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...government of India has to specify the maximum content of residual pesticide in colas, a similar limit should also be set for drinking water. If colas fail to pass the test, the government can ban them. But will the government ban drinking water if it too fails the test? M.C. Gupta Hyderabad, India...
...result was that by the time of the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the U.S. military was distinctly overstretched. To maintain manpower levels, the Army was forced to increase its maximum enlistment age from 35 to 42. The Commander in Chief insisted that the U.S. would not withdraw from Iraq until its mission--the establishment of a stable democracy--was completed. But it seemed increasingly likely that when Americans finally went home, there would be no Iraq left to withdraw from--just three warring mini-states. As they bade farewell to the Green Zone, some Americans remembered the evacuation...
...Numbers 4.1 million Number of lithium-ion batteries recalled by Dell, the world's largest PC maker, over fears they could cause laptop computers to burst into flames $400 million Maximum estimated cost of the recall, which Dell will share with the batteries' manufacturer, Sony Corp...
...offer sanctuary from high estate taxes in the U.S. and Europe. In addition, rules protecting customer confidentiality were strengthened. Divulging private financial information is now punishable by a fine of up to $78,000 and a prison sentence of three years, significantly more draconian than Switzerland's maximum punishment. "You're given an extra measure of confidentiality in Singapore," says Leslie Menkes, a Singapore-based managing director for Morgan Stanley's private-banking...
...Tablighi Jamaat mosque? Were they acquainted with Richard Reid, the jailed, failed shoe bomber, who frequented a Tablighi Jamaat mosque too? Pakistani intelligence officials aren't done with Rauf but expect eventually to hand him over to Britain. "He can be extradited," says an official, "once we get the maximum out of him." One can imagine that will not be a pleasant process...