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...navy. It boasted a 47-mm diameter?practical for distinguishing numerals while diving in murky waters. Between that time and 1993, only 300 Panerai watches were made, each one for exclusive use by the Italian or Egyptian navies. In 1993, Panerai offered a limited number of the Radiomir's successor, Luminors?named for their use of a new, nonradioactive luminous material?for sale to the public. A hit with collectors, a Luminor was purchased by Sylvester Stallone in 1995. Smitten, Stallone asked the company to make 200 special editions called Slytech. Only about 15 were ever made, but Stallone shared...
...leaders to finally do something about global warming. They'll have their last, best chance next month, when energy ministers from around the world travel to Bali, Indonesia, for the annual meeting of the U.N.'s Framework on Climate Convention. There policymakers will begin attempting to negotiate a successor to the Kyoto Protocol, which expires in 2012. "The breakthrough needed in Bali is for a comprehensive climate deal that all nations can embrace," said...
...Peter Costello "What counts is where you were when the work was being done." Experience: Treasurer since 1996 Prime Minister John Howard's anointed successor has shown he can wait for the top job - but for how much longer? Praised for piling up budget surpluses and introducing a Goods and Services Tax, Costello is set to be Coalition leader by the next election. Though a witty performer in Parliament, he often seems dour outside it, and is yet to test his popularity with voters as a potential national leader - or map out what kind of P.M. he would...
...added that he also oversaw an expansion of the school’s financial aid program, but that his successor will have to continue to raise funds for student scholarships...
...turn to the Pakistani military, which receives $150 million a month in American aid. "The best way to get Musharraf out," says an Administration official close to the current discussions on Pakistan, "is to prevail on his other colleagues in the military to remove him." The most obvious successor, Vice Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Kyani, is deeply loyal to Musharraf--but the Western diplomat is quick to point out that Kyani once worked with Bhutto as her military secretary and that he was involved in the early stages of negotiating her deal with his boss. Bhutto must know...