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...that part of the world [July 31]. Instead of blaming Israel, Western democracies should stand up for it because they will be the next targets of terrorism. What have the U.N. and the West done to secure peace in the six years since Israel pulled out of Lebanon? Nothing, except allow Hizballah to build up its military. It is scandalous and hypocritical to demand that Israel forfeit its right to destroy Hizballah. Philippe Luginbuhl Bern...
...have estates that would fall within the taxman's reach. Young herself admits she has an inheritance-tax "problem." Blame the explosion of house prices. Unlike their parents, European baby boomers tend to own their homes. As prices have soared over the past few years in almost every country except Germany, these homeowners have enjoyed big increases in the value of their total assets. But in many cases, the rise has pushed their net worth over the national minimum thresholds for inheritance tax, which haven't been adjusted in step with the housing boom. The result: almost anyone owning...
George W. Bush has always been suspicious, even contemptuous, of introspection. "I don't spend a lot of time looking in the mirror," he once bragged, "except when I comb my hair." Last week, though, he suddenly yielded to reporters' endless, and hitherto fruitless, efforts to plumb his moods. Days after aides had taken pains to tell reporters the President had not expressed frustration in a meeting about Iraq, Kelly O'Donnell of NBC pressed, "But are you frustrated...
...Except that most of those who were killed are Uzbeks, Tajiks, Chinese and Vietnamese - the "blacks" or "churki" (wooden stubs), as Russian Nationalists derogatively call non-white foreigners, and as the increasing number of average Russians casually echo them. On Tuesday, law enforcement officials said they identified the bombers as three young ethnic Russian students of Moscow colleges. The suspects believed, Moscow's Prosecutor Yuri Demin told the press, that "There are too many Asians" here...
...that part of the world [July 31]. Instead of blaming Israel, Western democracies should stand up for it, because they will be the next targets of terrorism. What have the U.N. and the West done to secure peace in the six years since Israel pulled out of Lebanon? Nothing, except allow Hizballah to build up its military. It is scandalous and hypocritical to demand that Israel forfeit its right to destroy Hizballah. Philippe Luginbuhl Bern, Switzerland The war in Lebanon and northern Israel might have been avoided had the Bush Administration not given the cold shoulder to Iran and Syria...