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Microsoft is under assault in every direction, and losing the battle on any number of fronts. That's why it's so desperate to come to terms - any terms - with Yahoo. The software giant went back to Yahoo yesterday to suggest a joint venture that would give Microsoft a position in Yahoo's search business. We're supposed to believe that Yahoo - thanks to Carl Icahn's proxy battle to replace Yahoo's board - is feeling the heat. But it's Microsoft that has everything to lose here. The barbarians are at the gates, and Gates (as in Bill...
...Dujiangyan, where buildings are now just heaps of brick and concrete and corpses lie on the sidewalk, the rescue operation resembles an army assault. Military vehicles, ambulances and mobile kitchens are everywhere. Soldiers search for survivors in the debris and step in to control emotional crowds of victims' relatives. Through the night, loudspeaker-equipped trucks cruised the streets, appealing for calm: "The State Council, the Central Committee, the Sichuan, Chengdu and Dujiangyan governments are trying their best to help. Earthquakes are not something that mankind can avoid." But relief operations can still be bungled, and Beijing knows...
...spiraling in the direction of the narco-terror that gripped Colombia in the 1980s and the early 1990s. Mexico's cartels, including the Sinaloa gang's main rival, the Gulf Cartel, have in recent years raised the scale of the bloodletting by introducing such weapons as grenades, AK-47 assault rifles and bazookas, as well as ghastly methods like mass beheadings...
...February, a Sinaloa operative was killed and another injured during a botched attempt to detonate a bomb outside a Mexico City police headquarters - a portent that the mafias may be poised to unleash the kind of frontal guerrilla assault on law enforcement seen in Colombia two decades ago. "Each year, the violence takes on distinct new dimensions," says Victor Clark Alfaro, a security expert at the Binational Human Rights Center in Tijuana. "It's like fighting guerrillas - it often defies understanding...
...recent alleged assault near Lamont Library serves as a reminder that even on campus, nighttime travel can be a dangerous affair. After consulting the safety gurus, FM has compiled some safety tips and self-defense moves that should come in handy if you find yourself alone in the wee hours. PREVENTION: Of course, the best prevention measure is to avoid travelling solo after dark, especially in unlit areas. If you have to stay out late, recruit friends to walk with you or set up a departure time beforehand. Otherwise, try to be aware of the time so you can make...