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Torin Boyd/Polaris, for The New York Times Though street crime is relatively low in Japan, quirky camouflage designs like this vending-machine dress are being offered to an increasingly anxious public to hide from would-be assailants. October 20, 2007 Fearing Crime, Japanese Wear the Hiding Place By MARTIN FACKLER TOKYO, Oct. 19 — On a narrow Tokyo street, near a beef bowl restaurant and a pachinko parlor, Aya Tsukioka demonstrated new clothing designs that she hopes will ease Japan’s growing fears of crime. Deftly, Ms. Tsukioka, a 29-year-old experimental fashion designer, lifted a flap on her skirt to reveal a...

by Xinhua writer Cheng Yunjie, Xu Lingui BEIJING, July 3 (Xinhua) -- In contrast to the eye-catching uniforms recently unveiled by the People's Liberation Army, a new line of military wear has been designed to make its wearers less visible. Labeled "digital camouflage", the new training fatigues sport computer-generated camouflage patterns which, their creators say, are designed to simulate natural environments. "The camouflage pattern resembles a big bunch of flowers from a distance and crushed gravel close up," said senior engineer Zhang Xudong with the Quartermaster Equipment Institute (QEI). The previous camouflage patterns worn by the PLA training outfits were...

A major London exhibition on the history of military camouflage looks at how it took to the field and ended up on the catwalk. Dress the French army as harlequins, Picasso reportedly quipped during World War I, and the diamonds will make them harder for the enemy to see. France, perhaps wisely, declined to kit out its soldiers as Italian clowns but was otherwise happy to apply Cubism to the war effort, on the principle that a broken-up form is harder for a spotter-plane to sight. In pictures: Camouflage The Section de Camouflage, staffed with minor Cubist painters and...

U.S., Israel Ponder How to Slow Iranian Nuclear Weapons Development By David A. Fulghum and Douglas Barrie 09/10/2006 04:47:58 PM BUSTING THE BOMB The fighting in southern Lebanon revealed Iran's willingness to supply sophisticated weaponry to Hezbollah, and one of its ships was intercepted trying to do just that for Hamas in the Palestinian territories. A continuing series of tests has demonstrated Iran's growing arsenal of ballistic, tactical and sea-based weapons, and Western intelligence officials anticipate its fielding of locally built versions of fighter-launched, long-range, air-to-surface missiles. But the real fear is Iran's development of nuclear weapons. Once built, they...

FORT STEWART, Ga. (AP) - Army soldiers are being issued new fatigues with easy-to-use Velcro openings and a redesigned camouflage pattern that can help conceal them as they move rapidly from desert to forest to city in places like Baghdad. "It might give you the extra second you need, save your life maybe," Sgt. Marcio Soares said Tuesday after trying on the new all-in-one camouflage uniform that is the first major redesign in Army fatigues since 1983. Soares' unit, the Georgia National Guard's 48th Infantry Brigade, is the first to be issued the new fatigues as part of a $3.4...

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PITTSBURGH - State police are taking to the woods, dressed in camouflage and armed. Nothing +strange+ there, considering the state's strong hunting tradition, right? But the weapons are radar guns, the quarry is speeders and the season never closes. Police at the Rockview Barracks near State College began using so-called "camo cops" patrols after a 44-vechicle crash on Interstate 80 that killed six people in January. "As a result, there were many, many letters and questions and fingerpointing — What are you doing? What are you not doing enough of?" said Lt. Jeffrey Watson, station commander. Watson and Sgt. David...

ITHACA -- Apprehension that racial tensions exist between some students at Ithaca High School was made clear this week by parents pulling their kids out of school, and students saying they're eager for conversation on the subject. The most recent trigger for public outcry on the matter was a fight that occurred between white and African-American students Tuesday at the high school. Several male students --five charged as adults, and two being processed through family court as juveniles --were taken into custody Tuesday by Ithaca Police for fighting on school grounds. Four of the students were white, while three, including...

The Wrong Camouflage on U.S. Troops in Iraq By Pat Choate 03-25-03 -World Exclusive- I have a very close friend who fought bravely in Viet Nam in the Marine Corps. He opposes the war in Iraq, but now that combat has begun, he strongly supports the troops. My friend e-mailed me some pictures of U.S. Marines fighting in Iraq and then called to ask what was wrong with all these pictures. I had no answer. "Look closer", he said, "the uniforms on our soldiers are for fighting in the jungle. The green camouflage highlights them against the pale desert...

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