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...after he took his post at Time in 1993, managing editor James R. Gaines expressed a desire to set up a meeting with Fidel Castro. Last August negotiations between Time and Cuban officials began in earnest, and Time Inc. chairman Reginald K. Brack requested a meeting as well. On Feb. 1, with an agreement near, Gaines and Brack traveled to Havana, accompanied by Time International managing editor Karsten Prager, chief of correspondents Joelle Attinger, deputy chief of correspondents Richard Hornik and Miami bureau chief Cathy Booth...
...billion worth of Chinese goods. Beijing retaliated with punitive tariffs of its own on U.S. consumer products. It looked as if the thrust and parry might lead to a full- scale duel. But the two sides announced that the tariff increases would not go into effect until Feb. 26. This week they will try to head them off altogether by reopening negotiations...
...government's show of force ended a 12-month cease-fire that began after the Jan. 1, 1994, Zapatista insurrection left 145 dead and shattered Mexico's modernizing image. The crackdown also came as Zedillo's ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party faced a difficult Feb. 12 election in the central state of Jalisco. That was a suspicious coincidence to some analysts, but Zedillo said his moves were triggered by fears of expanded Zapatista military action...
...Gabon in December cracked down on its 75,000 foreign workers by introducing a nationality-based fee scale for work permits. The fees range from $1,520 for Mauritanians and $1,160 for Malians down to $95 for French or U.S. nationals. Foreigners must pay up or leave by Feb. 15. With petitions signed by thousands of unemployed Gabonese who threaten to ``kill and burn'' illegal immigrants, western and central Africans are spending their savings for a ticket home. Said Tankara Ibrahima, a merchant who disembarked at Abidjan to continue overland to Mali: ``They were not nice about...
...Sophisticated technology in the oval hall allows the acoustics system to be instantly modified. Through July, an eclectic program of 75 concerts is scheduled, offering medieval, Renaissance, baroque, Romantic, jazz, pop and world music. An upcoming highlight is Karlheinz Stockhausen's Carre, to be performed by four orchestras on Feb. 17 and 18. The facility will also feature musical-instrument demonstrations, listening sessions, lectures, workshops and films...