Finally, the security gurus took a device popular in the US, and used non-encrypted ethernet communication between the terminal and other peripherals to hack into the payment device and take root control.

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During a UN summit in 2003 in Geneva, the subject was hotly debated, but the US refused to relinquish control of the Root Zone file, which is basically the key to governing the internet.

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Valerenic acid, an ingredient of the root, acts on chemical pathways in the brain that control a person's level of anxiety or relaxation, according to scientific literature.

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Impressive as these savings seem, they are merely symptoms, not the underlying root cause of a medical system whose costs are out of control.

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This struggle will take time - time to root out enemy fighters and supporters within Iraq, time to gain control of the borders, and most of all time to help the Iraqis rebuild their political and security institutions to the point that they'll be able to take over the main burden of the fight.

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The farm, which is popular with families and attracts 2, 000 visitors a day at peak times, said suitable control measures were in place and it would not reopen until it had got to the root of the problem.

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