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...rail conference last year that he won't tolerate merely shifting the monopoly; he warned state-owned flag carriers that they "do not have blanket immunity from the competition rules." Rolf Georg is testing to make sure. He owns a four-person firm, based in Frankfurt, that runs an overnight sleeper service between Berlin and Malmö, Sweden. When DB charged him what he says were exorbitant prices to lease one of its engines, he took the case directly to Monti in Brussels, where it's still being examined. "They need to see they can't get away with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can't Anyone Here Run A Railroad? | 7/6/2003 | See Source »

...millions of dollars a year British taxpayers pay to protect the royals, such lapses are an annual event, with more than 20 intrusions in the past two decades. Here's a look at the most memorable breaches. June 1981 Three German tourists climb over the walls and camp overnight on the grounds of Buckingham Palace, believing it to be Hyde Park. After breakfast on the lawn, they are finally apprehended when they ask a gardener for the exit. Police announce a security review, but add, reassuringly, that the campers would have been discovered earlier if they hadn't stayed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crashing The Royal Party | 6/29/2003 | See Source »

...have suffered combat casualties at a rate upward of one death every other day. Six British MPs were killed near Basra on Tuesday and eight were wounded in a second incident; a U.S. Marine was killed en route to help ambushed comrades Wednesday; two U.S. troops were reported missing overnight Thursday in Baghdad, and later in the day Centcom announced that a Special Operations soldier had been killed and eight wounded by hostile fire during an operation southwest of Baghdad. Two Iraqis employed to help restore Baghdad's electricity supply were among those killed in a rocket attack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iraq: When Can We Go Home? | 6/26/2003 | See Source »

...That's what he wants to be too - but not the overnight variety. "I want people to think I'm an interesting actor," says the intriguing guy du jour. "I just hope they slowly, slowly, slowly, slowly discover that over the next 10 years." It may be too late for a gradual buildup. He has already made an impression on Hollywood. A featured role in "Black Hawk Down" led to "The Hulk." Now he is shooting Wolfgang Petersen's "Troy", in which he plays Hector to Brad Pitt's Achilles - and that role could make Bana next year's June...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eric Bana Is A Marvel | 6/19/2003 | See Source »

...graveyard shift has always been a lonely one to work, but new data suggest that it may be an unhealthy one as well. According to the latest results from the continuing Nurses' Health Study, which surveyed more than 78,500 women, those who worked overnight shifts at least three times a month for 15 years were 35% more likely to develop colon cancer than those who worked only days. Authors of the study, published last week in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, think the increased risk may be linked to lowered levels of melatonin, which usually reaches peak...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: Working Life: Late Shift: Bad For You? | 6/16/2003 | See Source »

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