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...rate their visitor cannot match. Danuta Hübner, the demure and determined Polish Minister for European Affairs, has been hitting the boards in places like Skaradki for months to persuade Poles to vote yes to joining the E.U. in the national referendum set for next year. Amid the din, one of the delegates turns to her and speaks softly. "If we held an open vote in this room about joining the E.U., 100% would vote no," the man says. "But if you did a secret ballot, 90% would say yes." Why? In public, the farmers don't want...
...Pentagon insists that the training exercise in Kuwait had been planned months ago and had nothing to do with the current standoff. Then again, that planned exercise had been the annual joint maneuvers between U.S. and Kuwaiti forces, but Tuesday U.S. troops alone conducted an urban-warfare exercise amid reports that Iraq plans to face any invading force in its cities...
...Namsan was once known for its magnificent pine trees, and its shaded heights were a haven for scholars seeking alpine inspiration amid the pedestrian pre-occupations of the capital. The mountain's contemporary history is not so dignified. It took on a sinister reputation under nearly three decades of military dictatorship, when the once-feared Secret Police was headquartered on its slopes. Last year the compound returned to its roots and was transformed into a writers' retreat. Even more recently, the ugly government-owned apartment complexes were demolished to make room for a botanical park with manicured gardens...
...Amid heightened concerns over biological and chemical attacks on the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) last week announced that it awarded the Harvard Consortium-Harvard affiliated hospitals and research facilities-$1.2 million to develop a nationwide plan for monitoring and controlling potential epidemics...
...business those executives provide their broker through personal accounts. "You cannot give shares in an effort to persuade the CEO of a big company to bring business to your investment bank," Spitzer told Time. "That's commercial bribery." Spitzer also hopes to fully separate stock analysts from investment bankers. Amid all the probing, Citi's stellar financial results - the company posted earnings of $8.9 billion in the first half of 2002, a 26% jump from the same period last year - are being seen in a different light. The stock has fallen nearly 40% so far this year. Weill...