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...into account over the last 15 years." But the surgeons say that's not enough. The dispute is part of a larger government effort to control health-care costs. It's a struggle that's playing itself out across Europe: as populations age and demand rises for ever more complex and expensive treatments, health-care reform has become absolutely urgent - but it remains politically radioactive. As recently as 2000, the World Health Organization called France's universal health-care system the best anywhere. Today its health-insurance scheme is in critical condition, and hemorrhaging money: this year it will rack...
...tune of j41 million - but on condition that Parmalat immediately pay off j17 million it already owed the bank. (Parmalat still owes Deutsche Bank j38 million.) UBS agreed to buy j420 million in bonds from Parmalat, but put up just j110 million in cash for them. In a complex transaction, UBS exchanged j290 million of the rest for credit-linked notes issued by a Portuguese bank in the Cayman Islands, which were then transferred to Parmalat. The notes came with a tough default clause that was triggered when Parmalat went bankrupt in December. The upshot: the j290 million went back...
...Bamako circuit for over a decade, Le Hogon is managed by the amiable Moussa Yaffa, a DJ who mixes techno with the kora (traditional harp). The club's best performers include Toumani Diabate, considered the world's greatest kora player, and the 22-piece Symmetric Orchestra, whose complex, swirling melodies are produced by the balaphon (a West African xylophone), djembe, kora and guitars. tel: (223) 223 0760 DJEMBE: Rough-edged Djembe may have been around longer than Le Hogon, if the '70s-style decor is anything to go by. Nonetheless, it's a reliable venue for pop groups as well...
...Germans are just as bewildered about how their written language is changing - which is why a grassroots revolt is trying to save the old ways. Back in 1996, the governments of Germany, Switzerland and Austria agreed on far-reaching reforms meant to simplify the spelling and grammar of their complex common tongue. Educators had argued that the old rules were confusing and contradictory. But the revision - 12,000 new or altered spellings and many grammar changes, which have been taught in most classrooms since 1998 - turned out to be just as bad. The new rules are scheduled to become permanent...
...identify the national origin of meat, fish, fruits, vegetables and peanuts. But meatpackers and grocers, backed by the Bush Administration, claimed that country-of-origin labeling, known as COOL, amounted to protectionism, and they waged an aggressive campaign against the law. Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued complex regulations--requiring layers of record keeping and third-party audits--that further galvanized opposition. Last January a measure postponing the law's effect until 2006 was slipped into an omnibus funding bill. The exception: fish, which must be labeled by September, thanks to the salmon fishermen's patron, Alaska Republican Senator...