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...wake of the murder of three Canadian-Venezuelan brothers and the fatal shooting of a news photographer, protesters, many of them middle-class families fed up with widespread crime, have been marching since early Wednesday. The brothers, all teenagers ranging in age from 12 to 17, and their chauffeur were found dead late Tuesday, after they were kidnapped at a phony checkpoint on Feb. 23. by men dressed in police uniforms. The victims were found only one week after a prominent Italian-born business owner was murdered after being abducted by people also dressed as police. The Mayor of Caracas...
...discovery this week of a third case of mad cow disease in the U.S. is renewing worries that, contrary to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's claim last summer that mad cow "is on its way out," the fatal brain illness may actually be getting a foothold in America. The new case is also raising fresh concerns that should an outbreak occur, the Agriculture Department will be unable to contain it because it has no efficient way of tracking where sick cattle picked up the disease...
...these are challenges for the future. Nothing is fatal in economics. Japan continues to have massive strengths. It out-invests the world in technology. It has mastered complex manufacturing processes in the way that few yet even understand. Its work force continues to be highly educated and disciplined. And it has survived, finding within itself the strength to bounce back from grave financial and economic dislocation. That sets a base for the future, and provides a source of quiet confidence as Japan moves now to what I believe will turn out to be an exciting and surprising period of positive...
...peaceful visitors from harm. So when a four-man Canadian military-outreach team accompanied by Afghan army troops arrived March 4 in the village of Shinkay, 70 km north of Kandahar, to discuss construction projects with local elders, the soldiers felt comfortable removing their helmets. It was a near fatal mistake. They had barely settled down for a chat when a young man, shouting "Allahu akbar" ("God is great"), leapt to his feet and struck Canadian Forces Reserve Lieut. Trevor Greene, 41, a savage ax blow to the back of his head...
...these are challenges for the future. Nothing is fatal in economics. Japan continues to have massive strengths. It out-invests the world in technology. It has mastered complex manufacturing processes in the way that few yet even understand. Its work force continues to be highly educated and disciplined. And it has survived, finding within itself the strength to bounce back from grave financial and economic dislocation. That sets a base for the future, and provides a source of quiet confidence as Japan moves now to what I believe will turn out to be an exciting and surprising period of positive...