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...Hizballah has vowed revenge for the car bomb killing of Imad Mughniyah, and Israel is taking the threat seriously. Israel has placed its army on alert and reinforced its presence along the northern border with Lebanon. Patriot anti-missile batteries have been deployed near Haifa, Israel's second-largest city, 40 kilometers south of the Lebanese border. Even airlines flying into Israel have been instructed to ensure that all passengers are seated half an hour before landing to protect against a 9/11-style hijacking and aerial attack...
...Fortunately, the same engineering which brought us the umbrella also brought us something far more useful: the raincoat. For those unfamiliar with it, the raincoat wraps snugly around the wearer’s body, poses no threat to fellow pedestrians, and has the added advantage of thermal insulation. Driving rain poses no threat to the raincoat-clad pedestrian, while the umbrella user vainly struggles to position his or her weapon against the onslaught of the wind. And, if one wishes, the raincoat can be augmented by rain-pants and even gaiters to provide an unassailable guard from the weather?...
...proved to be asleep on the job, and the danger was completely overlooked until crisis overtook the bank last September. As a result, it had to be bailed out by the Bank of England, and an adequate deposit-protection arrangement had to be put in place to remove the threat to the rest of the U.K. banking system...
Crimson coach Tommy Amaker is aware of the three-point threat but confident that Harvard can take care of business...
...been reaching out to potential new allies this week. The State Department singles out the PPP as an example of a moderate political party that has common interests with the U.S. "That party, I mean more so than any other political party in Pakistan right now, feels acutely the threat from foreign extremists and terrorism having had their party leader recently assassinated," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack told reporters the day after Pakistan's poll...