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Thanks to a little bit of ingenuity and lot of illicit hacking, a Harvard sophomore was able to obtain a great majority of the campus’ photos and compile them on one navigable site. This was an invasion of privacy, and HASCS must insure that its facebook is secure. But it is clear that the technology needed to create a centralized website is readily available; the benefits are many. It is great that HASCS and the council are taking steps to realize this much anticipated community-building resource...
...sold at fur auctions, made into consumer goods and then distributed further. In China alone, at least 2 million domestic animals are killed annually for their fur, according to the Humane Society International. With a handful of parliamentary colleagues, Stevenson is pushing the European Commission to halt the illicit trade. "I'm not suggesting that the Chinese change their ways," says Stevenson. "But if we close Europe to this trade, they'll only have Russia and their home market." Within the E.U., only Italy has so far applied a unilateral ban on dog and cat fur. Making the imports illegal...
...ever intended to produce a nuclear weapon. That fuels fears that Iran still harbors nuclear ambitions, despite its pledge to foreign ministers from Germany, Britain and France last month to freeze the nuclear program. And it "raises suspicions that Iran has [another] hidden enrichment plant" or some other illicit supply of uranium, says David Albright, president of the Institute for Science and International Security...
...Pillaging Asia's Past Re the cover story on Asia's illicit art trade [Oct. 20]: A nation's cultural heritage represents its glory and growth. Looking at the art of the past helps us take a break from the harshness of present-day life and travel back in time. Anyone who tries to downplay the theft or destruction of cultural artifacts is seriously misguided. Those who are involved in this heinous business must be severely punished. Antiquities reveal the saga of a bygone era. Arvind K. Pandey Allahabad, India...
...since it floated in April 2000 - thanks to a rapid increase in the number of its broadband subscribers. Candid Camera Phones South Korea 's government called on cell-phone manufacturers to fit picture phones with an audible beep that would sound each time an image was snapped, to prevent illicit shots being taken...