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...British singer Gary Glitter, convicted in the U.K. of downloading child pornography?might be viewed as progress in the fight against Asia's child-sex industry. "I started working in Thailand in 1992, and back then there was no legislation?nothing," says Bernadette McMenamin, national director of the Australian arm of End Child Prostitution, Pornography and Trafficking, an NGO. Those who lure children into prostitution in Thailand now face jail time of up to 15 years (previously, they were only fined). And predators who have sex with a child prostitute can?at least in theory?get 20 years behind bars...
...mistake he can repeat. Yet he must also be genuinely perplexed by his options. "My sense is that they would like to push forward with a European strategy, significantly reducing U.S. assets," says J.P. Morgan analyst Mark Harrington. It looks probable: Vivendi marked Houghton Mifflin publishers and the international arm of Canal Plus for disposal, while mulling the sale of Universal Entertainment. This would change Vivendi from an international power to a mid-sized European firm with more than half its revenues coming solely from France. But there are obstacles. Potential buyers like AOL Time Warner have their own money...
...fact, the Predator wouldn't fly again until after Sept. 11. In early 2001 it was decided to develop a new version that would not just take photos but also be armed with Hellfire missiles. To the frustration of Clarke and other White House aides, the CIA and the Pentagon couldn't decide who controlled the new program or who should pay for it--though each craft cost only $1 million. While the new UAV was being rapidly developed at a site in the southwestern U.S., the CIA opposed using the old one for pure surveillance because it feared...
...another significant step away from the Suharto era, the powerful military will also lose some political clout under the new constitution. The armed forces and police had previously been guaranteed a presence in parliament through appointed seats. Minority hardline Islamic parties also took a hit. Their push to insert a clause in the constitution making the country's Muslims subject to Islamic law drew minimal support. That resounding rejection of Shari'a by the world's largest Muslim nation may mean more to the country's immediate future than the shot in the arm the constitutional changes give...
...account for about 25% of scheduled passenger traffic between Britain and the rest of the European Union, and 7% of European air traffic overall. And with the market on the move, more traditional airlines are developing budget strategies. Last March, U.K.-based BMI British Midland launched its budget arm, bmibaby (get it?), with flights from England's East Midlands Airport. bmibaby says it met its 2002 sales forecasts in the first three months of operation and come October will fly budget services from Cardiff International Airport to nine destinations across Britain and the Continent...