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...construction firm Bechtel, for example, has about 150 subcontractors in Iraq, including companies from Germany and other nations that opposed the war. It's easy to understand why. Much of Iraq's ravaged infrastructure, which has been short of spare parts for more than a decade, was built by German, French or Russian firms. A prime contractor trying to repair power grids and oil-pumping stations would be doing a poor job if it didn't turn to the companies that installed them in the first place...
...across Europe, in fact, it is a busy time in the war on terrorism. German police two weeks ago announced the arrest of an Iraqi, 29, identified only as Mohammed L. He is suspected of having dispatched a dozen radicals from Germany to Iraq to carry out suicide attacks against U.S. troops. More than 5,000 police officers raided locations tied to 1,200 supporters of Germany-based Turkish militant Metin Kaplan. His Caliphate State group, which seeks to replace Turkey's secular government with an Islamic one, has been linked to terrorist plots there. Five people were arrested...
Santa's Mixed Bag of Reforms When Gerhard Schröder's government reached agreement with the opposition Christian Democrats on a package of long-awaited economic reforms in mid-December, you might have expected German businesses to leap with Christmas joy. But despite lowered nonwage costs for employers, they're not all happy. Why? To help pay for a €7.8 billion tax cut, the compromise reduced federal subsidies to new home buyers (by 30%) and commuters who drive to work. "Business will go down, but we're not sure by how much," said Mario Wanke, who owns...
...recent years, the TGV high-speed trains and the Channel Tunnel have given the city back its medieval role as the crossroads linking London, Paris and Brussels. British, Dutch and German visitors have already rediscovered the historic capital of Flanders and its beautifully renovated 17th and 18th century Vieux Lille, or Old Town...
...Harvard Film Archives will show this 2000 German film (with English subtitles) two days before winter break. If the Christmas season has you overdosed with hopefulness, go see this decidedly less-than-optimistic film that provides a grim account of post-Cold War life, with a remarkable central performance by Hannelore Elsner. 7 p.m. Tickets $8; $6 students; Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, 24 Quincy Street...