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...developers of Tokyo's Epson Aqua Stadium have their way, visiting an aquarium will no longer be the preserve of schoolchildren and young families. Instead, bored office workers are the target of this snazzy complex, which opened in April next to the Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Shinagawa, one of Tokyo's prime business districts. Described as "entertainment for adults" by spokesman Naoto Takahashi, the theme park boasts facilities designed to lure grownups from their usual happy-hour haunts, featuring a slick restaurant and café-bar, Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel...
...been nearly four years since 9/11 awakened the country to the possibility that nuclear power plants might be the next big target for the U.S.'s terrorist enemies. The country's reactors--deployed, as so many of them are, in areas with large civilian populations--have the potential to be weapons of mass destruction. The plants may be especially attractive to al-Qaeda because of the group's fondness for launching attacks that are increasingly spectacular. The vulnerability of the U.S. to terrorism was underscored when members of the 9/11 commission, formally disbanded last summer, resumed work as a nonprofit...
...plants since 9/11 are adequate. They have included adding physical barriers, checking approaching vehicles at greater stand-off distances and improving coordination with local police and military authorities. Says the NRC chief: "Any terrorist who looks at one of these facilities is going to say, 'This is a hardened target, and I'm not going to have any confidence that I am going to be successful [attacking it].'" Plants have also improved training for guards and capped their workweeks at 72 hours to eliminate the not-uncommon tendency of overworked employees to fall asleep on duty. Previously, guards sometimes worked...
...connection to a terrorist training camp; in Sacramento, Calif. According to an FBI affidavit, after first denying any connection to terrorism, the younger Hayat admitted he had attended an al-Qaeda camp in Pakistan--allegedly with funds from his father--where photos of George W. Bush were used for target practice...
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