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...just insane. I just can't imagine it. One of the themes in the book is that journalists are just as much targets as anybody else now. After Danny Pearl's horrible experience in Pakistan, as a white journalist with a British or American passport, you can fully expect to be paraded on TV and possibly killed on video, and have it circulated around the Internet. Journalists are seen as legitimate targets by the enemy. Logically, you can see why. If you're an insurgent, you have no army, and you're trying to cause as much damage as possible...
...President Bush tapped into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, a move the Administration dubbed "an exchange" since it called for the supplies to be replaced. Political critics are pressing him to repeat that move, but industry analysts are split on whether this really helps keep prices down. Still, most observers expect Bush to approve another "exchange...
...Ghost, which has been purring along since 1909. If you can't get your classic car shipped over for the Sept. 14 start, then for $5,800 you can join as a passenger, including flights, accommodation and events. The whole shebang ends with a black-tie dinner in Jerash. Expect five-star accommodation every night, as well as traditional Arabic and Bedouin cuisine. The expedition enjoys the royal patronage of Prince Faisal bin al-Hussein, and his brother King Abdullah II and sister-in-law Queen Rania may just make an appearance, as they did at the 2003 inaugural race...
...Despite record-high oil prices, most economists expect the world economy to grow by at least 4% this year. While that's down from last year's stellar 5% growth, it's more than double the euro zone's growth rate and is enabling companies such as Degussa and its German competitors to raise prices and offset more than j1 billion in extra raw-material costs. "High oil prices certainly still matter, but probably only half as much as they did 15 to 20 years ago," says Kenneth Rogoff, former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund...
...started on GE foods. Otherwise, the accidental actor and activist is content to play vintner. "The best review I ever got for my pinot noir was when they called it sex in a glass," says Neill. "That'll do for me." Cinema-goers can expect a lively vintage...