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Sept. 11 would have happened sooner or later. We should be grateful that it came before our adversaries had nuclear weapons with which to attack us. War cannot be outlawed; like law, war is a function of the state, which was created to establish law and make war. Like death, war will come when it will come. But we can perhaps choose which kind of war to fight, deflecting the most terrible and accepting the most burdensome if this is necessary to protect us, our allies and our way of living...
...rogue activities at the Chiasso branch of Credit Suisse?whose managers allegedly funneled funds through an offshore trustee company, hiding losses from their supervisors?that a new age of tougher bank regulation was ushered in. First came due-diligence rules that compelled banks to identify all their clients and establish the beneficial owners of assets. For over two decades now, banks have been obliged to keep a copy of some official identification of a client, like a passport?a measure that U.S. banks are only now starting to adopt as part of the post-Sept. 11 fight against terrorism...
...Thirty-five years of business in the States taught us what we want to do and what we don't want to do," says Farah, who will oversee the retail operations in Europe. "What we want to do is establish the high end of our business first." Lauren too thinks his experience in the U.S. can help him in Europe. "I started out in America piece by piece. Now I'm coming with all the equipment," he says. But not always waving the American flag. "All the stores are international now. Someone who is 12 years old doesn't know...
...dusty reflection of the twisted steel remains of the World Trade Center. In response to a day of destruction, New York marshalled billions of dollars to rebuild. Kabul has been torn apart for 23 years, and no such resources are at its disposal. The nascent government is struggling to establish a sense of order. The U.N., international donors and NGOs can't cover the nation's staggering needs, and their resources have been stretched by the largest ever return of refugees?1.6 million to date, the vast majority poor Afghans who have lived in refugee camps in Pakistan and Iran...
...rain forest in southern Chile by Doug Tompkins, who has headed the North Face and Esprit clothing companies. Tompkins spent some $15 million to acquire Pumalin Park, which stretches from the Chilean coast to Argentina. He is now buying land on the coast of Patagonia in southern Argentina to establish a reserve there. Other big private purchasers include Alan Weeden of New York City's Weeden Foundation, who has bought some 200,000 acres in South America and Africa, and Peter Buckley, a former San Francisco lawyer and head of Esprit-Europe, who has bought rain forest in Latin American...