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...situation. That's because the violence has already picked up a momentum of its own, and purely political and diplomatic measures can't stop it. Now that the mainstream Albanian parties have joined the government, the only way for the NLA to remain relevant is to continue to mount attacks. So while a unity government would mean the Macedonian state will survive, the situation on the ground is probably going to get worse despite the political breakthrough...
...BigFoot Will Just Have To Wait For His E-mail Can't we just talk? It was the technology that was going to let us watch movies in the Amazonian rain forest and trade pork-belly futures while hanging from Mount Rushmore. Third-generation mobile telecommunications, or 3G, was going to change life as we know it, starting this month in Japan. Well, it looks like we're safe, for a while at least, from video conferences with the boss while on the privy. NTT DoCoMo, the undisputed hare in the race to bring 3G to market, announced last week...
...begin their patrol beyond the gate. Manning the huge vehicles are a dozen Austrians, barking politely in German over the roar of their engines. The Austrians patrol the disengagement line between Israel and Syria. The Japanese deliver the milk. Furusho gazes up at the snow-capped ridge of Mount Hermon. "I'm an infantry officer, not a logistics man," he grins. "I have an urge to go up there on patrol." The laundry truck returns and Furusho's men unload pillowcases puffed full of clean underwear. Mission accomplished...
...Given their mandate that's difficult while on duty, but off hours reveal a different story. At the end of each day, Japanese soldiers jog with Canadians through the apple orchard outside the base, in the shadow of the balloon-shaped radar antennae of the Israeli listening station on Mount Avital. They play baseball with the Canadians and soccer with the Poles. Canadian soldiers eschew the beef lasagne of their own cooks and chow down in the noisy mess hall on tempura and miso soup prepared by Furusho's three cooks...
...fears of loan losses began to mount, banks started to put the squeeze on new lending. Venture capital also dried up. The scarcity of new bank loans and venture capital can be deadly for business. There is no faster way to shut down an economy than by denying it credit...