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Computer Geek Uses Technology To Catch A Thief

Someone snatched Mark Bao's laptop but the 18-year-old had a program that automatically backed up his files on remote servers. When the thief used the server, his files were transmitted to the backup site. Bao was able to track down the thief and contacted police.

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Gadhafi Snipers, Tanks Attack Coastal Libyan City

Originally published on Wed May 23, 2012 10:02 am

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A Libyan supporter of Moammar Gadhafi stands amid the wreckage of what was described as a maintenance warehouse at a naval base in Tripoli that was hit by coalition missiles.
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Libyans inspect the wreckage of a US F-15 fighter jet after it crashed in an open field 25 miles southwest of the eastern rebel stronghold of Benghazi, Libya's second-largest city.
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Libyans gather around the wreckage of a US F-15 fighter jet after crashing while on a mission against Gadhafi's air defences.
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Rebels duck for cover as they come under tank fire from Gadhafi's forces on the outskirts of Ajdabiya as rag-tag rebel forces massed for a second day to try to attack government forces that have encircled the town.
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Libyan rebels retreat as mortars from Moammar Gadhafi's forces are fired on them on the outskirts of the city of Ajdabiya, south of Benghazi, eastern Libya, on Tuesday.
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People stand in front of the wreckage of the Boussetta Libyan navy base the day after it was bombarded around six miles east of Tripoli center.
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Rebels run to take cover as a mortar, seen at top right, from Gadhafi's forces is fired on them on the outskirts of Ajdabiya.
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Libyan rebels stop on the road as mortars from Gadhafi's forces are fired on them outside Ajdabiya.
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Men who used to work in Libya and fled the unrest in the country line up as they wait for food in a refugee camp in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, on the Libyan border.
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Workers who fled Libya are seen next to their makeshift shelters as they wait to be repatriated in a refugee camp in Ras Ajdir at the Tunisia-Libya border.
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A Libyan man cries after identifying his brother at the morgue of the Jalaa hospital in Benghazi. His brother died during fighting around the city of Ajdabiya on Tuesday.

NATO ships patrolled off Libya's coast Wednesday as airstrikes, missiles and energized rebels forced Moammar Gadhafi's tanks to roll back from two key western cities, including one that was the hometown of army officers who tried to overthrow him in 1993.

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Libya: Too Much, Too Late?

Some foreign policy experts call the intervention in Libya a war of choice, and an ill-advised one at that. Steve Inskeep talks Richard Haass, the president of the nonpartisan Council on Foreign Relations, about his criticisms of the mission in Libya.

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Japan Relief Update

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Elderly residents of northern Japan have been especially hard hit by the twin disasters that struck Japan earlier this month. Many old people died in the tsunami and earthquake. Survivors are staying in temporary shelters and are having trouble getting adequate heat, food or medicine.

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Sarkozy, Libya Update

Steve Inskeep talks to Arthur Goldhammer of the Center for European Studies at Harvard University about French President Nicolas Sarkozy's role in calling for military action in Libya. They also discuss what that means for Sarkozy as he faces an election next year.

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