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...much for France. Then Corti moved on to Belgium, where he scored his biggest victory in last month's agreement with the Belgian government on funding for Sabena, the national airline that has had only one profitable year in its 40-year history. As with the French holdings, Swissair took a minority stake, 49.5%, in Sabena because as a non-E.U. company it was initially barred from having majority control. But it had agreed in January to raise its stake to 85% of Sabena, which posted losses last year of $307 million. Now Swissair is freed from that obligation...
ELECTED. JACQUES ROGGE, 59, as president of the International Olympic Committee; in Moscow. A Belgian-born orthopedic surgeon and former three-time Olympian in sailing, Rogge will oversee I.O.C. reform in light of the Salt Lake City bribery scandal. He said that he will try to reduce the influence of performance-enhancing drugs...
...Javelin Pirate b) Mr. Clean c) the Belgian Waffler d) Dr. Blooddope e) Ol' Bribey f) Shoeless Jacques...
...Japanese citizen; in Tokyo. Aritomi, who gave up Japanese citizenship 10 years ago, is now shielded from standing trial for allegedly helping Fujimori divert $15 million as a "golden parachute" payment to spymaster Vladimiro Montesinos. ELECTED. JACQUES ROGGE, 59, as president of the International Olympic Committee; in Moscow. A Belgian-born orthopedic surgeon and three-time Olympic sailor, he will oversee i.o.c. reforms in light of the Salt Lake City bribery scandal...
...massacre of some 2,000 Palestinian refugees in the Sabra and Shatila camps in Beirut by Lebanese militiamen allied with Israel. An Israeli government inquiry the following year had found Sharon "indirectly responsible" for the massacre. The current investigation is being conducted under terms of a 1993 Belgian law which allows for war crimes charges to be heard in Belgian courts no matter where the alleged offenses occurred or the nationality of either the complainants or the accused. Mr. Sharon, for his part, sees the maneuver as simply another assault on Israel. "By attacking me personally they are looking...