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...first suicide bombing, last Wednesday, claimed the life of a policeman near Umm al-Fahm junction in northern Israel. The following day, just after 1p.m., a man boarded a crowded No. 4 bus in the heart of Tel Aviv. Before the driver could sell him a ticket, the man detonated his deadly payload, killing six and wounding more than 60. The double blows came just hours after the Israel Defense Forces lifted its three-month-long curfew in some West Bank cities and towns, following six weeks of relative calm in Israel. "As soon as we ease the pressure, they...
...version of Shanghai that betrays little of the city's real history. Avoid it. Instead experience real colonial splendor at Face, located on the verdant grounds of the Ruijin Guesthouse. Face combines two restaurants and a sumptuous bar in an ornate mansion built in 1936. The two eateries offer northern Thai and Indian food, the latter in a romantic tent complete with wooden pillars and fountains. Never mind that you're in China and not eating, you know, Chinese food: Shanghai prides itself on offering up the best of whatever global nosh you're craving. After all, this...
...volumes again." Even in the small, high-end market for young, prime beef, there's no guarantee that consumers, especially in France, will bite. THE BOURSE When Mickey Gets Militant How intense are Disney's troubles? The company hired George Mitchell, who helped forge Northern Ireland's Good Friday agreement, to co-chair the corporate governance committee. Better Luck For The Irish Allied Irish will sell Allfirst, the troubled subsidiary where the company uncovered a $691 million fraud in February, to U.S. bank M&T for $3.1 billion. Vivendi's Dash For Cash The Vivendi fire sale began in earnest...
...other districts, Budgam and Jammu, was said to be much brisker, with turnout as high as 59% and 70% in two Hindu-majority constituencies. This was despite two violent incidents between security forces and militants that left six separatists dead. CHINA Stairway from Hell Four school officials in northern China were arrested after 21 teenage students were crushed to death and more than 50 injured when a staircase collapsed as they were leaving school after dark. An investigation in Fengzhen, Inner Mongolia, revealed the staircase was unlit, the banisters in the newly built school were made from thin steel ties...
...Muramza, 24, fought the Northern Alliance in and around Kabul. Asked who his commander was, he points to a heavy-breathing bear of a man, who angrily responds, "Why did you tell them that?" Several Tanali men are being held at Sheberghan prison in the north, and several more died in the fighting in Mazar-i-Sharif. One who made it home is Nurzai, 24, who straggles by, carrying a blanket full of long grass over his shoulder, food for the sheep he tends. He says he was captured in Kunduz and, like thousands of other prisoners, stuffed into...