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...Bihari Vajpayee's government in New Delhi. Powell would dearly love to persuade India and Pakistan to resolve the Kashmir question peacefully. But intermediaries have been trying to do that for more than 50 years; all have failed. "We're definitely not in any position to get people to snap to attention and do our bidding on this one," says a State Department official...
...months ago, senior UMNO members acknowledged privately that Mahathir's personal unpopularity over the Anwar affair could cause a disastrous plunge in support among the party's core constituency, the indigenous Malay Muslims who make up about 60% of the population. Now, many speculate Mahathir might call snap polls to capitalize on the opposition's misfortunes...
...companies have seen their stock prices dragged down with the rest of the market, amid ferocious competition. Hardware companies are moving deeper into software, and software companies are helping increase data availability and storage efficiency. This trend is likely to cause the strongest players in the storage industry to snap up the marginal players, which tend to be the technology innovators...
Retrospectively, Karin’s attitude is almost nonchalant. But at the moment, she feared being hurt physically. “I did think of maiming. I knew that their paws are huge and can snap necks without even trying. But I was also close enough to hear the mirth from the onlookers...it was all very fleeting,” she reports...
Blustery winds and an early October cold snap made conditions horrible for tennis...