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LEVITRA The next Viagras are on their way. In August the FDA gave the green light to Levitra for treating erectile dysfunction after trials showed it enhanced blood flow, significantly improving the ability to achieve and maintain an erection. Bayer and GlaxoSmithKline will begin distribution in the U.S. this month...
Ideally, Beijing would like to maintain the status quo: a weak but relatively stable North Korea not openly engaged in building a nuclear arsenal. Says Chu Shulong, a political scientist at Tsinghua University in Beijing: "China is more concerned about a crisis spinning out of control." Few anywhere want that; but it would be no surprise if Bush Administration hawks, who have long wanted to step up pressure on Pyongyang, now saw little reason to extend their patience. "The North Koreans have run this particular film on too many Saturday nights," says a Western diplomat. Sounds like someone's getting...
...First Lady will maintain a regular campaign fund-raising schedule this fall, crossing the country for her husband's re-election. At the end of the month, she will travel overseas alone for only the second time. After a stop in Paris marking the U.S.'s re-entry into UNESCO, she will head to Moscow for a book festival that Russian First Lady Lyudmila Putin is host to--a celebration modeled on the one Laura Bush started in America. --By John F. Dickerson
...Jakarta made clear [Aug. 18-25], Islamic terrorist organizations have shown once more that they have not been defeated by the global war against terrorism. Otherwise they wouldn't have been able to damage a luxury hotel in the heart of Indonesia's capital. Is it really necessary to maintain the risky fight against Islamic fundamentalists? They can appear everywhere, they can hide anywhere and they're constantly filling their ranks with new, young and motivated members. It seems senseless to react with violence. It would be much more useful to find a compromise. Maira Felupintis Piraeus, Greece...
...long advocated and indeed promoted the most extreme form of Islamic practices. And for the house of Saud to fein shock and disbelief that their own citizens were part of the Sept. 11 attack on this country is downright shameless on their part. Not only should we not maintain any alliance with this country but we should regard Saudi Arabia as a clear and present danger and should treat it as we would any other country we deem our enemy. Stella Wilson Houston, Texas...