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...checkpoints and crime cameras in hot spots. But a skeptical public is increasingly looking at ways to protect themselves. The topic comes up often in casual party chat and on Internet forums; a typical post on nola.com, the New Orleans Times- Picayune Web site, bears the heading "Armed Citizens Rule!" and reads, "would-be predators flee when a legally carried gun is presented instead of a wallet...
...travels have taught me that highly competitive college sports are a predominantly American phenomenon. In Argentina, college teams are like intramural teams, composed of all those who want to play and lacking the discipline and intensity we expect of college teams in the United States. The everybody-can-play rule is in full effect, and games between schools are like friendly scrimmages. College sports fall by the wayside in the global hunt for talent at the youngest of ages. The US is hardly innocent in this quest—one need only think of pre-pubescent Olympic gymnasts, the Freddy...
With the international tiebreaker rule in effect, both squads began the extra innings with a runner on second. The Crimson started the top of the ninth with senior Sarah Shaughnessy pinch running on second. An error by the Terriers shortstop allowed Shaughnessy to cross the plate with the winning...
...past several years, Western diplomats have been urging Vietnam's government to promote "transparency and rule of law" as essential ingredients for fighting corruption and fostering smooth business transactions. The same terms are often polite code for allowing democratic movements to exist as well. Brad Adams, Asia director for Human Rights Watch, says he's not sure what message Vietnam's leaders were sending with the open trial in Hue. "It's possible they were just trying to tell everyone that they are so strong and so confident that, yeah, you can come into our trials, and they're phony...
...evidence against Father Ly was clear enough. Prosecutors said when police raided Father Ly's diocese office and several homes in Hue over the lunar new year in February, they seized eight computers, nine cellphones and 147 SIM cards as well as 200 kilograms of documents denouncing one-party rule. "Their crime is damaging national security and serving as a tool of overseas reactionary and hostile forces against the government of Vietnam," the prosecutor told the court. The defendants had no lawyers present, but at least one didn't deny the charges. "For the country and the people of Vietnam...