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...second deadline of Saturday noon. Although Estrada did not actually resign, he agreed with the decision of the Supreme Court, which had met secretly early Saturday morning. The court resolved that "the people have spoken" and that they could not be ignored. Estrada and his wife Loi boarded a Coast Guard barge moored near the palace for the short trip to their family home in the Greenhills section of Manila, where they will be allowed to stay for five days. On Wednesday, under an agreement negotiators have reportedly reached, they will fly to Australia aboard the executive jet of prominent...
Inevitably, many of the other sights are military - rusting tanks, old emplacements. But there are some scenic splendors. Areas protected by mines and barbed wire have become accidental nature reserves, and while binoculars are used to scan the opposite coast for signs of trouble, they also spot herons, geese, and kingfishers...
However good the intentions, there is a serious downside to all this generosity: funding your kids usually means saving less for your retirement. In Ocean Springs, a town on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, a well-meaning couple worked for decades without ever indulging themselves or managing to save. Instead, they sent monthly checks, paid apartment deposits, covered medical, utility and tax bills, and clothed and fed their grown children and grandchildren. They once even made a $750 car payment when a daughter vacationing in Spain called home to complain that her Thunderbird might be repossessed if they did not come...
...handful of states, such as West Virginia, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Nevada and New Mexico, are so spooked by the chaos on the West Coast that, at least for the moment, they are pulling the plug on deregulation. "We're going to wait for the smoke to clear," says North Carolina state senator David Hoyle, co-chairman of the legislative commission that just delayed the planned deregulation...
...some South Koreans have found that cyberspace can be a place for healing. In June last year, a fire incinerated a kindergarten holiday camp near the west coast, killing 19 children. The tragedy shocked many South Koreans, including entrepreneur Shin Yoo Jin. Shin is building an elaborate three-dimensional cybercity called Dadaworld, where you can shop, visit an art gallery or a police station, even do the macarena. He decided to add a virtual memorial to the dead children...