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...money. On March 20, President Bush confiscated Iraq's assets "to assist the Iraqi people and for the reconstruction of Iraq." Bush's order made an exception for cases in which the courts had already attached Iraqi assets, which meant that 188 American civilians - including diplomats, engineers and businessmen held as hostages or human shields - and their relatives were able to collect more than $120 million two weeks ago. But Acree and his fellow POWs, along with another 200 former hostages and human shields whose cases are pending in U.S. District Court, may be out of luck. Last month former...
...meeting two weeks ago with a group of Kuwaiti businessmen and academics, Garner said he would judge the success of his operation by how quickly he could turn power back to the Iraqis. He has said he hoped it might take only 90 days. But after a war that has not gone quite as rapidly or as smoothly as planned, peace may not proceed on the fast track either. --By Mark Thompson, with reporting by Terry McCarthy/Kuwait City
...city that is an international pariah. On April 2, the WHO issued an unprecedented advisory, warning against travel to Hong Kong and the nearby southern Chinese province of Guangdong because of the risk of contracting SARS. Airlines are slashing flights to the city as travelers stay away. Hong Kong businessmen were even barred from attending a major watch-and-luxury goods trade fair in Basel, Switzerland, unless they submitted to intrusive health checks, sparking a diplomatic row. Says Christine Loh, a former Hong Kong legislator who now runs Civic Exchange, a political think tank: "The importance of getting it right...
Suprisingly, Rahimi’s cell phone is only one of his many useful “solutions for common problems.” He is currently compiling a book of ideas with friend and fellow grad student Rolf Howarschmidt that includes suits that businessmen can ride bikes in and, perhaps most interestingly, “a coat for people with ‘public autoerotic proclivities.’” Rahimi clarifies, “Basically, it lets its wearer masturbate in public without anyone else knowing.” Despite his ambitious future projects, Ali remains...
...That could be a rash judgment. Yet, it is the view as I hear it from many Westernized Arabs, including top businessmen, academics, government officials, students and ordinary folks, as well as from some old diplomatic hands in Western embassies around the region. Rarely have I heard such scathing, widespread criticism of the U.S. in the Middle East. Listen to a relatively polite sampling from leading dailies in Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, countries with long-standing, friendly and strategic ties with Washington: "(American troops) are purely forces of invasion and occupation that are motivated by hatred and obsessed with...