Where in the world?(Brief article)

Geographical;  August 1, 2007 ;     120 words ......FOLLOWING CLUES: * Its coastline is almost twice as long as its land borders * It has the world's lowest rate of church attendance...name and address and choice of guide, and send it to the editorial address on page four. Entries close 31 August. For a full list of...

USE OF TECHNOLOGY TO STEM ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AT BORDERS:LAMAR SMITH

Congressional Testimony;  July 23, 1998 ;     725 words ......IMMIGRANT RESPONSIBILITY ACT OF 1996 AT LAND BORDERS The purpose of this hearing is to look...or other legitimate traffic along our land borders. The technology to be discussed today...ability to quickly conduct inspections at land borders while maintaining the integrity of our...

DHS to test RF tech at land borders; pilot seeks to increase speed,...

Emergency Preparedness News;  February 8, 2005 ;     128 words ......the pilot by July 31 to the Nogales East and Nogales West land borders in Arizona, Alexandria Bay in New York, and Pacific Highway...rapidly and accurately without impacting processing time at land borders. The test will occur in various weather and traffic conditions...

Lapse leaves borders less than secure

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin;  January 1, 2007 ;     439 words ......such luck tracking people leaving at land borders, crossing into Canada and Mexico. "If...US- VISIT, has been installed at most land borders, with digital scans of fingerprints...travelers, as if to make up for the lapse at land borders. On that note, Sen. Dianne Feinstein...

UAE, Oman complete delineation of land borders

Xinhua News Agency;  July 22, 2008 ;     160 words ...UAE, Oman complete delineation of land borders ABU DHABI, July 22 (Xinhua) -- The United Arab Emirates...and Oman have now completed the delineation of all of the land borders between the two countries. The remaining issue to be solved...

Annan meets presidents of Gabon, Equatorial Guinea to solve border dispute

AP Worldstream;  February 27, 2006 ;   SAM CAGE, Associated Press Writer;   315 words ......a final delineation of their sea and land borders by the end of 2006. "They have agreed...the delimitation of their maritime and land borders," Annan told reporters. "They are determined...final delimitation of their maritime and land borders and settling the issue of sovereignty...

New digital-fingerprinting program may take toll on Texas, group says.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  July 21, 2004 ;     524 words ......fingerprints of foreign travelers entering U.S. land borders could cost the country nearly $230 billion...fingerprinting travelers across Texas-Mexico land borders will cost the state up to $132 billion...of 240 million visitors who cross the land borders every year. Visitors who ...

SEN. FEINSTEIN TO HOLD HEARING ON FAILURE OF DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  December 15, 2006 ;     317 words ......implement the U.S. VISIT exit system at land borders, Sen. Dianne Feinstein today announced...abandon the U.S. VISIT exit system at land borders. This failure, which follows on delay...of visitors enter this nation through land borders each year. If we can't determine not...

UKRAINE, RUSSIA CLARIFY BORDERS

Xinhua English Newswire;  September 15, 1998 ;     150 words ......settled some of their differences over the location of their land borders since the two neighbors started negotiations on April 1...Kostenko said the two countries have clarified 750 kilometers of land borders that stretch eastward from Chernigov to Belgorod. As Ukraine...

Turn attention to terrorists

Belfast Telegraph;  June 10, 2003 ;     56 words ......very cunning in his argument on television (June 4) regarding the RIR. Northern Ireland is no different to any country with land borders who have their army. If Mr Durkan spent his time persuading the terrorists to give up their arms we all could have peace...

DHS defends new biometric border checks.

United Press International;  February 19, 2004 ;     654 words ......worry that the system will clog the land borders, gum up the visa process and create...visitors pass immigration inspection at land borders as at seaports and airports, and...similar technological revolution at our land borders. As part of that revolution, Verdery...

1st lead: Iraq to close borders for election security

Xinhua News Agency;  January 18, 2005 ;     159 words ......government announced Tuesday it will close international land borders from Jan. 29 until Jan. 31, extend nighttime curfews and...statement from the Independent Electoral Commission, the land borders will be closed except for Muslim pilgrims returning from...

REP. HUNTER COAUTHORS LEGISLATION TARGETING BORDER TUNNELERS

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 1, 2006 ;     441 words ......The discovery of tunnels on America's land borders are cause for great concern, especially...attempt to tunnel their way across our land borders. Border tunnels have provided foreign...discovered 40 tunnels across America's land borders. All but one have been on the Southern...

HOMELAND PREPARES TO DROP PLANS FOR EXIT TRACKING SYSTEM.(News)

The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  December 15, 2006 ;     399 words ......develop a system to track the departure of foreign visitors at land borders, citing cost and technical obstacles in scaling back a major...couple of years, you can't do an exit system, holistically, land borders and air. Which one do you get more bang for your buck? It...

DHS DEFENDS NEW BIOMETRIC BORDER CHECKS

United Press International;  February 19, 2004 ;     682 words ......worry that the system will clog the land borders, gum up the visa process and create...visitors pass immigration inspection at land borders as at seaports and airports, and...similar technological revolution at our land borders." As part of that revolution, Verdery...