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...precautions are available to thwart terrorism. Many airports have already implemented comprehensive screenings at security checkpoints—with every carry-on scanned first and then searched by hand. We already have the technology in place for airlines to enter their passenger lists into background checking databases that will flag those with suspected terrorist connections. And it would only be a mild inconvenience if security personnel conducted one last identification check on board the aircraft to ensure that all passengers and crew are supposed to be there...
...Afghanistan can unite politicians only so long. As the flag waving and patriotic speeches die down, bitter domestic squabbles are returning that will divide Congress and the White House. One of the most heated battles is over the question of where to bury 7,7,000 tons of highly radioactive waste generated by this country's nuclear reactors...
...surprisingly, there has been a lot of special pleading. The European Commission has already rebuffed calls to let E.U. governments - Switzerland isn't one of them - rescue their flag airlines. (Governments can help carriers recoup only what they lost in the four days they couldn't fly to the U.S.) And the bigger carriers have won something that may prove even more valuable: a one-year moratorium on the sale of the precious airport slots they've vacated since cutting back on flights, thus protecting them from opportunistic competition from the discounters...
...Will it last? Yes. This could be the beginning of the end for many flag carriers...
...Peabody staff member said Wiley had been given a handmade American flag pin made out of beads and safety pins that night, and that he planned to wear it the next day at the conference’s closing session...