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...helpful. Wayne Pacelle, President Humane Society of the U.S. Washington Big cats are only doing what we humans do: they are predators, and so are we. Irving Stanton Elman Pacific Palisades, California, U.S. While your article correctly pointed to the booming human population and a failure to safeguard big cats in wildlife preserves as reasons for their declining numbers, it neatly avoided a matter-of-fact discussion of the only solution that is not a mere stopgap: finding a way to curb rapidly spiraling world-population rates. Until we are able to control human overpopulation, any species that competes with...
...Terrorists: Why Not Negotiate? The decision by the Philippines to withdraw its peacekeepers from Iraq in exchange for the release of a Philippine truck driver who was kidnapped by insurgents is to be applauded [Aug. 9]. Surely it is the duty of any government to safeguard its own people before anything else. The Philippines did not cave in to U.S. pressure or sacrifice one of its citizens to satisfy the Bush Administration. C.A. Van Meurs Christchurch, New Zealand...
...escape the barrage. The militiamen stood between us and the door to shield us from the unrelenting fire. They were young, polite and dedicated to their cause. As they saw it, they were protecting their holiest site from infidel Americans. But the Mahdi fighters were perfectly willing to safeguard...
...security measures for the upcoming Olympic Games. As an Athenian, I was terrorized more by the gloomy perceptions of foreign journalists and security experts than by the bombs. The media's reaction was disproportionate to the seriousness of the incident. Greece has done more than enough to safeguard the success of the Games. Athens is quite a safe place?no need to panic. Most of my compatriots have canceled going away on their usual August holidays in order to attend the Olympic Games. Come to Athens and watch the athletic contests, expose yourself to Hellenic civilization and take a vacation...
Here are some simple steps to help you safeguard your family information. For starters, don't put any information about a living individual on the Internet, stresses Beth Givens of the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse in San Diego. Or at least get the person's permission. If you do place such information online, consider a site that's password-protected by you. And think about starting with deceased grandparents or even great-grandparents...