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...DIED. JOS? L?PEZ PORTILLO, 83, who as President of Mexico from 1976 to 1982 presided over a free-spending, corruption-ridden oil boom that took the nation to the brink of economic collapse, setting off a global debt crisis; in Mexico City. An affable personality who spent early mornings practicing javelin throws and late evenings poring over literature, he was Mexico's Secretary of Finance before being elected President for a term so unpopular that he had to move to Europe for a few years after he left office...
...lure more big-spending long-haul travelers, the tourist association has launched a worldwide advertising blitz starring Jackie Chan. (The punch line: "Hong Kong: Live it. Love it!") And now the government is underwriting an ambitious fall concert schedule featuring pop acts Craig David, Westlife and Santana, and tenor Jos? Carreras. The Stones gigs (Nov. 7 and 9) will have special resonance: the old rockers cited SARS fears when they canceled two March dates in Hong Kong. They then drew 450,000 fans to a July concert in Toronto, helping that city bounce back from a SARS-induced tourist slump...
...Jumpin' Jack Cash Hong Kong wants the world to know that SARS is a plague of the past, so it has budgeted more than $10 million for concerts next month featuring Prince, the Rolling Stones, Santana, Jos? Carreras and F4. The government refuses to detail how much each act will get, but critics are howling that the Stones are reportedly being paid more than double their usual rate...
...Restive soldiers are not Arroyo's only problem. She faces a bloody insurgency in the south, a deteriorating currency and a looming presidential election campaign next spring. (She hasn't announced if she's running or not.) And then there's "Mike," First Gentleman Jos? Miguel Arroyo. He's been accused by Senator Panfilo Lacson?who has declared his intention to run for President?of siphoning off $5.6 million of Arroyo's campaign donations and having an affair with his female accountant to boot. Mike admitted last week that his daughter Luli was avoiding him because of the scandal...
...take his death certificate and $80 to an immigration office and Guti?rrez will become an American. Had Guti?rrez lived, his dream for his sister could have come true. She would have qualified to immigrate to the U.S. had he been naturalized. But that dream died with Jos? Guti?rrez in Iraq...