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...Rapley, head of Scotland Yard's Arts and Antiques Unit, fears the worst. "They've either been rapidly exported or melted down" - a thought Rapley finds "quite repugnant." But the market price for raw copper has leapt 170% since 2003 to more than $4,800 a ton, driven by demand from countries like China and India. And with scrap prices also on a high, police in the U.S., Belgium, Poland, Switzerland and elsewhere are seeing a surge in thefts of items like copper cable and pipes. Thieves may not know much about art, but they know what they like: Moore...
...already getting walk-in guests who are living in Kabul and feel like a getaway," says sales director Vishal Sood. What they find within the Serena's walls are uncommon luxuries by local standards. The 177 rooms come with modern furnishings, marble bathrooms, satellite TV and Internet connections on demand. Guest amenities include a business center, a health club, a swimming pool and a beauty salon. There's an international buffet restaurant, the Café Zarnegar, and, incongruously, an Asian specialty restaurant, the Silk Route, which offers Malaysian, Singaporean, Indonesian and Thai cuisine. As you'd expect, none of this...
...foundation managed her money. She was outraged. "Not only did she find herself losing out on 45% of the inheritance, she was put under the tutelage of the foundation," says Papadimitriou. Christina spent the weeks after her father's death in 1975 planning her response, emerging from mourning to demand her share of the inheritance with no strings attached. She also insisted on two additional concessions: that she be named lifelong president of the foundation, and that a direct descendant of Onassis would have the automatic right to that role provided he or she had the "capacity to serve...
...Germany, the world's second and third largest economies, which have struggled for years to break out of their torpor. Lurking in the background, however, are a few threats as ominous as the three bears. The worldwide supply of oil can barely keep pace with the huge surge in demand that has been the force driving up prices to more than $60 bbl. - and which potentially puts the world at the mercy of politically fickle energy producers from Russia to Iran. "We will have some shocks because supply is so tight," warned Min Zhu, executive assistant president of the Bank...
...state-funded postal service, a highly controversial issue that prompted him to call a snap election last year. December figures released last week suggested that some of the reforms are helping to restore confidence: exports rose by 17.5%, more than expected, while imports surged by 27%, reflecting healthy domestic demand and higher oil prices. Overall, the Japanese economy grew by an estimated 2.6% in 2005, and despite a huge budget deficit and heavy debt most forecasters expect it to grow by at least 2.2% this year. Despite stock-market jitters caused by a scandal this month at Internet company Livedoor...