacts required to pass border controls.) Two other...
...centuries ago by its Sultans. These are heaped with kitsch: French chandeliers, Javanese spears and a bizarre chariot comprising the body of an elephant, the head of a dragon, flapping wings and radial tires. The dusty exhibits can be comical, but in little-visited Cirebon, the tourist must be alert to art all around. Even at the palaces, there are hidden treasures: antique blue delft plates from former ruling power the Netherlands. Once they were for dining, now they decorate the centuries-old dirt walls of the palaces...
...scene, senior commissioner of Kuta police, Hermin Hidayat, said the local security forces are on the move. "We have activated the whole police force of Bali. All military troops in the area have been put on alert...
Platt hopes his system will alert the public to not only biological attacks, but also to epidemics that arise naturally...