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...petit caporal" and experts say he's been the world's most frequently portrayed character in theater and film. But the current French interest in Napoleon may also arise from nostalgia for the nation's former glory. Modern French world-beaters - from former business tycoon Jean-Marie Messier to the champion national football team - have suffered spectacular crashes. Napoleon did too, of course, but the new renditions of his life focus on his victories. "The events surrounding Napoleon's downfall and eventual death ensured his legend would only grow," comments de Caunes, whose film focuses on the St. Helena exile...
...Operation Anfal, which included a 1988 gas attack on Halabja that killed 5,000 Kurdish civilians. Khazraji, a possible successor to Saddam Hussein, said Iraqi secret police had made up the claims to stop him from organizing a dissident movement. KUWAIT In the Firing Line A Kuwaiti policeman, Khalid Messier al-Shimmari, was arrested in Saudi Arabia for shooting and seriously wounding two U.S. soldiers near Kuwait City. The attack followed the killing of another American soldier in October. Kuwait hosts 10,000 U.S. troops and the emirate is expected to be one of the launch pads for any invasion...
...John Tysoe, "I have a natural inclination to think they'll end up in the worst of all possible worlds," deeper in debt and still without full control of Cegetel. The revelation that prosecutors have begun a criminal investigation into whether Vivendi misled investors under former CEO Jean-Marie Messier reminded observers that Fourtou was parachuted in to clear the air of scandal. But this rejection of Vodafone's offer risks plunging Vivendi deeper into the abyss. The big question now is how long Vivendi's shareholders - and lenders - are willing to stay there. MEDIA Hacker, Or Just A Great...
...giving her control. Turning Each Other On The U.K.'s two largest commercial broadcasters, Carlton and Granada, agreed on merger plans to create a new company worth over $4 billion. The deal will face strict regulatory scrutiny. There's No Place Like Home Further undoing former CEO Jean-Marie Messier's strategy, Vivendi is moving control from New York back to Paris. Vivendi will also finalize its €12 billion disposal plan this week. Growing Pings HSBC continued its international expansion, buying a 10% stake in China's No. 2 insurer, Ping An, for $600 million. INDICATORS Chocolate Prices...
Even Jean-René Fourtou, Vivendi's new CEO, seems puzzled. "We can continue to build an international media and communications company," he wrote to investors last week, but "with what strategy?" There may be order behind his confusion - Vivendi's last CEO, Jean-Marie Messier, was criticized for depressing the price of assets he planned to sell by broadcasting his intentions. As Fourtou sells j10 billion in assets to service Vivendi's debt, that's not a mistake he can repeat. Yet he must also be genuinely perplexed by his options. "My sense is that they would like...