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...with asbestosis. "We think it's completely illegal to send this boat to a foreign country," he tells Time, his conversation punctuated by hacking coughs. "If we don't want to poison France, why should we poison another country?" The Indian Supreme Court will rule on whether to accept the ship in the coming weeks, but that might not be the last word for the industry. For shipping lines and navies, the issue is economic. South Asian shipbreaking, says Carsten Melchiors, secretary-general of bimco, a Copenhagen-based association that represents 65% of the world's merchant fleet...
RESIGNED. RIZKAR MOHAMMED AMIN, as chief judge of the tribunal overseeing the trial of Saddam Hussein; "for personal reasons," he said in a statement; in Baghdad. The Iraqi government did not immediately accept the resignation of Amin, who has been criticized for allowing Saddam's frequent outbursts. The trial is set to resume this week after a month's recess...
Most Harvard seniors accept their degree as if it were a baton, rushing off to the next lap of life—sometimes a stint in investment banking or professional school...
Because many positions in outdoor education do not accept applications until a few months before they begin, Kleinschmidt did not apply for her summer job until after spring break of her senior year, and her plans were not finalized until last April...
...world, as if the world—whether or not we like it—is going to keep looking like this forever? As one of the first generations to grow up largely beyond the shadow of the Cold War, we seem to have implicitly accepted that we are living at the end of history. The hidden curriculum of our decade-plus of education has been that the world from now on will simply consist of democracy and capitalism ever-continuing, ever-expanding. This writer has nothing but love for the former and no beef with the regulated latter. Without...