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...motivations, and debate rages over what his acknowledgement of the nuclear program portends. He remains firmly in charge of his country, but there's no question that it is in dire shape. Few have enough to eat, and 45% of children under the age of 5 suffer chronic malnutrition. Farms lie fallow without fertilizer, and at least 6 million of North Korea's 22 million people depend on international food aid. Most factories are closed and rusting for lack of power, and the only things lit at night in the North's drab cities are grandiose statues...
...Hong Kong economy, already buffeted by high unemployment, flagging retail sales and chronic deflation, is suffering another blow: an influx of money too ugly to spend. The territory's monetary authority last month released into circulation a revamped $10 bill that, instead of inspiring confidence in the territory's financial underpinnings, reminds people of a discount coupon for laundry detergent. "It looks juvenile," says local merchant Jeremy Chia of the garish pink and purple banknote. Part of the problem is the inclusion of numerous anti-counterfeiting features, including embossed text and a watermarked bauhinia flower. "The abundance of security features...
...uncommon in people with severe mental disorders and they see Dignitas as an easy, clean way out. It is morally and ethically wrong to help them die." Minelli defends Dignitas' action, saying psychological pain can be just as wrenching as physical suffering. "There are cases of longtime chronic mental disorders that defy treatment," he says. "And many of these people have long periods of lucidity when they are capable of deciding for themselves." Minelli used to work as a legal counsel for another Swiss assisted-suicide group, which did not accept clients from outside the country. He founded Dignitas...
...implication in a series of bomb blasts in Bombay in 1993. His alleged taped conversation with Shakeel sounds innocuous; it would put anyone but a government eavesdropper to sleep. Dutt asks about a promised mobile phone connection (which he could well afford on his own). He complains about the chronic tardiness of fellow star Govinda, who appeared with Dutt?and Bedi?in the 2001 film Jodi No. 1. The tape is pure verbal gargle, but dicey for Dutt: Shakeel is a wanted criminal who had been sheltered by India's archenemy, Pakistan...
...comparison I would wish to discourage, because obviously, Bridget Jones reached an awful lot of readers." But, she says, "My own feeling is that if poor Bridget had to live one week of Kate Reddy's life, she would be admitted to the emergency room, in a chronic state of shock." Pearson, the wife of New Yorker writer Anthony Lane and mother of two young children, has sold her novel to 16 other countries. Miramax has bought the film rights. Who would she like to play Kate Reddy? "Maybe Nicole Kidman or Tea Leonie," she confides...