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Here's the scary thing about the identity-theft ring that the feds cracked last week: there was nothing any of its estimated 40,000 victims could have done to prevent it from happening. This was an inside job, according to court documents. A lowly help-desk worker at Teledata Communications, a software firm that helps banks access credit reports online, allegedly stole passwords for those reports and sold them to a group of 20 thieves at $60 a pop. That allowed the gang to cherry-pick consumers with good credit and apply for all kinds of accounts in their...
...before starting the war with Iraq in 1991. But they had to be drawn mostly from bases in Europe. With the cold war dead, most U.S. forces have left Europe for home. In the aftermath of the Gulf War, however, much of their gear has been relocated to a ring of bases set up in the Persian Gulf. Its proximity to the front line--and the fact that technology has made the military more efficient--means that by mid-December the U.S. should be ready to start fighting Iraq again, Pentagon officials...
...title. Will you and Vitaly ever return to Ukraine? We go back quite often and are doing what we can to help, especially the children. I hope that one day Ukraine is as rich as Germany or America, but it will take time. Are you ever scared in the ring? How do you deal with that? I'm always scared when I fight. Fear is very important because it helps me stay alert and focus on defense, which is more important than offense. A good boxer protects himself first and strikes second. Why do you think people consider boxers stupid...
...million for the fight, is the overwhelming favorite. Fight connoisseurs are calling him the boxing world's next superstar. Despite his size - he's 2 m and weighs 114 kg - the long-limbed Klitschko is surprisingly light on his feet, but packs a wicked punch. His chief competition for ring mastery ring comes from his brother Vitaly, 31, who will challenge Lennox Lewis, heavyweight champ of the World Boxing Council (the best-known of the four major boxing organizations) early next year. They are the most promising sibling pugilists since the Sullivan brothers of the early 20th century. Despite...
...deprived children. Families Minister Felix Bagão sacked the school's administration, and its employee Carlos Silvino was arrested and charged with being a pedophile and using children for prostitution. The announcement followed claims by former Families Minister Maria Teresa Costa Machado that Silvino procured children for a ring of top people including diplomats, journalists and society figures. Machado said she drew police attention to the allegations in 1982 but the investigation was dropped in 1987, with evidence and statements from alleged victims destroyed. BELGIUM Race Riot Police charged Dyab Abu Jahjah, the head of an Arab militant group...