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...More than 1.2 million truckers, as well as millions of holidaymakers, use the Gotthard Tunnel every year. The accident is likely to stiffen opposition to the reopening of the Mont Blanc Tunnel, closed in March 1999 after a truck fire killed 39. three held for training leftist guerrillas in Colombia. The British government started dismantling military installations in the province. ISRAEL Troop Withdrawal Under strong diplomatic pressure, Israel agreed to withdraw from Bethlehem and Beit Jala, two West Bank towns it occupied after the assassination of cabinet minister Rehavan Ze?evi. Troops had already pulled out of Beit Rima, where...
...republican resolve started to crack seriously in August, after three I.R.A. suspects were arrested leaving an area of Colombia controlled by rebel guerrillas. The U.S. government, which had played an active but neutral role in the peace process, turned frosty at the idea that the I.R.A. might be involved in terrorism in America?s backyard. Weak denials from republicans were not accepted, and a few weeks later, as a Dublin official put it, "the world turned. Sept. 11 changed the game." After the Twin Towers fell, international distinctions between terrorists and freedom fighters became thinner. Sinn Fein?s U.S. fund...
Some Latin American countries are trying to use the new mood in Washington to get trade openings they have sought for years. They want tariff reductions on products ranging from T shirts to footwear, leather goods to sugar. Colombia is struggling to move through Congress an expanded Andean Trade Preferences Act that would establish a graduated duty system, starting with no tariff, for textiles and apparel. "An important number of U.S. buyers shy away from Colombia because of the internal conflict," says Ronald Bakalarz, president of Stanton & Co., a Bogota-based footwear company. "But the more employment we create...
...storm, with winds of up to 225 km/h, killed 21 American divers. Although major towns were spared by Hurricane Iris, virtually every small community in the south of Belize was hit. Some 99% of village housing was destroyed, leaving 13,000 people homeless and wiping out the banana crop. COLOMBIA Violence on All Sides At least 49 people died in a week of politically inspired killings. Paramilitaries from the right-wing United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia shot dead 24 men in the village of Buga. Leftist rebels were blamed for the deaths of two kidnapped policemen, while an unknown...
...just over 5.1 million BPD. Somewhat surprisingly, non-OPEC nations account for 5.9 million BPD, meaning that OPEC accounts for only 46 percent of American imports. Among the non-OPEC states, we receive 1.7 million BPD from Canada, 1.3 million BPD from Mexico, and 0.3 million each from Colombia, Norway and the United Kingdom...