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...United States had to settle for joint fifth place ? with Switzerland, no less ? in the rankings of trade, tax, banking policy and amount of government intervention in the economy. Hong Kong, Singapore, Bahrain and even New Zealand were judged more monetarily "free" ? and as the survey authors remind us, "countries that have the most economic freedom also have higher rates of economic growth and are more prosperous." Alright, already...
...best airport facilities, a delicate dance has begun between American and Saudi officials: State and Defense department officials have been in contact with their Saudi counterparts, stressing the danger a re-emergent Saddam would pose to their country. Over the weekend, Albright scheduled visits to Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Kuwait. U.S. officials offered TIME conflicting assessments of whether Riyadh would agree to harbor F-117 Stealth fighters and other attack planes. Pentagon sources considered it likely; State Department officials weren't so sanguine. Heavy B-52 bombers will be based on the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia, a British...
BAGHDAD: It?s business as usual for the U.N. weapons inspectors in Iraq today. "We will start our inspections as soon as possible," Maj. Gen. Nils Carlstrom, head of the UNSCOM monitoring office, said as his team arrived from Bahrain. Iraqis will no doubt be pleased to learn that there are only four American inspectors returning, as opposed to the six who left. UNSCOM chair Richard Butler says this is "part of the normal rotation...
...only question now is whether Madeleine Albright's whistle-stop weekend tour of surrounding Gulf states ? Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia ? has drummed up any support for U.S. action to punish Iraq. Without it, Saddam will turn an air-strike into the greatest pro-Iraq propaganda...
...Americans had at least a measure of international support ? they were accompanied by Australian and British U.N. workers. The other 66 inspectors were allowed to wait until a U.N. plane arrived to take them to Bahrain. For the last 11 days, U.N. inspection teams have been turned away from Iraqi weapons facilities because of the presence of the Americans, who got their marching orders Thursday...