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China adamantly opposes letting Taiwan buy four guided-missile destroyers equipped with Aegis radar that can sound an alarm the millisecond a Chinese M-9 missile is fired from the mainland, 160 km away. Beijing fears the new systems would give the island a military edge, whereas Taiwan says the Aegis would merely even the score against the 300 mainland missiles aimed at it. Beijing is also worried that the radar could eventually allow Taiwan to link up with Washington's regional defense shield. "Of all the arms the U.S. could sell, Aegis is the worst," says China's chief...
...faces of a family of four on the cover and expounded on HOW TO SURVIVE THE SLUMP. More depressing has been the recent stream of daily headlines about plunging stock prices. And in a high-risk bid to win support for his tax cuts, President Bush has been sounding alarm bells that reach into every kitchen...
...only cell phones but also onboard navigational systems and personal digital assistants like Palm Pilots, Blackberries and Handsprings. With an estimated 110 million Americans using cell phones and a growing army of PDA owners fetching their e-mail, stock quotes and news reports anytime, anywhere, there is growing alarm that these devices have collectively become as dangerous as a beer-fed teenager behind the wheel of a muscle...
...leave it to chance? The MP3 O'Clock ($55 at artistdirect.com can play digital music clips (or even your sweetheart's voice) instead of a buzzer or the radio. The website offers free MP3s and wake-up messages from pop stars to go with its colorful plastic alarm clocks, but you can also use your own digital files. Note to oversleepers: the 50-sec. clips don't leave much room for extra winks...
...were shot this morning by police at a checkpoint in Tetovo. Apparently there's videotape of one of the men, in civilian clothing, throwing a grenade at policemen. That tape may be very important, because unless the government can show that there was a grenade, the incident may spread alarm in the Albanian community. Also, it could put more strain on the main Albanian party in the government, which has vowed to withdraw if civilians are killed...