Word: patrollers
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...first two years after the plan is adopted, the emphasis would be securing the border with more border patrol agents and enhanced technology. Then comes a guest-worker program that would require illegal immigrants in the United States to briefly return to their home countries to register at privately run centers where they would be issued work visas that could be renewed every two years for up to 12 years. For the next five years, they'd be given a more permanent visa. And then, after 17 years in the program, participants could apply for U.S. citizenship...
...KILLED. Mitsuhiro Morita, 35, Japanese crab fisherman, after a Russian patrol boat opened fire on his vessel in disputed waters northeast of the Japanese island of Hokkaido; in the Sea of Okhotsk. Russian officials claimed the ship's captain had illegally crossed into Russian territory, while Japan called the act "unacceptable" and demanded immediate compensation and the release of the vessel's remaining crew, who are being held by Russian authorities. The shooting is rooted in a 150-year-old row over the strategic, resource-rich Kuril Islands, which are claimed by both countries...
...have signaled their willingness to give Abe a chance once he takes power, to allow him to begin to repair the immense damage that Koizumi has done to Japan's Asian relations. But with national pride is surging in Japan - on Wednesday the government reacted furiously after a Russian patrol boat opened fire on a Japanese fishing boat sailing in disputed waters, killing a fisherman - Abe would need to show real statesmanship. "It would take a Prime Minister who has a rational view of the situation, who says, 'This is bad for Japan, and I won't go,'" says Robert...
...Tuesday the Israeli newspaper Ma'ariv claimed that three hours after Hizballah fighters ambushed an Israeli patrol, killing eight soldiers and kidnapping two others - the event that triggered the war - Haltuz called his stock broker and asked him to sell off nearly $30,000 of his shares. Haltuz got his money out just in time; the Tel Aviv stock market fell by over 8% in the first two days...
...Segway has identified the commercial security and police markets as its chasm-crossers. Today more than 150 law enforcement agencies globally are using Segways to boost the range, visibility and visual field of their beat cops. The Chicago Police Department, for instance, has 38 Segways, which cops use to patrol the airports and large public events. It will soon buy 20 more. "It's a low-key force multiplier," says Jonathan Lusher, senior V.P. at the mall security firm IPC International, which owns scores of Segways. "It allows us to have our officers in more places in less time...