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...targets, took off our shoes and sent troops and tanks and drones to crush opponents in Afghanistan and take out top al-Qaeda leaders in Pakistan. We adapted our laws and intelligence services to make it easier to infiltrate terrorist cells, sniffing their emails, phone calls and Web traffic. The campaign has shown such success in crippling al-Qaeda's ability to deliver a massive blow that the U.K. has just reduced its national threat level...
...power outage affected 18 of Brazil's 27 states and caused havoc, with metros in at least two cities grinding to a halt and blank traffic lights causing road chaos. People got stuck in elevators. Universities sent students home. Bars and restaurants couldn't serve food and drink. The water supply was affected in some areas, and cell-phone calls weren't going through. Furthermore, Brazil is a nation where high crime rates have bred fear and suspicion, and so huge numbers of people stayed home, keeping their distance from the sinister, unlit streets. (Read about Rio's crime problem...
...frame, when consecutive checking penalties on Clarkson’s Gabrielle Kosziwka and Courtney Olson gave it more than three straight minutes of power play. But Harvard failed to create chances in front of the net, relying on long shots that couldn’t find their way through traffic...
Despite occasionally disrupting foot traffic, local business leaders say that the influx of production crews has had a positive impact on the area...
...always have to be sensitive to the businesses,” she said. “When you close the street, you impact foot traffic, [but] it draws a lot of people to the square, people who want to be part of the action...