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...Everyone wants to say something," said Anna Maria Giordano, an Italian conservationist keen to talk about the damage a proposed bridge between Sicily and the mainland could cause. "And they've all come here to say it." Just then a colleague from Egypt arrived, after being brow-beaten by an Egyptian environmental official. "He told me, 'What you are doing is a disgrace. Have you heard any other citizen from any other countries speak out against their governments...
...instead of firing blanks. As TIME has reported, U.S. troops have raided Afghan villages hoarding Taliban weapons to get guns for training the new army. Afghanistan's Ministry of Defense has offered some help but not nearly enough. Minister of Defense Mohammed Qasim Fahim, of all people, is not keen on this national army project. One of the country's many warlords, he already commands his own militia of 18,000 men and is not that interested in creating a rival force...
...Jordan--appeared in the Los Angeles Times and then the New York Times, the front-page war became too costly. Not only was a good secret loose, but the U.S. had a diplomatic snafu to clean up: Jordan relies on next-door neighbor Iraq for oil and wasn't keen about being dimed out as an enemy-in-waiting by a handful of U.S. Army colonels. Amman declared, as Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher told TIME, "Jordan's territory will not be used as a launching pad against Iraq in any way, now or in the future...
...first quarter to 130,000. And earlier this year, Egg bought France's online Zebank, which has 89,000 customers. But it is in Britain where the stand-alone Net banks have the best chance to move beyond a niche role. Success so far results from keen pricing, meticulous attention to customer service, quirky advertising and the convenience of around-the-clock access. "Pricing's really the thing that keeps them in the game," says Matt Stamski, a senior analyst at Gomez, an Internet consultancy. Egg offers an interest-free, six-month introductory period on its credit card, and afterward...
...technology remains too difficult for any single company to master alone, and the business would ripen more quickly if there were less competition and more pooling of resources. Manufacturers, however, hate the idea of cooperation. After all, Honda's and Sony's corporate images are burnished by their keen machines?they demonstrate technological superiority over rivals. Even if it can't do the dishes, as a walking billboard ASIMO does just fine...