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...past few weeks U.S. regulators have begun processing an application to construct the $1.8 billion plant, which has strong backing from powerful state and federal officials, including Republican Pete Domenici, who is chairman of the Senate Energy Committee. URENCO , an Anglo-Dutch-German consortium, hopes to build in New Mexico as part of Louisiana Energy Services, or LES, an alliance that includes the big American firms Exelon, Duke and Entergy, as well as Cameco, a uranium mining company and Westinghouse, a nuclear fuel manufacturer. If it is built, the plant would produce fuel for nuclear power generation...
...barrier strays from the Green Line that has demarcated the two sides since a 1949 armistice. Israel says the fence must jut into Palestinian lands to ensure security; the barrier's route near Ben Gurion International Airport, for instance, is meant to prevent attacks on departing aircraft. But German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer summed up the E.U. view in a recent interview with al-Jazeera: "Every government has the duty to defend its population against terrorism. And if a fence or a wall is needed to do this, that's a decision of the national government. However, we criticize...
...become high-tech spectacles and stars demand higher salaries; and so the cost of filmmaking rises, and the cycle begins anew. Europe's industry - with its dependence on dubbing or subtitling for foreign audiences, its vastly differing cultural tones (what makes the French laugh is often lost on the Germans), and its relatively tiny purse - simply can't compete. And that's why many industry insiders are calling for a revolution in the way films are funded and distributed. In France, Italy and Germany, new laws pledge more support to films with mass appeal. Fresh alliances such as Indie Circle...
...start of the year, the bill boosts federal funding available to producers up to €65 million and creates new incentives to reward films that win prizes at festivals. "The law is meant to improve film financing and at the same time increase the exports of German films," says Hermann Scharnhoop, head of the film-policy department at the Federal Agency for Culture and Media. To help films get out of the country, many will be co-productions, using multinational casts and filmed in English (increasing the chances that moviegoers will recognize the actors and understand what they're saying...
...cargo plane, killed 71 people, the majority of whom were Russian schoolchildren. Friends Again GERMANY Frosty relations with the U.S. seemed to thaw as Chancellor Gerhard Schröder met U.S. President George W. Bush at the White House. While Schröder insisted that German troops would not go to Iraq , he also said Berlin will not stand in the way if NATO decides to send peacekeeping troops there, and will lead the way in forgiving part of Iraq's $120 billion foreign debt, a key Bush Administration goal. In one German opinion poll, however, 71% agreed that America...