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...agenda for today's meeting through a series of public and private communications with the Israelis over the last few weeks. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, one of Sharon's most ardent defenders in the Administration, has said it would be in "Israel's overwhelming best interests" not to launch any retaliatory strikes against Iraq. Through his aides, Bush also demanded last month that Israeli forces lift their siege of Yasser Arafat's compound and hold back in the West Bank and Gaza. It's working: Israeli officials now say they may withdraw the army from Hebron...
...this year--more than any other donor country--but aside from the yellow food packets dropped by allied warplanes during the war, ordinary Afghans have seen few tangible signs of the anticipated U.S. assistance. Because the Pentagon wants to maintain the combat readiness of American forces in order to launch search-and-destroy missions against remnant enemy targets, U.S. soldiers don't mix much with the civilian population. The U.S. has devoted just $16 million over two years to civilian projects such as school reconstruction and well digging, and most American troops are instructed to stay at the large...
...start in Hong Kong, remains optimistic about his Taiwan ventures. "Press freedom is there," he says, "but don't expect everything to go smoothly, because old habits of the government or other powers are still unchanged." Despite angry politicians and gangsters, plans remain firm for a late spring launch of a Taiwan edition of his Hong Kong broadsheet Apple Daily. "Just because we're still breaking the ice," Lai says, "doesn't mean the ice won't fall eventually...
...individual investors who accused their broker of selling stock without permission. The $261.7 million damage award is a record; Prudential says it will appeal. Who Wants To Be Employed? In a move that comments on the quality of German TV as much as on its economy, Neun Live will launch a game show this fall in which the top prize is ... a job. The concept is imported from Argentina, where the show was an instant hit. BOTTOM LINES "They are treating Switzerland like an alpine Iraq." Jean-Claude Juncker, Luxembourg's Prime Minister, on E.U. states threatening to sanction Switzerland...
...favor. And with the government providing a shield - from both competitors and economic downturns - the richest in the land grow ever richer. Silvio Berlusconi comes first to most minds, having multiplied his real-estate earnings into unprecedented wealth in the 1980s after a sweet government deal helped him launch his private media empire. Sixteen months after he moved into the Prime Minister's office, Berlusconi quietly remains Italy's wealthiest man. But long before Berlusconi joined the political fray, Giovanni Agnelli, the patriarch of the Fiat car dynasty, was a subtler symbol of Italy's unique brand of state-stewarded...