Word: localizing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...problem with proxy armies is that they don't always pack up and go home when their sponsors do. The Indonesian military may have officially given up the ghost in East Timor, but their local militia allies on Thursday began menacing international peacekeepers, firing weapons into the air and massing for an attack in the capital, Dili. Australian troops, who make up the bulk of the United Nations force, came under sniper fire at a house where they were quartered, and even more worrying for the international soldiers were reports that Indonesian troops had fired their weapons near a peacekeeping...
...Just how this will play out remains to be seen, since understanding of the hackers? methodology remains hazy. TIME technology columnist Josh Quittner is optimistic that the problem will be solved, but it may take a while. "It's going to be hard for the U.S. government to enforce local law internationally," says Quittner, referring to the foreign locations of the hackers. "The best solution is technical, not legal, and I'm sure someone is working on this. Sooner or later whatever loophole these jokers are exploiting will be closed." In the meantime, adds Quittner, parents should continue to keep...
...question of what commitment the state government should show to public schools, and how that might conflict with the tenet of local independence, will continue to create a spirited dialogue...
Representatives from Shaw's Supermarkets to the police department to local electric companies also assured the predominantly elderly audience that their services will continue smoothly at the New Year...
...change students have requested--lower fees for the basic local calling plan--was a issue the task force didn't tackle...