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...family members, and almost a decade of diplomatic wrangling to secure the defendants and set the unique location and parameters of the trial. They were based on the most intense investigation of a terrorist act ever conducted, one that minutely combed the rolling hills of more than 2,200 sq km of southwestern Scotland for every scrap of debris from Pan Am Flight 103, which blew up on Dec. 21, 1988 and crashed in a horrific fireball on the town of Lockerbie. The evidence-10,232 pages of testimony, 235 witnesses-was enough for the court to convict Abdel Basset...
...processing, the average used system is worth a measly $6 in raw materials, according to electronics recycler Envirocycle in Hallstead, Pa. The monitor is worth just $2.50. When IBM announced its consumer-PC recycling program last fall, it decided to have the carcasses shipped not to its 700,000-sq.-ft. recycling center in Endicott (where it mines corporate PCs for parts) but to an independent recycler 30 miles away. The reason: "Typically all that low-end stuff is not profitable," says Lawrence Yehle, operations manager at IBM Endicott...
Quito The Ecuadorian government announced a review of shipping regulations around the Galapagos Islands after an oil tanker ran aground near the rare wildlife archipelago. The Jessica hit a reef near San Cristobal island, causing a 1,200-sq-km oil slick. Although environmentalists expressed relief that favorable winds and currents had limited the amount of oil washing up onto the islands, at least one pelican and two sea gulls are known to have died, and long-term damage could include negative effects on the archipelago?s algae, which form a vital part of the Galapagos food chain...
...Case in point: at the Hilton Hawaiian Village, a nine-hectare mega-resort at the western end of Waikiki Beach, a 25-story tower opening in May will house a 3,900-sq-m spa and "wellness center." One of its main attractions: a state-of-the-art Electron Beam Tomography scanner, the first of its kind to be installed in a resort setting. This $2 million machine works with high-resolution ultrasound and other space-age diagnostic tools to detect early signs of heart disease and cancer. For around $8,000 per person, anyone whose stock portfolio hasn...
Rupert's organization has plans for eight more such parks. By year end he will launch the first phase of a giant park straddling South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. The GKG (Gaza-Kruger-Gonarezhou) Peace Park will eventually have an area of nearly 38,600 sq. mi., the size of Portugal. More than 350 Mozambicans are being trained in game management and ranger work to provide for an expected increase in tourism to the new area. "I'm a realist who believes in miracles," says Rupert. "The secret is not to do things for people but to do things with...