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...join a global crackdown on criminal and terrorist money havens earlier this year. Thirty industrial nations were ready to tighten the screws on offshore financial centers like Liechtenstein and Antigua, whose banks have the potential to hide and often help launder billions of dollars for drug cartels, global crime syndicates--and groups like Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda organization. Then the Bush Administration took office...
...Kabul, it's been made very clear that the U.S. doesn't want the Alliance on the streets of Kabul, and the movement's officials agree. They're saying they simply want to tighten the noose on Kabul, and will only go in one an interim provisional government is ready to replace the Taliban...
...Tighten Up and Fly Safe
...Should we tighten the U.S.-Canadian border...
...assuage executives' fears, some aviation companies are now trying to tighten the lax security that has prevailed at many large commercial airports and terminals. Petersen Aviation, which charters jets out of Van Nuys Airport in California, says that before last month's attacks, flyers could drive to within 6 ft. of the plane and board with their luggage without going through a security check. After Sept. 11, a double-gate security system was installed, and passenger access will be more heavily restricted. It's not a big change. But as companies are learning, every little shift in the odds...