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...Chatter is one of those floating espionage terms that can mean anything from secretly intercepted telephone calls and e-mails to the volume of communications traffic at a particular time over a particular line. A more technical definition of chatter might be the interception of any unguarded electronic communication between two people who expect privacy - people more likely to speak frankly and convey information they wouldn't in a public forum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Intelligence Lapses: The Risks of Relying on 'Chatter' | 3/4/2009 | See Source »

...willingness of some local authorities to prioritize growth over health and safety. "I do consider the new law a good thing, but it will take time to implement it," says Hu Xiaosong, a professor at the China Agricultural University Food Safety Technological Center. "For example, we have had a traffic law for years, but to this day, there are still people jaywalking at every street corner. Don't expect the law will bring an immediate improvement in food safety...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will China's New Food-Safety Laws Work? | 3/3/2009 | See Source »

...Amid thick morning traffic in Lahore's Liberty Square, the gunmen ambushed the bus as it approached the Gaddaffi cricket stadium. "I heard the attack and spun around," recalls Abdul Ghani Butt, 30, a foreign-currency dealer who was on his way to work at the time. "It was just like the Mumbai attacks. They were young, about 25-to-30 years of age, coming from different directions. Some were clean-shaven, others bearded. They were wearing tracksuits and carried backpacks. One of the men then put down his rocket launcher and pulled out a rifle. He changed the magazine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Attack on Sri Lankan Cricket Team: Echoes of Mumbai? | 3/3/2009 | See Source »

...beginning of the second frame and started to string together some solid offense, but the Bobcats were the first to make their mark, pulling ahead 1-0 at 8:49.Quinnipiac’s Andrew Meyer picked up a pass at the right and launched a shot through traffic into the net.Following a power-play opportunity, the Crimson tied things up with a clean passing play. Freshman Alex Killorn carried the puck to the right and passed it to classmate Ryan Grimshaw, who crossed it from the boards to sophomore Michael Biega on the right circle. Biega launched the puck...

Author: By Courtney D. Skinner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Sneaks Past Quinnipiac | 3/2/2009 | See Source »

...include men wearing velvet suits and jheri curls—but the work fails to address the root of the era’s ubiquitous despair. Joon is constantly surrounded by a group of young runaways, yet the impetus for this youth exodus is never explored. The noise of traffic drifting from city-sanctioned highways provides an urban soundtrack, and elevated train cars reveal burned buildings through their grease-stained windows, but these images are subordinated to mere setting. “Miles from Nowhere” is a book of abrupt stops and starts that, like the slumlords...

Author: By Roxanne J. Fequiere, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Mun's Bronx Burns, Obscures | 2/27/2009 | See Source »

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