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...Meanwhile, police in London Wednesday were granted by the courts more time to question the suspects in their custody, who include at least one woman. New powers granted under the 2006 Terrorism Act allow the police a maximum of 28 days to detain the suspects without charge, subject to request. Some 46 properties and 20 vehicles have already been searched and vast swaths of woodland near High Wycombe, scene of six of the first wave of arrests, are currently being combed for evidence of stashed explosives...
...with the fight raging on for a final round despite the fighters having touched gloves under the referee's supervision in anticipation of the final bell, a final verdict may be premature. Both sides will want to inflict maximum pain in the coming hours, and fighting on the ground will escalate - Israel lost a further seven soldiers Saturday, and fierce fighting in the coming hours portends more casualties on both sides. Come Monday morning, the situation on the ground will find the fighters in a clinch, and very likely trading punches even after the bell - punches whose consequences are always...
...life," he says, with nights spent at sea without amenities in an "open-slather" industry in which "everyone was ready to shoot each other." Things today are far more civilized. Each of the 181 licensed fishermen in Steele's Southern Zone is limited to a maximum catch: no more than 159.3 kg per lobster pot per October?May season. Once you reach that limit, you're on holidays, though usually with decent spending money. As the 17-m fiberglass lobster on the edge of town suggests, Kingston's prosperity depends in no small way on the success of its fishermen...
...border to attack Hizballah strongholds throughout southern Lebanon and clear a "security zone" that may eventually stretch to around three miles inside Lebanese territory. With diplomatic pressure mounting for an end to the fighting, the Israeli military seems to be bringing its campaign to a crescendo aimed at inflicting maximum damage on Hizballah in the campaign's remaining days or weeks...
...thrilling as high-speed networks are, they do have a downside: they drain batteries big time, especially those of slimmer phones. Like the RAZR that features Verizon?s high-speed V-Cast service, the CU500 can only deliver a fraction of its maximum talk time when in the HSDPA network - even if all you're doing is making simple voice calls...