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...United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US VISIT) system, which Congress mandated following Sept. 11, requires most foreign visitors to be photographed and to undergo a biometric fingerprinting procedure as they enter the country. Security officials check the fingerprints against a database, allowing them to identify travellers with criminal histories who may have been overlooked during the visa-application process...
...Democratic Administration uncomfortable with American power, silk ropes were fashioned to tie down Gulliver: a myriad of treaties, protocols and prohibitions on everything from carbon emissions to land mines to nuclear testing. With the advent of the Bush Administration, contemptuous of these restraints, that would no longer work. Enter al-Qaeda...
...heading to Thailand to escape the winter blues, you're in for bargains as two more cut-rate airlines enter its market. Last month, Malaysia-based AirAsia began flying from Kuala Lumpur to the resort island of Phuket for a thrifty $23.50, less than a third of the Malaysian Airlines fare. Next month, the airline founded by a former music executive will start service between the southern Malaysian border city Johor Baharu and Bangkok for about $26 a seat; plans are afoot to offer Thai domestic connections as well. But don't expect a morsel to eat or a refund...
...letter to Harvard Gay and Lesbian Caucus President Thomas H. Parry ’74, Summers wrote that instead of joining one of four lawsuits challenging the statute, the University has “in recent weeks secured the agreement of Pentagon officials to enter into discussions” aimed at reconciling conflicting interpretations of the amendment...
...begins, it isn't long until the Iowa caucuses and the start of the election season. With passionate feelings on both sides of the political aisle, this year promises to see many twists and turns before election day, Nov. 2. We enter the year with Howard Dean as the Democratic frontrunner, but with eight other Democratic candidates vying for the nomination to take on a president who is setting records for fundraising, anything could happen. What are your predictions for this political season? What issues and events will take the country by surprise? Will a third party play a role...