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...support to the proposal, proclaimed it as a basis for realizing their demand that Israel withdraw to its September 2000 positions, before the outbreak of the current intifada. But the Palestinians want guarantees that implementing the plan in Gaza would result in its extension to the West Bank, and insist the plan be implemented simultaneously in Gaza and in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. It was over the latter point that negotiations broke down Wednesday night, but both sides are plainly concerned to see some progress away from their current violent impasse...
...crop up. Already, ephedrine?an amphetamine-like stimulant cited in 80 deaths in the U.S.?is reportedly gaining popularity as a diet drug in the region. "Humans have short memories," sighs Adachi, the Japanese doctor who sounded the alarm over pills containing N-nitroso fenfluramine. "So long as people insist on being thin, dangerous diet drugs will persist." In other words: as long as Asians are dying to be thin, there's a good chance some of them will do so trying to reach their goal...
...runners who insist on absolute flat, the Happy Valley Racecourse has a 1.4-kilometer track, complete with showers and locker rooms. Just don't go on race day, unless you can keep up with the horses...
...word "leak" is insufficient to describe the gushing torrent of "informed" speculation over U.S. war plans filling the world's front pages. Peppered with phrases like "those in a position to know," these stories all insist that there's no longer any question of whether the U.S. will go to war on Iraq; only of how and when. This could simply be a case of "if you spin it, they will come" on the part of the hawks. A common thread to these stories is the idea that the U.S. is ready to go all the way to Baghdad alone...
...sites on their phones. Already in the U.K., Playboy has been busy putting together deals with networks to provide, ahem, content. "In the early days on the content side, I think [sex] will be a big, big driver," says Orange executive vice president Richard Brennan. Operators are quick to insist that parents can block kids' access to this stuff, but as with the Internet, there's a lot the networks can't control. Of course, multimedia GPRS isn't just about porn; it's games and gambling and news and, yes, even business applications. But even if the next wave...