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...while an aircraft tug driver used to leave work before the end of his shift if he had completed his list of tasks, staff at the new terminal will return to their base after each individual job before being assigned another. Such deals, Walsh says, are "evidence of securing agreement without hassle, without friction...
...under the Open Skies agreement drawn up by Washington and Brussels, from early next year any E.U. airline will finally have the right to fly to any city in the U.S., and vice versa. With U.S. rivals Delta and Continental expected to start operating flights out of Heathrow next year, "BA's business-class fare is going to be under considerable pressure," says JPMorgan's Avery...
...give away too much during recent nuclear negotiations with India, or was it the other way around? Disagreement over the answer has India's coalition government on the brink of collapse. Known as the 123 Agreement, the deal allows India to trade civilian nuclear fuel and technology in return for putting its civilian nuclear program under international safeguards. The country's nuclear-weapons program wouldn't be subject to any added scrutiny...
...from certain that Musharraf and Bhutto can come to a working agreement. Even if they can set aside their mutual antagonism and some early sticking points--like her insistence that he give up his military uniform--they face massive legal obstacles. For instance, it's up to the Supreme Court to decide whether the charges against Bhutto can be dropped, and whatever influence Musharraf may have had with the court has faded badly since his botched attempt this year to fire a top judge. It's entirely plausible that the court could disqualify him from seeking re-election by citing...
...original version of this story incorrectly stated that India had committed to help set up a missile technology control regime as part of its agreement with the United States. India has agreed to abide by existing missile control regimes and to work with the U.S. on a treaty to control the trade of fissile materials...