AP - It must say something about our times that Bruce Schneier, a geeky computer encryption expert turned all-purpose security guru, occasionally gets recognized in public. "My life is just plain surreal," he says.

AFP - Thailand's new military rulers have ordered their tanks out of central Bangkok five days after a bloodless coup was greeted calmly in the capital.

AFP - An underclass of Internet "refuseniks" may be breeding and planning terror acts in coming years in reaction to technological advances, according to a survey.