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...much preparing for war with Iraq as it is fighting a war with itself about whether and how to fight. The battle is oddly, alarmingly, public. The battlefield--not southern Iraq this time but the front pages of various newspapers--is strewn with bickering Bush aides and unnamed generals. Amid all the leaking and counterleaking, Bush's own comments about his aims keep shifting--which may explain why those of everyone around...
...city of 450,000, built at the apex of a deep harbor, creeps up the precipitous mountainsides. Its atmosphere reflects a myriad of influences. Chinese temples share streets with grocery markets. The aroma of fresh-baked Portuguese castella cakes wafts out of bakeries standing amid sake bars decorated with red lanterns. Victorian-style European buildings have been preserved at Glover Gardens, a well-tended hilltop refuge named for Scotsman Thomas Glover who made his fortune in shipbuilding in Japan in the late 1800s. According to local lore, Glover's home inspired the setting for Puccini's Madame Butterfly...
...such as The Insider or Erin Brockovich. Those who do speak out for the greater public good can expect to be fired as well as ostracized for not being team players. But attitudes are changing as public distrust of politicians and corporations grows. "The lifetime employment system is crumbling amid a wave of restructuring," explains Kazue Akita, a Tokyo lawyer who is backing a whistle-blowers law. "Japanese workers are becoming less loyal to their companies...
...over the future of the former Spanish colony of Western Sahara, which Morocco claims. The Moroccans recalled their ambassador from Madrid in October last year; King Juan Carlos, who has been described as "like a big brother" to Mohammed VI, did not attend the young King's wedding amid the Perejil drama. Both nations' foreign ministers adopted the "Who, me?" line. The Western Sahara is perhaps the biggest barrier, and one which brings up the issue of another rock - Gibraltar. Spain walked out of then Spanish Sahara in 1976, soon after Franco died, leaving Morocco and Mauritania to divvy...
...Slobodan Milosevic's ouster; in Prokuplje, Serbia. Nikolic pleaded not guilty, calling the proceedings a "political trial." MARRIED. KING MOHAMMED VI, 38, to commoner and computer engineer SALMA BENNANI, 24; in Rabat, Morocco. In contrast to past royal nuptials, which were held secretly, the King announced his wedding publicly amid much celebration. The marriage to a commoner is a first for a Moroccan ruler and could help modernize the monarchy and lift the status of women in the country. DIVORCED. RUDOLPH GIULIANI, 58, former New York City mayor heralded for his leadership following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, from actress...