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...federal government at least appears to understand that there has to be a delicate balance between the twin issues of security and the environment. "The solution has to vary location to location," Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said last month to a room full of wary Texas landowners who fear access to Rio Grande water could be limited and border residents who have long viewed their Mexican neighbors (some of whom are family relatives) as friends and customers. "Obviously, at the end of the day, we have to make sure we can satisfy our operational requirements...
...information tracked that contained in a Homeland Security bulletin made public in March 2005. Frances Townsend, the White House counterterror boss, said the information was declassified because all the players and sources associated with the information have been tracked down or killed. Asked about bin Laden's status, Townsend said, "I don't imagine he is very comfortable...
...Sepak takraw is one of the most exciting spectator sports in the world," says Rick Engel, a Canadian who fell in love with the game while traveling through Southeast Asia and now promotes it in his homeland, where he calculates he has helped introduce tens of thousands of schoolchildren to it through classes, books and videos. South of the border, Engel estimates up to a quarter-million students may have tried it in gym class, and the Sepak Takraw U.S. Open is expected to attract over 30 adult teams to a tournament held June 30 and July 1-up from...
...Terry Ebbert, the director of New Orleans' Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, calls it nothing less than "a crisis in emergency mental health care." In March, Ebbert says, emergency medical service teams logged more than 300 hours in wait time at local emergency rooms, waiting for space to open up for people needing psychiatric care. The New Orleans Police Department, stretched perilously thin since the storm, had 207 cases in the same period where cops waited up to three hours with patients picked up for mental health disorders, or had to drive miles to a suburban ER that...
...same coterie of independence campaigners whose 24-year struggle to free East Timor from Jakarta's grip resonated with the nation's 1 million citizens. Gusmão fought for East Timor's freedom as a guerrilla commander in the mountainous jungle, while Ramos-Horta pleaded his homeland's cause in the halls of the United Nations. Even Francisco Guterres, Ramos-Horta's opponent in this week's presidential run-off, had been a veteran resistance fighter against Indonesia, under whose rule up to 200,000 East Timorese perished. "The old generation in East Timor is still very strong," admits...