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...even better spot to spend a day, or even a few hours, is about 20 miles down the coast. Tiny, brightly colored Portofino has long been one of Italy's most chic resorts. Gossip about the recent mysterious death of a wealthy countess is the only hint of crime you're likely to find in this town of extraordinary Mediterranean views...
...Sierra Leone's army recruits tested positive, he is dismissive. "Twenty-five persons is not many," he says, sitting outside his house in the RUF stronghold of Makeni. Not persons, percent. One in four. "You mean one in four in the SLA?" he asks, with surprise and a hint of fear. "Ahhh. Even peace brings complications. The United Nations peacekeeping force in Sierra Leone is the biggest in the world. By the end of the year 17,500 troops from 31 armies, including large contingents from Nigeria, Bangladesh and Pakistan, will be stationed there. "Soldiers all over the world interact...
...favorably to the $565 million BMW spent over three years to develop the platform - chassis - of its well-received full-sized car, the 75. Rover maintains the next-generation 45 could be developed at an affordable cost of no more than $494.7 million over two years. And they broadly hint the firm will use a shortened version of the 75 platform to replace its medium-sized 45 model, a typical strategy automakers use to cut production costs. And the company doesn't rule out selling the scaled-down 75 platform to other manufacturers that might be looking for a short...
...least popular Fed moves in a long, long time. Because while the steep-sloped graph of Fed rate cuts this year now shows a distinct leveling off - right smack in the middle of the weakest economic quarter in a decade - nowhere in the 200-word accompanying statement was any hint of why Alan Greenspan chose June 27, 2001 to ease off on the throttle...
...immersive installation at its Discovery Center in Washington. Titled "Vital Space," the 2,400-sq.-ft. facility introduces audiences to "the wonders of the human body" via a 48-ft.-wide screen and 50 interactive consoles with which the audience can control the outcome of a sci-fi adventure. Hint: the Martians...