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...Fake Accompli If you've ever been tempted to steal a broken bit of statuary or shove ancient temple stones in your backpack, you'll be thrilled to know you can now play tomb raider without risking ugly scenes at the airport or a one-way trip to some bug-infested jail. At Artisans D'Angkor, tel: (855-63) 964097, off Siem Reap's Sivatha Boulevard, talented youngsters turn out gorgeous wood and stone replicas of famous Khmer art. A mere $500 will get you a 50-centimeter-tall Jayavarman VII head. But be warned: it's authentic sandstone...
...Glaxo Wellcome, he helped create the world's second-largest drug company by merging with SmithKline Beecham. His follow-up? Last week he announced plans to merge Imperial College with University College London, creating a huge new institution that would dwarf Britain's other leading universities. Feta Accompli? In the latest decision to give geographic protection to food, the European Commission ruled that the label feta can only be used on cheese from Greece - outraging the non-Greek producers who make three quarters of the world's feta. Danish firms vowed to fight the decision, but Italians may also want...
...feeling burned by the Bush Administration's rejection of multilateral initiatives like the Kyoto accords on global warming, treaties on biological and chemical weapons and the International Criminal Court. They want to register their objections to "regime change" in Iraq early, before an American military campaign becomes a fait accompli. "Much of the solidarity expressed for the U.S. after Sept. 11 has been whittled away," says one E.U. diplomat. "The standing of the Bush Administration is quite low in Europe, and many Europeans feel that a military attack on Iraq is yet another expression of American unilateralism." Be that...
...absence of a clear endgame in "Operation Defensive Shield" caused considerable consternation in the Israeli media. But Ariel Sharon is a practical man, a field commander more comfortable with tactical improvisation than grand strategic visions. His preferred method is to change the "facts on the ground," creating new faits accompli that develop a life of their own and change the terms of grand strategic debate. That's the rationale for the settlement movement - to stake an Israeli claim on the lands captured in 1967 by simply seizing them and setting down roots rather than awaiting the outcome of any negotiations...
...White House officials said this week that the administration is committed to overthrowing Saddam Hussein, and will do the job alone if necessary. But the tough talk may be designed to force America's almost universally reluctant allies to fall in behind Washington by presenting them with a fait accompli - the geopolitical equivalent of "if you build it, they will come...