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...colony he claimed as his personal property inspired history's first international human rights campaign, as well as Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness." It's still there on the map, of course - a territorial behemoth the size of Western Europe, stretching from Sudan in Africa's northeast to Angola and Zambia in its southwest. It has a flag (although its bland blue banner spangled with an assortment of gold stars looks more like the neutral emblem of some forgotten international organization). And an anthem, too. Its government issues passports and postage stamps and national budgets, and maintains a standing...
WEST NILE VIRUS In the second year of a much feared and overpublicized medical crisis, public-health officials in the Northeast intensified their campaign against mosquitoes infected with the West Nile Virus. Spraying programs were launched from Boston to Baltimore, Md., and wildlife pathologists began searching for clues in the carcasses of crows, chickens, chipmunks and even a few bears. Only a handful of human deaths have occurred so far, but scientists are working hard to figure out how the disease spreads. Most of what they've gained is a deeper understanding of mortality among wildlife...
...rare display of unity but characteristic defiance of authority, a group of them recently announced they would stop the government from reopening Mogadishu's main seaport. "We will tell them to f___ off. Your boys can't do that," says faction leader Mohamed Qanyare Afrah outside his home northeast of the city. "The gun is loaded...
Incredibly, parts of Somalia have avoided the years of chaos. The self-declared state of Somaliland in the northwest has its own government, police force and currency. Together with Puntland in the northeast, it offers its citizens stability and peace. Like the warlords, both ministates boycotted the Djibouti peace conference and challenge the new President's claim to represent the entire country. The government in Mogadishu says it will not force the northerners into the nation but will lure them back by building a federal system that allows each region a measure of autonomy--a kind of political balance they...
...addition, the emergence of the megacarriers, who between them will control more than 50 percent of the American market, is likely to stymie the growth of regional carriers like Southwest and, more recently, Jet Blue, which serves the Northeast. In past few years, the presence and reemergence of these low-cost airlines has given consumers reason to hope that enough competition was present in the system to maintain pressure for reasonable fares and better service. But the looming mergers promise bad news for the little guys as well, says Gritta. The market gargantuans, he says, will smother smaller carriers, like...