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...there's clearly pressure right now on the U.S. and Britain to come forward with evidence that would allow the inspectors to verify their accusations against Iraq. But British and U.S. officials have also been warning reporters in recent weeks not to expect a smoking gun, or an intelligence coup that will provide incontrovertible, tangible evidence of Iraqi weapons development. Instead, they say, intelligence assembled over the years from defectors, combined with satellite photographs and procurement attempts, create a body of circumstantial evidence that, in light of Iraq's record, can only produce one reasonable conclusion. Making that case...
...world's first commercial magnetically-levitated train line. Shanghai also aims to develop the world's tallest building by 2007, and last week, the city was reportedly close to landing a deal for a Universal Studios theme park. But Beijingers can still sneer at Shanghai's latest coup. The Expo ain't the Olympics. The 2000 Expo in Hanover lost $1 billion due to a shortage of visitors, and some fear the venerable exhibition is becoming an anachronism. Shanghai officials are jubilant nonetheless. The city attracted nearly $4.5 billion in foreign investment last year, and the Expo, they say, will...
...wasn't the first time Hirsi Ali fled persecution. The daughter of a leading Somali opposition leader, she was born just a few weeks after the coup by Mohammed Siad Barre in 1969 and was forced into exile with her family when she was 10. She was brought up as a traditional Muslim girl in Kenya, although her father was progressive enough to insist that his daughter receive an education. At 22, confronted with an arranged marriage to a distant cousin in Canada ("I was repelled by his comment that I would bear him six sons," she says), she decided...
Under the direction of Chou, 41, Warner Music Taiwan's market share has quadrupled, to 16%, in four years. His biggest coup: signing Yanzi, 24, a Singaporean pop star who last year sold more than a million records. Warner Music Asia Pacific (which, like TIME, is owned by AOL Time Warner) recently added mainland China to Chou's portfolio. Chou remains chairman of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry in Taiwan and leads the battle against digital piracy in the territory...
...arrest was a spectacular coup for Indonesia's much-maligned police force, particularly after they announced that Samudra had not only confessed to planning and directing the Bali bomb blasts but had also admitted to a string of other crimes, including several unsolved robberies and mysterious bombings. Indonesian authorities said the continuing roundup of Bali bombers had netted a total of seven suspects by Nov. 24, and added that they were actively seeking up to five more. They also said that Samudra had made a startling revelation: the smaller of the two bombs that exploded that night in Kuta...