Tracking devices for at risk kids and privacy concerns rise
Bill Brown and Danny Booker, backed by telecom know how, create a tiny transponder to track troubled children. Firms like eWorldtrack and Digital Angel push GPS based devices amid FCC Enhanced 911 rules. Civil libertarians warn about privacy as tracking tech moves toward wallet sized or implanted options.
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Digital Angel
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Bicentennial of the first asteroid sighting noted
London reports the bicentennial of the 1801 discovery of the first asteroid by Giuseppe Piazzi of Palermo. The piece traces the naming and numbering of nearly 20,000 asteroids, the early belief in a missing planet between Mars and Jupiter, and the eventual understanding of the main belt and asteroid orbits.
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U S Signs Treaty to Create World War Crimes Tribunal
President Clinton authorized the United States to sign a treaty creating the first permanent international court to try genocide war crimes and crimes against humanity. He stressed concerns about jurisdiction and urged Senate ratification only after fixes, drawing praise from human rights groups and swift signing at Camp David.
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Nuremburg
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Maryland
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New York
Bosnia- Herzegovina
Rwanda
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