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...once we have the candles dotted around and the stove cooking the evening meal, it's not nearly as bad as one might expect," says a guide. And the reward for roughing it is the best wake-up call in Scotland: in the pristine winter air, from some of Britain's highest ground, there are panoramic views stretching 150 kilometers or more. The next snowy trek takes place March 12-14 and is priced at $508, including airport or train-station transfer and lodge accommodation when you're not snug in your snow hole...
...generations, and with which they feel a strong bond. They've pledged tens of millions of euros, millions of doses of drugs, and the people and equipment needed to reconstruct damaged infrastructure. On Dec. 30, Christopher Bland, chairman of the U.K. telecommunications group BT, began phoning top executives at Britain's 20 largest companies to urge them to donate to the relief effort, but he soon gave up because so many of those he called had already made large pledges. "I think it's an unprecedented response in terms of corporate giving," Bland told Time. "It's really struck...
...trying to find just the right words. "He says it's going to rain," the boy replies. Such wry scenes come thick and fast in the first half of Turtles Can Fly, the third feature from Kurdish director Bahman Ghobadi, which started its Europe-wide release in Britain last week. It's his funniest film yet, which is surprising, given that it is populated by children who have lost limbs to the land mines that plague the region. "There's an Iranian expression that says, You can cut off a man's head with cotton," says Ghobadi, 36. "So this...
...million for a consortium of charities by Saturday. Corporations throughout Europe made donations, often matching their employees' contributions. Austria, Norway and Sweden were among the countries that declared national days of mourning, and most countries set up hot lines for relatives. Many organized airlifts to evacuate their citizens, Britain sent two warships, and planes left Europe with bottled water, aid equipment and coffins. Fire fighters from Greece and forensic specialists from Germany and Britain rushed to the devastated areas. Thousands of Italians offered to adopt children orphaned by the tragedy and several Italian towns canceled their New Year...
...firm Fulbright and Jaworski, said, "It's like following the bean under the walnut shell. You never know where it will wind up." - With reporting by Cathy Booth Thomas Samsung's a no-Show Mobile phones rang a merry tune this Christmas - especially stylish varieties like NEC's "clamshell," Britain's top seller. Good looks and funky features helped South Korea's Samsung Electronics grab 13.8% of the global market in the third quarter of 2004, ousting Motorola as the world's No. 2 behind Nokia. But Samsung doesn't want to show off about it. The company announced that...