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...each other over the arrest of militants in the Gaza Strip. Gunmen fired on Palestinian security forces in Gaza City after Hamas members were picked up on suspicion of violating the cease-fire. To counter the violence, a group of 100 leading Israeli and Palestinians, including former Israeli cabinet minster Yossi Beilin and Palestinian Information Minister Abed Rabbo, signed a joint declaration calling for the resumption of peace talks. GREECE A Myth Finds Substance in the Hills The search for the Golden Fleece is one of the most evocative of Greek myths. Now archaeologists believe it may be more than...
...governments in the region haven't shown much interest in taking on the harder reforms. As Korea's economy has faltered, President Kim Dae Jung has become more reluctant to let bad companies fail. In Thailand, Prime Minster Thaksin Shinawatra has been playing the victim card with claims that globalization and international banking standards are the causes of his country's woes. He has cut back on incentives for foreign investors and balked at forcing companies to repay their debts. Late last year, Taiwan's President Chen ordered banks to keep lines of credit open to delinquent debtors, a move...
...Jane Blackman called and e-mailed the British foreign ministry, until they worked their way up to Prime Minster Tony Blair's office. By coincidence, Blair was scheduled to be in Japan on July 21 for the Group of Eight economic summit in Okinawa. Blair raised the issue of Lucie's disappearance with his Japanese counterpart, Yoshiro Mori. The high-level contacts brought immediate results. Soon after the G-8 meeting, Tim Blackman says, "I was told by the police that they had suddenly solved all of the technical and legal problems in tracing the phone calls...
...widening defense scandal threatened to topple Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and his ruling coalition government. By week's end, six Indian ministers, including Defense Minster George Fernandes, had left the government; an important coalition partner had withdrawn its support and all business in parliament had come to a halt. The scandal broke after a media company, Tehelka.com, screened videotape evidence of a widespread network of bribery, corruption and influence peddling among top politicians. In an attempt to quell the crisis, Vajpayee announced in a television address that he had set up a judicial enquiry and appealed to his political...
...been the most pressing of President Clinton's concerns on his India trip, but they were never going to be the issues on which he made substantial progress. Against the backdrop of a massacre of some 40 civilians in Kashmir by suspected Pakistan-backed Islamic militants, India's Prime Minster Atal Behari Vajpayee and President Clinton held talks in New Delhi and pretty much agreed to disagree on matters nuclear, even as they vowed to strengthen their relationship and hold regular summits. Vajpayee reiterated India's policy of maintaining a "minimum nuclear deterrent" but vowed that New Delhi would avoid...