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...adding more border guards, deputizing retired police officers to patrol the frontier and authorizing citizen militias to hunt and capture illegal border crossers. Inhofe argued that the conditions in which captured border jumpers are held--he mentioned the provision of sports facilities and good food--are too pleasant to deter aliens from crossing into...
...when I see friends back home trapped in their lives and their mortgages." To further encourage defections, he is writing a sequel to the Casablanca book, provisionally titled In Arabian Nights and including his experiences in other Moroccan locales. In truth, Shah's tales of hair-raising hardship may deter newcomers, but he remains undaunted. "A guy came by yesterday and showed me some pictures of these incredible homes down in Fez," he enthuses. "I'm crazily thinking maybe we should renovate another one. You can buy a quite big house there for only $30,000." Jinns included...
...doing this," says Robert Douglas, a security consultant and former private investigator. He notes that there are about 60,000 licensed private investigators in the U.S. "Unfortunately, anyone worth his salt knows who to turn to for phone records," he says. Wireless carriers are also revamping their practices to deter infiltration. Most will no longer release calling records by fax or e-mail. They have even tightened rules about giving records to people who claim to have lost a cell phone...
...committee held off on a vote of the matter after members raised concerns that the motion would deter possible candidates from applying to the high school’s principalship...
...Investigations into the attack continue, and Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has sworn to bring those responsible to justice. ?This senseless act will not deter our strong resolve to pursue the relentless fight against the evil of terrorism,? he said in a message sent to New Delhi where President Bush is visiting before his trip to Pakistan. ?We all must continue to work together to eliminate this threat...