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...Chief's decision to stay is one of many signs that Abu Sayyaf is on the run. "They suspect me, definitely," he says of the Islamist group's dwindling membership. "They have tried to kill me. But I never thought of leaving Jolo. I know the armed forces will protect me. And if I leave, the terrorists will suspect me more. They will come after my family." Chief says he doesn't regret what he did. "I didn't do it because of the money. I felt it was my duty to protect myself and other people. My motivation...
Property owners should protect copper from burglars the same way they would a stereo, says Sidoti--install fences, motion-detector lights and security cameras. Meanwhile, lawmakers looking to crack down on copper thieves are starting at the scrap yard. Thirty-five states have pending or signed legislation requiring people selling metal to show ID. If someone comes in with suspicious goods, scrap dealers need to ask questions like, "Why would you have 20 manhole covers anyway?" says Bruce Savage of the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries. When Dan the miner arrived at an L.A. scrap yard, the yard's owner...
...thought of creative names for their networks: ParisBrooklyn, MessageInaBottle. Some were boring: linksys, NETGEAR, default. I was always happy to see the boring ones, because the people who don't bother thinking of clever names for their home networks are the same people who don't bother to password-protect them. Anybody who calls his hot spot WebOfDarkness isn't going to give me any wireless love. I think YouHavSomNerv...
...organized group, but the relative inefficiency with which the government dealt with the violence poses the question: How long before mobs turn on the middle and upper income groups to kill them or drive them out of the country? And what (if anything) will the government do to protect the heartbeat of its economy? Ryan Moore, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA...
...with China and the U.S. in order to resolve this. We have no intention of taking two separate tracks, for instance by developing inter-Korean relations apart from the six-party talks. We will continue to try to convince [North Korea] that it is in their national interest - to protect the regime and to ensure better lives for the people - to give up their nuclear-weapons program. We are very genuinely seeking reconciliation and peace on the Korean peninsula. And if it helps, I am ready to meet [North Korea's dictator Kim Jong Il] not just once...