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...testing, and blamed the "hostile policy" of the U.S. toward Pyongyang for compelling it to boost its "self-defensive nuclear arsenal." The move came amid ongoing efforts to persuade North Korea to rejoin six-nation talks aimed at ending its nuclear standoff with Washington. MEANWHILE IN SWITZERLAND ... Cut the Grass No more munchies for Swiss farm animals now that a law banning the use of hemp as fodder has come into force. The ban was prompted by fears that traces of cannabis, which is derived from the plant, might find their way into milk and other dairy products. There...
...first day, I feel as if I've ridden a roller coaster for six hours. The second day brings no respite. At Michelin's Laurens Proving Grounds, we take turns on a larger track. The skid pad here is a half-mile oval surrounded by wide swaths of muddy grass. Spin out, and you wind up in the weeds, which is where I find myself a couple of times. For the course's finale, we split into teams and, racing against the clock, tear through a slalom. When my turn arrives, my adrenaline is pumping so hard that...
...including Vice President Dick Cheney, will blanket the country for sixty stops in sixty days. The White House is trying to copy Bush's 2004 campaign playbook, flying over the national media and talking directly to local papers and television stations. The Republican National Committee has called up the grass roots, placing more then 250,000 phone calls supporting the President's plan and e-mailing 100,000 Republican activists. ?March and April are about educating America,? says a senior Administration official, ?we're not talking specifics...
There's little dispute that the results of the Jan. 30 election have given Kurdish nationalism fresh momentum. Although they are predominantly Muslim, the Kurds of Iraq have long favored a more secular form of government than most Shi'ites do. The Kurdistan Referendum Movement, a grass-roots organization of intellectuals and junior political officials, says that of the 2 million who took part in an informal Election Day referendum on independence, 99% voted in favor. Kurds control their peshmerga militia soldiers and their own borders and are determined to preserve their sanctuary. Officially, Kurdistan exists only north...
While the day seemed magical, the activity was not unusual for Hwang, who has long explored similarly bizarre hobbies. Earlier this year you could find him sticking dozens of painted cardboard penguins in the grass outside the Science Center, or announcing, through a bullhorn, numbers from the endless sequence of pi. He recently hung a giant eye in his Canaday window overlooking Annenberg, and ominously thundered instructions at the people walking below. The threat was swiftly dealt with by Harvard University Police, who paid him a visit in his room and demanded he cease his activities immediately. Hwang began working...