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...world tick off the items on his list? Maybe - but as Lomborg notes, the West tends to "overworry about the problems that look good on TV." - By Adam Smith A Song For Europe Online music store Napster opened up in Britain, beating Apple's iTunes in the race to launch in Europe. But success isn't certain: U.K. rival OD2 promptly cut its download prices in half. Napster hopes to roll out elsewhere in Europe by year...
...sources say there's no hard intelligence warning of specific plans by terrorists to launch suicide attacks here like those wreaking havoc in Israel and Iraq. But, says one official, the circular was prompted by "a renewed concern" that fury at the U.S. for its occupation of Iraq or its support of Israel could move some extremists to attempt to bring the war to the American homeland. "At the end the day, it's probably one of the simplest forms of attack, and it's one of the hardest to detect," says one counter-terror veteran...
...seen to evacuate under fire. It has become conventional wisdom for Israeli strategists today that Israel's unilateral withdrawal from Lebanon in 1999 was a dangerous mistake, because it was proclaimed throughout the Arab world as an epic victory for Hezbollah's armed struggle, and led Palestinian militants to launch the September 2000 intifada in the belief that violence could drive Israel out of the occupied West Bank and Gaza...
...order to forestall that possibility, Israel has stepped up its campaign of assassination of top Hamas leaders and military actions to suppress the organization's capability to launch strikes inside Israel or indeed in Gaza itself. The result, however, has been an escalating cycle of violence in Gaza that shows no sign of abating. And absent any political incentive for making the plan work, it's unlikely that the Palestinian leadership will do much to tamp it down, even if they could. Absent a Palestinian structure taking charge of security in the wake of an Israeli withdrawal, the Israelis...
...creating sub-brands, says marketing professor Chekitan Dev of Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration. "It's a subtle form of brand extension, with separate decor, separate signage and sometimes separate uniforms," he says. Le Meridien, a hotel chain based in London, adapted this thinking with the launch of Art + Tech, a design concept geared to sophisticated travelers who demand a stylish ambience as well as the latest in technology. The Lingotto property in Turin, Italy, built within a former Fiat factory, features an entirely separate Art + Tech building...