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...Yugoslav naval base at Tivat on the coast of Montenegro is a derelict place. Colossal jetties stretch out from an abandoned work yard piled with crumbling concrete, twisted metal rods and broken glass. In one corner, a Cold War-era submarine, its giant propeller exposed to the summer winds, is being slowly dismantled by a local crew in flip-flops. The berths are fouled with paint chips and rusted metal, and until a recent scavenging operation, explosives lay on the seabed...
...miles down the coast from Tivat, was founded by the Romans and ruled for nearly four centuries by the Venetians, who left their architectural mark. There have been more recent periods of glory, too. Back in the 1970s, the red-tiled resort island of Sveti Stefan was a summer retreat for the likes of Sophia Loren, Kirk Douglas and Doris Day. But Montenegro slipped into obscurity in the 1990s. Djukanovic and others unwisely sided with Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic and sent troops into Bosnia and Croatia. It wasn't until 1997 that Djukanovic broke with Milosevic, a divorce completed nine...
...daily power outages. Still, the tiny country has achieved a good deal in a short time. Less than a decade ago, NATO warplanes were bombing targets in Montenegro in the campaign to drive Milosevic out of Kosovo. And now? Budva's "Jaz" beach hosted the Rolling Stones last summer and in September will stage part of Madonna's 50th birthday tour...
...undergraduates and their parents about how they plan to pay for college this year. One in five parents borrowing money reported either taking out a second mortgage of more than $10,000 or charging some portion of college expenses to a credit card. In a study released earlier this summer, consumer advocate U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) found roughly a quarter of students reported billing their tuition to a credit card. Such borrowing practices generally carry along with them much higher interest rates and fees than private student loans. "Using a credit card to pay for your education...
...This summer, Panama's Supreme Court overturned that pardon, and Panamanian officials must now decide whether to seek Posada's extradition from the U.S. If they do, it would be hard for the U.S. to ignore international opinion and not hand him over. Given the bitter relations between Washington and Havana, it would simply look as though the Bush Administration were ignoring its own uncompromising anti-terrorist tenets in order to spite Castro. A U.S. immigration judge ruled that Posada would likely be tortured if he is sent to Venezuela - which is ruled by the pro-Castro government of left...