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...local woman suspected of stealing a baby gorilla, then offered to exchange hostages. Fossey's violent death bears a sad resemblance to that of another naturalist, Joy Adamson, author of the 1960 best seller Born Free, who was murdered in 1980 at her remote camp in Kenya. FINLAND More Radio Active Fallout...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Notes: Jan. 13, 1986 | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...listeners, the bitter cold, snowy Sunday afternoon all of a sudden turned hot. Expecting light entertainment, they instead heard "newscasters" announce that World War III had begun. The West German city of Hamburg had been pulverized by a Soviet nuclear missile, the broadcast said, while radioactive fallout was threatening Finland. Already 500 million people had perished in the first exchanges of a great nuclear conflagration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Notes: Jan. 13, 1986 | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...single currency argued that it would give a boost to Europe's economy and help make it more competitive. Now Europe has entered a period of "deconvergence," in the jargon of some economists, as spendthrift habits creep back in. A recent European Commission report notes that while Belgium, Finland and Ireland have balanced their budgets, four members--Germany, Greece, France and Italy--have allowed their budget deficits to grow beyond the 3% limit laid down in the rules of the single currency. The overall debt level of the euro countries, which is not supposed to exceed 60% of gross domestic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Currency: Euro-Division? | 6/20/2005 | See Source »

...euro zone is seeing a growing disparity in performance among its members too. Finland, Greece and Spain are expected to enjoy growth of almost 3% this year, while Ireland is likely to see more than 4%. But Italy is in recession, and most economists have been slashing their forecasts for Germany and France to only a tad in excess of 1% growth this year. Such differences create a dilemma for Jean-Claude Trichet, president of the European central bank, the body that sets monetary policy for the entire euro zone. Economists say the bank's 2% benchmark interest rate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Currency: Euro-Division? | 6/20/2005 | See Source »

Jean-Noël Jeanneney, president of the French national library, has since inspired 19 libraries to join the cause. The national libraries in Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia, Spain, and Sweden all signed and released an official oppositional statement soon after Google unveiled the project in December...

Author: By Kimberly A. Kicenuik, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Google, Harvard Collaborate To Scan Library Books | 6/9/2005 | See Source »

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