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...provinces, Kandahar. Consequently, Canada has the highest proportion of deaths relative to the number of troops on the ground of any major coalition member in Afghanistan. To lump us in (as did one Ms. Coulter) with the effete French who refuse to set foot in Kandahar is just another product of the vast right-wing conspiracy...
...world's second largest economy is now crying over spilled milk - and its delicious by-product, butter. Japan, insulated from rice shortages that plague other parts of Asia, is experiencing an unprecedented shortage of the household staple - and discovering that it is not as immune from the growing global food crisis as it wants...
...reminder of Japan's first contacts with the West - the islanders complained that the foreigners were bata-kusai , that is, "butter-stinkers." But since the 1960s, local butter making and consumption has been seen as a symbol of Japanese self-sufficiency in and mastery of an originally Western product. The shortage is a blow to that independent self-image...
...grams. "Even if we order 100 or 200 packages of domestic butter," says Nissin's dairy buyer Katsuhiro Maruyama, "only about six or so actually get delivered - if any at all." Some stores with a limited supply have already started rationing one domestic butter product per customer, because shipments are erratic at best. Needless to say, margarine sales have gone up and stores without domestically produced butter have posted signs of apology over empty refrigerator shelves...
...expands, this device will let anyone evaluate his own mutual funds. Parametric, another big asset manager, last month produced a terror-free screen of stocks that is available through intermediaries including Smith Barney, Merrill Lynch and Bank of America. Credit Suisse has also released a new terror-free product...