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...monkey menace is receding. As the monkey population has increased in recent years--owing to the growing number of urban feasts as well as to scientific laboratories that use monkeys for experiments and then abandon them--the natural balance has been thrown off kilter. Hungry monkeys attack people and snatch food when they...
...kidnapping gangs in Iraq speculates that the arrival of a new family in a wealthy neighborhood may have alerted local criminals. "Typically the kidnappers would do some homework, tracking the movements of the family, deciding on whom to grab and when," he says. Waddah believes it was an opportunity snatch: the kidnappers happened to be cruising the street and, when they saw him get out of a brand-new car, assumed he was rich. Later, during interrogations by his captors, the Chevrolet Lumina would come up again and again. "Whenever I said my family were too poor to pay ransom...
...Later that day, I tried to go to the Green Zone to get my press credentials, but got stuck in a traffic jam caused by the U.S. snatch of Sheik Mazin al-Saedi - a top aide to radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr detained on suspicion of involvement in sectarian killings by Shi'ite militia. Sitting in traffic in downtown Baghdad is far more nerve-wracking than rolling down even the most dangerous road in the area. You wonder if there are any car bombs amid the traffic around you as you eye the gridlock. You wonder...
...doors open 24 hours a day, five days a week. UC politicos celebrated Lamont’s 24/5 premiere by throwing a Finale and Felipe’s catered powwow in the library foyer. The fête turned into a mob scene as students trampled each other to snatch up lukewarm burritos and chocolate chip cookies. Even HUPD made an appearance to calm the masses. Clusters of tourists snapped on in amazement. Eventually, everyone returned to their carrels and resumed studying. As a result of Lamont 24/5, the library became the new slumber party (minus the pillow fights). Students began...
...monkey population has grown in recent years - in addition to the urban feasts seeming to attract more, Malik also blames scientific laboratories, which use monkeys for experiments and then abandon them - the natural balance has been thrown off kilter. Hungry monkeys attack people and snatch food when they can. In 2004, monkeys were blamed when Ministry of Defence officials found top secret documents scattered around an office. Monkeys have broken into parliament and kept people from entering their own houses...