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...intruders are on the lookout for music cassettes, according to locals. Before he entered Mahmand, my bulky taxi driver Ilyas Khan abruptly stopped his car at a gas station to make sure all his cassettes were tucked away in a secret compartment beneath the dashboard. "They search the cars for un-Islamic things," he explains. "They would suddenly appear on the road. They are young angry boys. They also enjoy the support of some locals...
...Buddhists. As one of Ban Bukoh's two Buddhist teachers, Prapa Boonaeb, 57, who runs the kindergarten, feels marked for death. "You don't know when they'll pull the trigger," says Prapa, a short-haired woman with a brisk but cheerful manner. "We try to keep a constant lookout, but it's hard because our attention is usually on the children." A year ago, she recalls, a teacher in Narathiwat province was shot in his classroom, in front of his fourth-grade pupils; his killers were two youths in school uniforms. Even Ban Bukoh's annual sports...
...appetite overseas buyers are developing for U.S. assets could be easily spoiled, however. Asian investors are keenly aware of opportunities elsewhere. They are on the lookout for signs that Americans will not welcome foreign purchases of domestic companies-they remember the Congressional opposition to the bid by CNOOC, the Chinese oil giant, for U.S.-based Unocal. If barriers are raised against the acquisition of U.S. assets, then the dollar will be dumped on the foreign-exchange market and money will flow into currencies in countries where such investments will be welcome. And if foreigners turn away from dollar investments...
Nearby Lebanese townspeople are cheering the army on. Some took up arms when the clashes began last week and the army was caught by surprise by Fatah al-Islam attacks. Today, some armed locals took up positions in the hills and in the nearby villages, on the lookout for Fatah al-Islam supporters who might try to attack the army's rear position. "We want the army to go in and finish them off," says Faisal Obeid, 35, a civilian in Hamra who joined the fighting in support of the army two weeks ago. "We are willing to go into...
...freshman Adam J. Goldstein. Goldstein said that members of the debate team are circulating posters seeking information about Barclay’s whereabouts, and that an e-mail from his mother had been sent out to all the dorms. Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) is also on the lookout. “The MIT Police Department shared with us the missing person flyer for Mr. Barclay,” HUPD spokesman Steven G. Catalano wrote in an e-mailed statement. “Our officers and detectives have been asked to keep...