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With its majestic Rijksmuseum and gorgeous Van Gogh depository, Amsterdam is a must on any culture vulture's tour of Europe. But your brush with art doesn't have to end at the museum exits. These days, you can stay in hotels that are part accommodation, part art space, part salon...
...little more self-consciously arty is the Winston Hotel, tel: (31-20) 623 1380. Housed in converted terraces in the middle of Amsterdam's gritty red-light area, the Winston boasts an art academy, as well as several twin-bed "art rooms" designed by young up-and-coming conceptualists. There's everything from the stark sculpture of Nicolas Touron (who has covered the walls of room 407 with 600 kilograms of "crooked ceramic objects") to the installations of Orna Wertman (whose giant jigsaw puzzles-cum-installations plaster room...
...DIED. MUNIR, 38, Indonesian human-rights campaigner; of a reported heart attack during a flight to Amsterdam. Munir was a vocal critic of the Indonesian military and a key member of a commission that investigated the 1999 violence in East Timor. As a lawyer and founder of Kontras, one of the country's leading pro-democracy and human-rights organizations, Munir investigated claims of abuse at the hands of the military and the former Suharto regime...
...like Chávez, but he has stuck to his campaign promises, implemented his social reforms and by doing so has held on to power. This isn't a political disaster; this is a reflection of the fair and sometimes painful mechanics of democracy. Omar van den Berg Amsterdam Battling Bogus Bags Your article on counterfeit luxury merchandise [Aug. 23] never asked why Louis Vuitton or any of the other high-end manufacturers deserve to be paid $1,500 for a handbag when, as you reported, "a 12-m container filled with fake bags can turn a profit...
...made lots of mistakes," says Patrick Lemmens, a money manager for ABN Amro Asset Management in Amsterdam, whose fund owns shares in both UFJ and SMFG. But, he adds, the bank possesses valuable assets that both suitors find attractive. It is relatively strong in small business and retail banking, as well as in trust and pension management. These would plug product-line holes in MTFG's case and establish outright dominance in areas in which SMFG is already strong. Moreover, MTFG and SMFG aspire to be global players and so need economies of scale?and after years of industry consolidation...