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...Looking at the real reasons behind anti-Americanism and working collaboratively with other countries facing the same threats are the only ways the war on terrorists can ever be won. But Bush doesn't have the knowledge, sensitivity or wisdom to discern that. Barbara J. Crawford Jyvskyl, Finland Broader Questions The state of politics in the U.S. today is quite worrisome [Sept. 6]. Issues have been jettisoned for personal attacks that could be seen as diversionary. The war on terrorism has dominated everything, pushing aside issues like health care, jobs and education. Defending America is good, but under what circumstances...
...grab the book. How about this? "Lebanon has never won an Olympic medal, but recently a Lebanese woman won the world karaoke championship in Finland, singing the 1980s classic Fame." Oh, this is the one: "Gabon's President, as you know, is Omar Bongo, now in his 37th year as head of state. And yet again, he has promised any Gabonian medal winner a new house and vast sums of cash. But the wily Bongo is hedging his bets, insofar as they have never won an Olympic medal...
...people brought death to many thousands of Iraqis, and the longer he remained in power, the more deaths would have come about. Let me put it this way: "Blair was brave/ Wanting to save/ Thousands from the grave." This, naturally, also applies to President Bush. Juhani Lindgren Hameenlinna, Finland Formula for Boredom? Michael Schumacher's dominance of Formula One racing is yawn inducing [July 26]. I grew up a big fan of Formula One races and have enjoyed many years following the sport. Unfortunately, as more and more high-tech auto innovations were allowed, I began to lose interest...
...Korea, and Ovum predicts they'll be worth an additional $2.8 billion globally in 2008. With that kind of money in play and with new "real tones" that play actual (rather than synthesized) songs, a battle is brewing. Mobile operators and the small outfits that supply the synthesized songs - Finland's Jippii, Italy's Buongiorno Vitaminic, France's Musiwave and Germany's Jamba! - are clashing with the big record labels over whose slice of the ring-tone pie should be biggest. But how did an unlikely innovation like ring tones get to be such a big business in the first...
...power stations, but his company did buy an existing power plant earlier this year to help meet demand. Another problem is finding a cheap way to generate power but still abide by E.U. pollution regulations and the Kyoto protocol to reduce greenhouse emissions. While most countries except France and Finland are phasing out nuclear power, there aren't many attractive alternatives. Coal-fired electricity plants are cheap but notoriously dirty. Natural gas, although cleaner, leaves countries dependent on insecure sources of supply like northern Africa and central Asia. Renewables like windmills and solar panels are part of the solution...