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...Organizers this year are making a concerted effort to focus on some of the concerns of the demonstrators they're working so hard to keep away. The focus is on bridging the gap between rich and poor, addressing the debt burden on developing countries and engaging critics of globalization. Representatives of African governments are expected to promote their development plans and make a pitch for investment. Many of those topics may have been conceived after last year's event, which was dogged by protesters and at which President Clinton sounded a note of caution amid a celebration of the wonders...
...Both sides are convinced that they cannot reach an agreement, because the gap between them is still too deep. The Palestinians are going to the talks because they don't want to be blamed as the ones who helped Ariel Sharon become prime minister of Israel. And Barak sent his negotiators because he wants to fish for a few votes from Israeli Arabs by showing that he's still talking peace. So both sides went to Taba for tactical reasons rather than to achieve a strategic goal, which is peace...
...clever boy, tracked down Lauren's address and sent her a photo of himself. Soon words were exchanged via letter and e-mail, and reportedly, the e-mails were hot. Cinemax hot. The two have never actually met, though they could soon, as William may spend some of his gap year between high school and college in New York City, apprenticing in the world of fine art and antiques and perhaps learning a thing or two about the fine New York tradition of dating models...
...Balance the budget - "America must maintain our record of fiscal responsibility." Stay engaged abroad, especially with the world's poor - "This global gap requires more than compassion. It requires action." And watch out that this melting pot of a nation doesn't boil over...
While the Crusader won't be ready for action until at least 2008, the kind of war it was meant to fight is already obsolete. The Red Army is no longer poised to plunge through Germany's Fulda Gap. Iraq is contained, and North Korea is mellowing. Instead, threats are festering in less-developed regions, such as the Balkans and Africa, where heavy guns generally can't maneuver. Artillery--with its less than precise targeting--is designed to disrupt the massed armor and troop concentrations found on traditional battlefields. But future conflicts will focus on swift, dispersed combatants that provide...