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Instead of questioning whether it was legal for the Russian forces to use gas in ending the Moscow theater standoff, people should question the legality of the Chechen terrorists' action. A free world should not care what was used to get rid of a bunch of assassins and save the vast majority of nearly 800 hostages, though some 130 of those hostages were killed. Fighting terrorism requires guts and the use of every possible means. Terrorism is a disease that has to be attacked from every conceivable angle. JOSE LUIS BELMAR Stockholm...
...That's why a growing number of economists are declaring that it's time for a little creative destruction. "Stirring competition is the single-most-important strategy for driving productivity higher," says economics professor Shimada. "That means getting rid of government subsidies and tariffs for protected industries and dismantling quasi-governmental monopolies." But that is a lot easier said than done. For one thing, those protected industries have had plenty of time to develop powerful lobbying groups, which are now among the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's biggest contributors. Many Diet members, in fact, are known by which zoku (tribe...
...saying that every nation gets the government it deserves. The poor Iraqi people should have turned Saddam out long ago. Usually I don't believe in force, but in this case there is no other way. In order to build a safer world, it's absolutely necessary to get rid of Saddam. GABE DEARBORNE Kiryat Bialik, Israel...
...fish is that they're at the top of the pelagic food chain, accumulating mercury from smaller fry and then passing it on to you. The good news: if you stop eating seafood or limit your consumption to low-metal varieties such as tilapia and sole, your body will rid itself of the mercury--though it may take years. --BY Janice M. Horowitz...
...awaits. But for Israeli voters, the more things change, the more they stay the same. - By Matt Rees/Jerusalem IRAQ: BEHIND THE SCENES Saddam's Last Chance After eight weeks of patient diplomacy, George W. Bush won the unanimous approval of the U.N. Security Council to force Iraq to get rid of its weapons of mass destruction or face "serious consequences." French and Russian support for the resolution came after American assurances that it would not be used as a trigger for an attack on Iraq. Although the text of the resolution does not explicitly mention military action, the intention...