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Every war has its wonder weapon. In Afghanistan, it was the Predator, the unmanned drone that would loiter, invisibly, over the battlefield before unleashing a Hellfire missile on an unsuspecting target. The Gulf War marked the debut of precision-guided munitions, and in Vietnam helicopters came of age. World War II gave us the horror of nuclear weapons, and World War I introduced the tank. If there's a second Gulf War, get ready to meet the high-power microwave...
...Despite the cleanup, Jaisalmer still retains a whiff of its human odor. And, if you want to do your bit to help preserve the ancient wonder, so should you. This is perhaps the one place in India where you should forgo your customary bathing routine. The roads might no longer be paved with excrement, but Jaisalmer's best hope of salvation lies in holding onto its medieval stink...
...Analysts also wonder how much capital will be left over to save smaller banks if Mizuho's fund raising is successful. The banking behemoth does business with 70% of the companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange plus thousands of smaller firms as well. "Mizuho could be the sponge that sucks up all the money," says HSBC's Waterhouse...
...trial date has been set for Thieu. As for his brother, he's been questioned and released without being charged. Thieu's family insists that both are innocent. Meanwhile, some sympathizers wonder if Dong Nam is being targeted not because it was unusually corrupt but because its owners lost the support of patrons within the government who had previously looked away. After all, tax evasion is so pervasive in Vietnam, says Thai, that he's been called a "sucker" for bothering to pay them. In Thieu's neighborhood, people don't much care whether he's guilty...
...snow and rain that often accompany Aberdeen's matches. The climate's tough on away fans, but it's even harder on the boggy pitch: last season, Aberdeen spent about €45,000 to maintain its field - a big sum for a declining club in a peripheral league. Little wonder, then, that when UEFA, European football's governing body, said last year that it was looking for volunteer clubs to test artificial football surfaces, Aberdeen leaped at the chance. The club not only stands to get a €204,000 subsidy from UEFA for the new surface if its application...