The government has made a change in its policy for patting down young children at airport checkpoints, and more changes are promised. Airport security workers will now be told to make repeated attempts to screen young children without resorting to invasive pat-downs, John Pistole, the head of the Transportation Security Administration, said Wednesday. The agency [...]
This week, the House Subcommittee on Immigration and Policy Enforcement will hold a hearing on a bill known as the “Legal Workforce Act” (H.R. 2164). The bill, sponsored by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), would mandate the use of the E-Verify system for all employers. Although touted as a success by Rep. Smith, E-Verify is in [...]
Fortune has favored Indonesia’s business barons and captains of industry these past 12 months. Rising commodity prices, strong consumer demand and a raging stock market have combined to push the net worth of the GlobeAsia 150 Richest to new record levels. And after three years, we also have a new number 1. Coal, palm oil, [...]
London – A teenager has been arrested near London in connection with the hacking of Sony, London’s Metropolitan Police said Tuesday. The 19-year-old is suspected of hacking into systems and mounting denial of service attacks against “a number of international businesses and intelligence agencies,” police said. Naming suspects who have been arrested is illegal in [...]
What is it about mummies that fascinate so many people? “Mummies seem to have an intrigue,” says James Delay. They are “visitors from the past if you will. … They carry a mystery.” He should know. Delay, who spoke with All Things Considered host Michele Norris earlier today, is director of exhibition development with American [...]
New York — Officials from New York and the United States Mint unveiled the 9/11 National Medal on Monday just three months before the 10th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks. The one-ounce silver medal’s heads side features Lady Liberty with the inscription “always remember 2001-2011,” while the reverse side portrays an eagle against [...]
Atlanta – That bar of soap you used once or twice during your last hotel stay might now be helping poor children fight disease. Derreck Kayongo and his Atlanta-based Global Soap Project collect used hotel soap from across the United States. Instead of ending up in landfills, the soaps are cleaned and reprocessed for shipment [...]
In the decade since the release of Ang Lee’s blockbuster Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Chinese filmmakers have struggled to repeat its international success. But the Quijang Film and TV Investment Group is hoping a new project might provide perfect fodder for a Hollywood hit. The Chinese government-owned company recently invested $30 million in hopes of [...]
Isn’t That A …? Photo by Charlie Samuels/Creative TimeClouds by Vik Muniz, skywriting over New York City It’s getting warm enough now to climb a hill, lay down in the grass, look up at the clouds, and, as Shakespeare once said, “mock our eyes with air.” Which you can do … like this: Enlarge Vik [...]
Sonora Dodd, of Washington, first had the idea of a “father’s day.” She thought of the idea for Father’s Day while listening to a Mother’s Day sermon in 1909. Sonora wanted a special day to honor her father, William Smart. Smart, who was a Civil War veteran, was widowed when his wife died while giving [...]
Xintang, China – The authorities here are obviously nervous. My crew and I are sitting in a local government building being questioned by six propaganda officials. One of them is scribbling down our credentials in a worn pocket-sized notebook. My producer, Steven Jiang, is talking non-stop to one officer who looks especially nonplussed. We traveled [...]
WASHINGTON— As part of the Obama administration’s continued commitment to smart, effective immigration enforcement, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today announced key improvements to the Secure Communities program—a program that prioritizes removal resources on individuals who are found to be illegally in the country after being arrested for other crimes. “Secure Communities is a [...]
To find the online megamall for stolen credit cards, I have to go to Pittsburgh. That’s where Keith Mularski works. He’s a cybercrime agent with the FBI, and he’s going to show me how to buy thousands of stolen credit card numbers. Mularski pulls up a login screen on his browser. To even be able [...]
Amnesty International calls today for the immediate and unconditional release of seven prisoners of conscience, arrested and charged merely for their involvement in a peaceful political protest and flag-raising. Their case highlights the continued failure of the Indonesian government to distinguish between armed groups and peaceful political activists. A group of activists including students took [...]
Dozens of churches in Indonesia come under attack every year and the country’s president is failing to take action to stop it – according to a leading Catholic peace activist who has produced a report setting out the scale of the problem. Since 2006, more than 200 attacks on churches have been recorded by the [...]
Washington– A potential hit list suggesting individuals in U.S. government, industry and the media was posted on jihadi Web forums, according to an FBI intelligence bulletin obtained by CNN. The FBI document was dated June 8 and says “while the information posted was detailed, it appears aspirational in nature and it is unknown whether the [...]
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