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...moved into the more genteel birdhouse business - although here, too, there are complications. Swiftlet condos have become local eyesores. Because nest theft is common, the untreated concrete structures often resemble secret weapons facilities, their roofs adorned with barbed wire and electric fences. Bird droppings are a potential health threat, too, while in some towns, the constant noise from Swiftlet Bazooka Tweeters and other callers has become "unbearable," admits...
...leadership, "for reasons only they can fathom," are determined to continue the coldest of wars [June 22]. North Korea has never varied in its determination to conquer the south. Only the fear of U.S. nuclear retaliation stops their invasion. The nuclear program is designed to prevent this by the threat of mutually assured destruction. Brad Elliott, North Rocks, Australia...
...year or so, then push your agendas. And if Pyongyang again starts to drag its feet, take it all away. This will be the impetus for the great democratic revolution that the world has been trying, and failing, to force onto the North Korean people. Of course the threat that it could all be taken away will surely give Pyongyang something to think about before dragging its feet. Tapas Barsimha Thapa, Bhaktapur, Nepal...
...partly the insatiable desire for scoops people in the Administration were feeding about the potential threat in Iraq. But a lot of it was just that we floated along with the conventional wisdom, the worst enemy of journalism...
...department's top brass for your reporting. Officers have been warned to stay away from you, and your picture was even posted at police headquarters. Why do people risk so much to continue talking to you? They had my mug shot up at the security desk as a terrorism threat. It's kind of amusing, but at the same time kind of chilling. People talk because the department is so closed, and the mainstream media is so cowed that information they want public is not getting out. When people in the police department talk to a reporter, it's usually...