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...stage deep in the fifth set where I was about to ask the umpire, 'Can we just arm-wrestle for it?'" MARK KNOWLES, Bahamian tennis player who, together with doubles partner Daniel Nestor, defeated Simon Aspelin and Todd Perry after 6 hr. 9 min. of play in Wimbledon's longest-ever match...
...also feeling the direct impact of their unpopularity: in the past few weeks, both Argentina and Brazil have announced that they are paying back their entire outstanding debt to the IMF?a combined total of $25 billion?in order to wriggle free of its policy conditions. Argentine President Nestor Kirchner accuses the IMF of causing many of his nation's economic woes. In the Ivory Coast, it's the U.N. that is the focus of government wrath. Following a recommendation last week by a U.N.-backed international working group that the Ivorian parliament?which is dominated by supporters of President...
...emulate Chavez's skillful management of petroleum revenues to restart the economy; imitate Brazil's President Lula da Silva in achieving consensus with Mexico's labor unions; follow the lead of Bolivia's Morales in coming to terms with the country's Indian population; and from Argentina's President Nestor Kirchner, he will learn to confront the International Monetary Fund. For their part, his rivals and their friends-including the Catholic Church-are preparing to paint him as an extremist. Expect a raucous campaign. -By Dolly Mascarenas/Mexico City...
...sorrow? Check. Supportive wife (DANIELLE SPENCER) at his side, suggesting family-man stability? Check. Checkbook? Check. Crowe, who hurled a phone at a hotel clerk in June, was initially charged with a felony, which could have kept him from working in the U.S. But having paid the clerk, Nestor Estrada, a widely reported $100,000 to avoid a civil suit, Crowe pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge and got off with an even lighter fine: $160. Just enough for a pretty spiffy new cell phone...
...like Argentina and Brazil, both of which are opposing the Bush plan for a Free Trade Agreement of the Americas - most, including Argentina and Brazil, have continued to make market reforms and create institutions that won the praise of the Bush White House. Friday, the president praised Argentine President Nestor Kirchner for his commitment to the rule of law and creating a climate favorable for investment. Bush planned to echo similar sentiments on his arrival in to Brazil later...