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EGYPT The government frets that a U.S. strike on an Arab country could incite unrest among a public already angry about U.S. support for Israel in its conflict with the Palestinians. But as in other Arab countries, the leaders loathe Saddam. Because the U.S. supplies Egypt with $2 billion in aid a year, it can probably count on overflight rights and the use of the Suez Canal for warships and supply boats...
...getting them for decades, and in most cases their options have turned to gold. But the explosion in broad-based stock-option plans occurred after 1996, when the jig was all but up. Today around 9 million employees are in these plans, and at least half their options have strike prices (the point at which they make money) above where the stock now trades, says the National Center for Employee Ownership. In some cases, option grants replaced profit sharing, a bonus or increased 401(k) contributions...
...certain that one hasn't slipped under the radar. Nor have agents located another Al Qaeda operational team on the model of the 19 hijackers. But some individual Al Qaeda followers have been identified and are being covertly monitored for signs that they are coalescing to mount a strike...
...while revealing almost nothing, in an effort to string out the inspections, peel allies away from Washington and scuttle any U.S. attempt to win Security Council approval for force. But that alone will not spare Saddam, since the Administration has never believed that it needed another U.N. vote to strike Iraq...
...Distilled fish remains might not strike everyone as a culinary delight, but don't tell that to Bang or anyone else on Phu Quoc Island. The spry septuagenarian is Phu Quoc's undisputed master taster of nuoc mam, the fermented fish sauce that is the heart of Vietnamese cuisine. This tiny island off the southern coast is famed for producing the best nuoc mam in the world. Nearly half of Phu Quoc's economy is dependent on nuoc mam, with 90 family-owned factories producing 10 million liters a year and passing their secrets down from generation to generation...