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...firms such as Denmark's NEG Micon, which in 2000 had 9.1% of India's wind market--more than four times the share of the U.S. firm Enron. Says Dale Vince, managing director of Next Generation, which erected a large wind turbine for Britain's Sainsbury's grocery chain: "The export market will be colossal for wind energy, and the U.S. is lagging behind the Europeans...
...hundreds of thousands who died in the Balkan wars, Milosevic can expect a fair trial. This week he is expected to plead not guilty to charges ranging from crimes against humanity to violations of the laws or customs of war. Specifically, prosecutors intend to link him through the chain of command to atrocities committed in Kosovo in 1999, including the murder of more than 600 civilians by Serbian security forces. Prosecutors are also looking to expand the charges to cover other crimes, including ones committed from 1991 to 1995, during the Croatian and Bosnian wars. Though U.N. lawyers will...
...honor of hosting the 2008 Summer Games, which means China's human rights record is under intense scrutiny. Eighteen months ago, Beijing was roundly criticized after it repatriated seven North Koreans who had been granted refugee status in Russia. One recently resurfaced in Thailand with tales of being chain whipped and forced to clean toilets with his tongue. "Now is the time to make tough requests of China," says a Western diplomat...
...early to say whether these pioneers will truly redefine travel options. Despite launch publicity, few people have ever seen a pink Bangkok "femi-bus." And Roy Ollson, head of Asia for Best Western, says the world's biggest hotel chain has yet to find significant demand for female-only facilities. "It's not like women execs need bodyguards," he says. "I really don't think we want to spend money on this." But replies Van der Hoeven: "It's not about money. Look at any hotel. Look at the size of the robe, the slippers: they're based on males...
...community imprinted with a paisley pattern of psychedelia, a social fabric tie-dyed with a new rebelliousness and swirled with a growing sense of social malaise. "Some kids like to come up to my office to chat," says Muneo Ogishi, owner of the Elephant's Egg, a chain of Tokyo head shops that sells magic mushrooms. "They say they're using the drugs to try and meditate." It seems Japanese youth are looking for something, although it is still unclear exactly what. It is certainly not the social consciousness that drove the original hippy movement...