Word: passport
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...dormitory on campus. Kristen Bensley, a freshman who lived below the floor where the shooting occurred, said, "There were rumors going on about [the assailant] was fighting with his girlfriend or something of that nature." Bensley adds that only residents can get into the building with a specific "passport," that is a pass card that one has to swipe in order to open doors before 10 a.m. The question is, did someone let then let the gunman in? Or did he have a pass card? Did that mean he was a resident of the dorm...
...odyssey begins in Fujian, where the snakehead's contacts in the local Public Security Bureau help the customer get a Chinese passport. Then it's on to Beijing to apply for a visa to Russia, which easily grants visas to Chinese. The trip to Moscow is the simple part of the journey. The snakehead then takes the person's passport. He says it's for safety - it's harder to deport someone without ID - but, clearly, holding the document gives him power over his clients. From Russia, the Fujianese cross the forested and poorly patrolled Ukrainian and Slovakian borders...
...clear who pocketed that money, but less than six months later, Big Lin says he received a Czech residence permit. The Czech document enabled him to get a tourist visa to England, which he overstayed. Six years ago, Big Lin cut his final link to home by "losing" his passport. Many other Chinese do the same to ward off deportation - it's hard to send someone home if their nationality is not clear - despite a British law mandating up to two years' imprisonment for illegals who destroy their...
...getting caught up in spam wars like those that plague the Internet, say they're concerned about keeping subscribers happy. "Unwanted or unsolicited text-message spam to our customers' handsets is unacceptable," said Steve Zipperstein, a Verizon Wireless spokesman, after the U.S. carrier in February successfully sued tour company Passport Holidays for spamming. The U.S., Singapore, India and China are just a few of the countries now considering regulating such communications. "People won't invite you into their pocket unless you offer them value," says Sandy Agarwal, managing director for Asia at mobile-marketing firm Enpocket...
...broader strategy to rid the Baqubah area of insurgents. The U.S. believes there are also insurgent training camps around Qubah and Zaganiyah where fighters learn guerrilla tactics and perfect skills at making roadside bombs. One ominous discovery: among the dead in Qubah was an alleged insurgent whose Iraqi passport indicated he had been through New York City and Boston as recently as last year...