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...Philippines The article "Going for Broke?," about the problems of unemployment, budget deficits and uncollected taxes in the Philippines, was a timely warning [Aug. 23]. Economists are concerned that the country will face insolvency and economic collapse unless the government reins in the widening public-sector deficit by adopting a package of revenue-producing and cost-cutting measures. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has declared that we are in the midst of a fiscal crisis. In spite of those dire conditions, our lawmakers wouldn't dream of cutting their congressional pork-barrel funds. President Arroyo, quo vadis? Joel R. Hinlo...
...that's a terrible predicament. Compounding matters was the slipped disc in her neck. "I was in constant physical pain for about three years. It's annoying and very tiring and it makes you very bad-tempered," and, she says, may explain her reputation as a prickly interview. What broke her suicidal spell that day was the sound from a neighboring flat of a man singing a twee Scottish song, Mhairi's Wedding. The prospect of jumping out of a window to the lyrics, "Step we gaily, on we go ?" was more than her resolve could bear...
...insisted that its program is for peaceful energy production, said it would consider the request. The IAEA will review Iran 's compliance again in November. Slow Progress BRITAIN All-party talks designed to revive the stalled Northern Ireland peace process and restore the province's power-sharing government broke up with no agreement. But the meeting's hosts, British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Irish counterpart Bertie Ahern, said that progress had been made. Talks continue this week. Casting the Net Wide FRANCE Antiterror officials arrested five suspected Islamic militants thought to be linked to a Moroccan man under...
ANALYSIS: Call this one Grudge Match I. No one will ever forget Andrew Hall’s leaping one-handed catch that essentially broke Harvard’s back in the 30-16 Big Green win last year...
...health care, but they could also discourage people from getting preventive care. Kerry takes the cost directly to businesses, but economists say his plan would do little to lower health-care prices broadly. "They're all going to make a difference on the margin, but the whole system is broke," says Swonk...