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...Beyond a complete overhaul of Bangkok's sewerage?an idea dismissed by the city government as too expensive?it seems the capital will have to live with the odor and the sight of black sludge beside homes and offices. Walee, 54, a shopkeeper in downtown Bangkok, installed a row of plants on the cement arches that span the klong next to her store. In bloom, she says, the flowers mask the toxic mess. "When I look at the flowers, I see the klong of my youth," she says, "when it was clear and filled with fish and when my mother...
...pronged proposal. They want to impose a 2% redemption fee on all funds except money markets; require that the firms, and not any intermediaries, receive orders by 4 p.m.; and restrict trading of fund shares by insiders. Spitzer, who is scheduled to appear at the hearings, wants an industry overhaul that starts at the top. "We have to shake up fund boards the same way we've shaken up corporate boards," he says. --By Barbara Kiviat
...years since U.S. aviation began its most radical security overhaul, it doesn't take much to scare us and rekindle this question: Is our system really working? To some experts, the answer is no, and they point to Heatwole's actions as evidence. Saying he was committing civil disobedience to expose flaws in the nation's aviation-security system, Heatwole breached security six times over an eight-month period at Raleigh-Durham International and Baltimore/Washington International airports. He carried aboard contraband such as box cutters and a knife, along with bleach, reddish molding clay (which he hoped would be identified...
...emptied plane during a layover, discovered some pot in a passenger's seat back, and demanded that a local police officer arrest the alleged offender. "Have you ever heard of illegal search and seizure?" the miffed cop asked, refusing to make the arrest. The program is getting an overhaul. The TSA is ceding command this week over the marshals to the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. A hiring freeze imposed last year is ending, with plans to replace some of the frequent-flying cops lost through attrition or failure to pass background checks...
...health-care overhaul went nowhere, but former President Bill Clinton is having more success in the humanitarian realm. He announced an ambitious program last week to help developing countries clear two major obstacles in fighting AIDS: the high cost of antiretroviral drugs and the low quality of their own health-care systems. His foundation has enlisted four drug companies, which will offer AIDS-fighting drugs at one-third the usual price. Four African countries and more than a dozen in the Caribbean region have signed on for the program...