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Chirac may not be in any imminent legal danger, but the whiff of sleaze hanging over him poses a threat to his political future. Things look set to get worse on March 6, when ex-magistrate Halphen publishes a book recounting the political pressure he faced while investigating the alleged rpr slush funds...
...Crown Prince is probably correct when he says that bin Laden's al-Qaeda terrorist network poses no immediate threat to Saudi stability. But the long-term danger is creating a bin Laden Generation: legions of kids schooled in puritanical Islam, lacking jobs and harboring hatred for the U.S. and Israel - and for their own rulers too. "There is a clash between tradition and modernity," says Saudi researcher Mai Yamani. "Vast wealth has been spent on education, but it is a population that cannot function in this demanding global economy...
...loss dropped Union (12-12-6, 7-10-3) into ninth place in the ECAC and put the Skating Dutchmen in danger of missing the playoffs with only one weekend series remaining to play. The Crimson’s victory left it in control of its own playoff destiny with regard to home ice, pending the results of next weekend’s season ending road trip to Yale and Princeton...
...special forces advisers. Naturally, that strengthened their position against rivals, some of whom have begun making alliances of convenience with America's enemies and others who remain independent but increasingly hostile to the U.S. and its local allies. The CIA has reportedly warned the U.S. government that the danger is mounting of a renewed outbreak of ethnic and tribal fighting in Afghanistan. And that potentially raises the dangers to American personnel deployed in Afghanistan...
...there's another danger too: that Japan's complacent public will go along with some muddle-through plan, and no creative destruction will take place. "I've heard of one woman closing her account and then renting a safe at the same bank and stuffing her cash in there," says financial planner Masayuki Kihira. "But that's a rare example." Eighty-one-year-old Sachi Matsuyama of Tokyo recently closed her account, but with no particular urgency. "Interest rates were so low, there was no reason to keep my money there," she says. " I just have enough saved...