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...were wed in a five-minute ceremony that marked the end of two weeks of celebrations. Some 2,000 guests attended the wedding, including royalty and heads of state from Asia and the Middle East. The events were estimated to cost $5 million?considered subdued by the oil-rich kingdom's opulent standards...
...Swiss nurse; in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei. A five-minute ceremony, following two weeks of celebrations, was attended by 2,000 guests including royalty and heads of state from Asia and the Middle East. The events were estimated to cost $5 million - considered subdued by the oil-rich kingdom's opulent standards. RECOVERING. BILL CLINTON, 58; after a four-hour quadruple-bypass operation during which doctors found his heart disease to be extensive, with some of his arteries over 90% blocked; in New York City. The former President was released from the hospital Friday. SENTENCED. FRANK QUATTRONE, 48, former investment...
There might seem few places less likely to be scorched by the aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001, than Nepal. Outside Kathmandu, the Himalayan kingdom exists in a timeless trance of mountains and road-free valleys all but lost to the present day. True, the country faces a very serious internal-security threat?a Maoist rebellion?but even that menace underscores the fact that Nepal is fighting the battles of the last century...
...Claudius) killed the spirit of liberal America (Hamlet?s father) and usurped the U.S. in a stolen election (seized the throne); now John Kerry (Hamlet) has to decide whether to fight Bush with the gloves off or to play by the rules and, perhaps, lose the soul of the kingdom. Or Hamlet?s father is the conscience of Britain?s Labour Party, dismayed that Bush (Claudius) has seduced and dazzled Tony Blair (Gertrude); and, I guess, Hamlet is Iraq, not sure how it should act under the new occupation. Or Hamlet?s father is George Bush 41, who urges Bush...
...perception that he absented himself at Najaf's time of need. Sadr's rise has challenged the prevailing Shiite clerical order in Iraq in the way that Ayatollah Khomeini did in Iran 25 years ago, by creating an alternative center of clerical power outside of the seminary, in the kingdom of politics. One crucial difference, of course, is that Khomeini's revolution had the support of the merchant middle class, whereas in Iraq they're in opposition to the rabblerouser Moqtada. But the emotional tide generated by the Najaf standoff threatens a sea-change, which may be why Sistani...