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...first direct engagement came during a dusk sandstorm on the edge of a housing development where they had dug in to await the Marines. While talking with a family in a nearby house, members of Fox Company's 3rd Platoon came under heavy fire from the militants. At his lookout post on the roof, Lance Corp. Manuel Beccerarodriguez ducked as 7.62mm rounds snarled past his head. Staff Sergeant Michael Ventrone ordered his Marines to get on the roof and fight their way out of the ambush...
...bail and ordered to face court next week in Gizo, the provincial capital. For minor offenses such as his, court tends to be a last resort. With fuel prohibitively expensive - at $1.20 a liter, a long trip can cost a day's wages - the police are always on the lookout for alternatives. Offenders might be asked to clean up the growth around markets with their bush knives or do other work in the village. "We've had to change our way of policing here," says Curragh. The measures they've come up with "seem to be really effective...
...resold, he believes people will understand that private equity is a positive force. "We are important actors, and we are creating value, we are creating jobs, and we are developing firms. Little by little, that message is getting through," he says. Perhaps, but the Europeans are still on the lookout for locusts. --Reported by Daren Fonda and Barbara Kiviat/New York
...California, which grows 80% of the U.S. crop, has produced a spectacular jump in the price of the fruit and turned the state's groves into a prime target for rustlers. While newly installed fences guard against intruders, plane and helicopter patrols circle overhead. They are on the lookout for rustlers, who have made off with thousands of pounds of the lucrative fruit. The thefts could cost producers up to $3 million by next October. So far, though, no one has been caught...
...example, suspended on steel ropes more than 8 m above ground between two beeches, is designed to resemble a ship. The one-room, 7-sq-m dwelling, on the grounds of a livery stable near Bremen, serves as the owner's weekend retreat. It boasts a glass-topped lookout, terrace and hatch-door entry, as well as heating and electricity. So if you have the urge to nest, look out for a suitable tree, or plant one right away-in 20 years' time, it may be ready for your own house...