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...polls find that upward of 80 percent of Americans still believe the Administration's prewar claims on Iraqi WMD and one-third even believe WMD have actually been found in Iraq. It would appear that President Bush himself may be among that third: Three weeks ago, Bush told a Polish TV interviewer that "we have found the weapons of mass destruction" in Iraq. That came as news to even his staunchest allies - the president appeared to be referring to two trailer-mounted laboratories that the CIA had deduced must have been for the production of biological weapons as it could...
...Verbeek, a World Bank economist in Warsaw, who hopes economic policy will at least be more coordinated. But Kolodko was controversial, and many business leaders are glad he's gone. "The environment in which we've been operating has been exceptionally hostile," says Henryka Bochniarz, president of the Polish Confederation of Private Employers. If the new guy isn't any better, at least he won't be around for long. - By Blaine Greteman. Reported by Tadeusz L. Kucharski/Warsaw and Jan Stojaspal The Bubble Economy There must be good economic news somewhere: French drinks group Rémy Cointreau said revived...
Imagining a wicked jibe from Portman, a small, soft-spoken student in thong sandals and bright-pink toenail polish, is difficult...
Waiting is big in asia at the moment. At poolside lounges, bartenders languidly polish the glasses, ready to mix up a pitcher of Rob Roys if the tourists ever return. At travel agencies and airlines, staff yawn behind idle PCs one week and are ordered to take unpaid leave the next. In homes and offices around Asia, would-be voyagers are wondering when "travel accessories" will once again mean a sun hat and shades, not a face mask and disposable gloves. Some say that's next month, some next year. But until that day, the Asian travel industry is subsisting...
...local paper, an editorial cartoon printed May 15 depicted a grinning Louis Hornstine using the dress of a statue of Justice to polish his shoes...