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...recession. Since the 1970s oil shock, the country has diversified its energy sources?expanding nuclear power and natural-gas use, for example?and has learned to conserve. Japan consumed less oil in 2003 than it did in 1993. "High oil prices are a big issue, but they don't blow the economy off the map the way they used to," says Ken Courtis, vice chairman of Goldman Sachs Asia, in large part because "there has been a tremendous attempt in Japan to produce more with less." The specter of American consumers cutting back on spending because of steep increases...
ELECTED. APIRAK KOSAYODHIN, 43, a member of Thailand's opposition Democrat Party; as governor of Bangkok. Apirak's victory is a blow to Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's ruling party, whose favored candidate came in a distant second. Apirak, a former telecommunications executive, said his priority would be to tackle Bangkok's bad traffic and pollution...
...EUROPE FRANCE: As anti-Semitic attacks rise, Jews seek haven in Israel RUSSIA: Terrorists blow up two planes; are Chechens to blame...
Brown, 63, delivered his lines in a voice worn thin from decades of screaming at referees, but he was not angry. Instead he sounded amazed and resigned--like a man who has seen Vesuvius blow its top and knows that in a few moments an empire will be covered in dust. Brown's mood didn't improve after Saturday's 4-point loss to Lithuania, although, thanks to a Greek victory over Angola, his team backed into the medal round. But 12 years after the original Dream Team pulled off the improbable trick of charming its opponents while destroying them...
...warned of the threat of a polio epidemic as the virus returned to two countries where it had previously been eradicated. Guinea and Mali brought to 12 the total of formerly polio-free nations that have seen new cases of the disease since January 2003. The outbreak dealt a blow to the WHO's goal of eradicating polio worldwide by the end of 2004. Stormy Season TAIWAN Rescuers searched for survivors and evacuated residents threatened by mudslides in the wake of Typhoon Aere, which reportedly killed 30 people as it swept across the island. The storm had earlier contributed...