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...achievement?his 2000 Nobel Peace Prize?may thus be tainted by charges of checkbook diplomacy. After a three-month investigation, the Board of Audit and Inspection of Korea declared that, just a week before the summit, $332 million was transferred from the state-run Korea Development Bank into Hyundai Merchant Marine, a subsidiary of the Hyundai conglomerate, which has connections to the North. The business kept $146 million for itself, while $186 million was paid directly to North Korea. President Kim, entering his final month in office, could only offer rationalizations. "The unique circumstances of South and North Korean relations...
...German arms merchant who illegally sold a giant drill to Iraq in 1999 has left a gaping hole in Germany's efforts to restrict the export of sensitive military-use technology. A Mannheim court last week sentenced Bernd Schompeter, 59, to five years and three months in jail after ruling that he had broken an export embargo with the drill, which can be used to manufacture cannon capable of firing chemical or nuclear weapons. It also handed a suspended sentence to Willi Heinz Ribbeck, 53, a sales manager at the machinery company that made the drill. The convictions embarrass Germany...
...class is all grown up and has turned Harvard (10-5, 2-0 Ivy) into an all-senior squad once again. Senior Elliott Prasse-Freeman, who inherited Hill’s position and his No. 15 jersey four years ago, more recently seized his school assist record. Captain Brady Merchant took over Beam’s No. 22 jersey and reprised his role as wing guard. Sam Winter, Brian Sigafoos and leading scorer Patrick Harvey round out the Crimson’s all-senior starting five...
...First covered by TIME.comix in 2001, when volume one appeared, you can see improvements even over that fine debut. Primarily Heuet has cut down on the prose and given us more to look at. His highly detailed costumes and backgrounds have the sumptuousness of a Merchant and Ivory movie. This book in particular, with its lovely views of the French seaside, provides much to please the eye. The pictures perfectly compliment the dreamy, poetic text. A typical line by the narrator sums up the pleasures of this book: "I was attempting to find beauty where I'd never thought...
...Harvey hit only one of two free throws with 10 seconds left, Dartmouth remained within one possession of the lead. The Big Green raced down the floor in eight seconds and Harris got off a good shot, but unleashed it just inside the arc. After Harvey inbounded the ball, Merchant held onto it as the final ticks expired...