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...turned on CNN just in time to see the second plane hit the World Trade Center. "That's when we knew the world had changed for Interpol," he says. "We went 24/7 that day." Noble immediately instituted round-the-clock monitoring of news and e-mails from a command and coordination center two floors below his office - a sharp break from Interpol's previous working hours. That room is now the center of Interpol's nervous system: rotating teams, which include Arabic and African staff, field calls for help and keep in daily contact with Interpol's multiple field offices...
Inside the Nerve Center Despite such successes, the data has serious limitations, which become evident the moment one steps into Interpol's command center. One morning in January, Javier Sánchez, an Interpol operational assistant from Barcelona, sat hunched over a computer in the Lyons office, attempting to find a man who had traveled across three continents on stolen documents, and then vanished in São Paolo. Two days earlier, Mexican officials had spotted his stolen Portuguese passport on Interpol's list when he flew into Mexico City from Frankfurt. They deported him back to Germany, where...
...school record set by Ali Boe ’06.“[Kessler]’s doing great,” Crimson coach Katey Stone said. “This weekend she had some pretty big saves at critical times. She has command of the position.”Kessler also displayed her versatility against Quinnipiac. Having already picked up an assist earlier this season, Kessler once again proved adept at making the outlet pass to start up Harvard’s offensive attack.“She’s not just a goaltender who keeps...
...greatest" of the "major shortcomings" in the Administration's policy towards Africa, which also included a "largely negative" impact of the war on terror. So far Bush has yet to mention either Somalia or U.S. military expansion in Africa, which culminated in the establishment of a separate military command for the continent, Africom, last October...
...Foot sometimes seemed like a rambling evangelical, Thatcher appeared to be on an endless emotional high, dynamic, aggressive, thoroughly in command of her facts. Herash-brown hair remained carefully coiffed on all but the windiest of days, and her softly tailored suits and dresses (usually in Tory blue) rarely showed a wrinkle. Always a good speechmaker, she sharpened her delivery during the campaign by using an electronic prompting device, something relatively new to British politics and dubbed the "sincerity box" by the press. Unlike Foot, she rarely campaigned on the streets, but swirled efficiently through high-tech plants, bakeries, farms...