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...Just tuning in? The Interahamwe are the Hutu militants behind the 1994 massacre of more than half a million Tutsis and moderate Hutus in Rwanda. They make their camps in the wilds of eastern Congo - formerly known as Zaire - wreaking havoc there or across the border in Rwanda, and current Congolese president Laurent Kabila has shown little inclination to control them. (Rwanda, the region?s military heavyweight, once backed Kabila?s rebellion against Mobutu Sese Seko because Mobutu would not control the militias; now it is backing the new Congo rebels against Kabila for the same reason.) So what happened...
Money managers call it the doomsday scenario, forseeing an event that could wipe out investor portfolios and wreak havoc on the stock market. The danger stems not from new financial woes erupting abroad but from something happening here. It is the explosive growth in margin debt--loans Americans take out to buy stocks. Margin debt has shot up to $180 billion at midyear, a 25% increase in just six months and by far the most ever recorded. It now accounts for 1.2% of the stock market's total capitalization...
...investing invasion is also playing havoc with Tokyo's economic plans. It has, for instance, jacked foreign demand for the yen to dangerous levels. The Japanese central bank has spent $25 billion this summer to stem the yen's rise, but the exchange-rate creep could strangle a recovery before it starts...
...students who cram for a test until the daylight hours, they may find it difficult to get back on track the next morning. Kronauer said since people are most sensitive to light in the evenings, working through the night can wreak havoc with the circadian pacemaker...
...Basically someone got into our system and created some havoc around here," said Jon E. Strom, a wjh micro-computer support associate...