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But spare a thought for what Europe and North America have created together since 1945. Faced with a bankrupt continent torn apart by war twice in a generation, the allies built democratic governments and smothered their ancient hatreds under new institutions like the European Community and nato. They used free...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Kind of Allies? | 3/5/2001 | See Source »

Bankers claim they set a new precedent in forging this cross-border company two years before the European Commission is expected to pass Continent-wide bylaws for running merged businesses. One reason the new firm will be based in Luxembourg is that its laws regarding management structures are more in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Heavy Metal Merger | 3/5/2001 | See Source »

This mad medicine is the same drug that's called shabu in Japan and Indonesia, batu in the Philippines and bingdu in China. Perhaps it's appropriate that speed is Asia's drug of choice, with an estimated 30 million users across the region. Hard work remains this part of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Need for Speed | 3/4/2001 | See Source »

In country after country throughout Asia, meth use skyrocketed during the '90s. And with the crash of the region's high-flying economies, the drug's use has surged again as battered, tired populations try to work through their hangovers with even more mad medicine. If you used the drug...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Need for Speed | 3/4/2001 | See Source »

Self-interest is a big obstacle. These states have their own heads, armies, flags. It is not easy for them to sacrifice all that for the sake of the continent as a whole. I can't say tomorrow that we will have effective unity. It takes time. But we have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Dawn for Africa? | 3/2/2001 | See Source »

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