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...premiers and presidents, will be campaigning for a better deal for the world's poorest continent. British Prime Minister Tony Blair has already convinced his G-8 counterparts to forgive the debt of 18 of the world's poorest countries, a deal worth more than $40 billion. At the summit in Gleneagles he will try to win other concessions. But why should the world help Africa at all? The simple answer, says Niall FitzGerald, chairman of British news agency Reuters and a passionate backer of a new deal for Africa, is morality. "The rich world has brought its gifts...
...about war and peace," he told Time (see interview). "Now it's about jobs and growth." If that's the case, it plays to Mandelson's strengths. His present position gives him a chance to deliver concrete economic benefits to Europeans. As was painfully obvious during last week's summit meeting of the 25 E.U. heads of government in Brussels, Europe's elected leaders are either on the defensive or lame ducks. After his party was trounced in a state poll last month, German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder has called a snap election for the fall - which he looks...
...capitalizing on the trend. After leaving his family's winery--Domaine Marcoux in Châteauneuf-du-Pape--Armenier moved three years ago to Santa Rosa, Calif. He had one client. Now he has 20 and will add more to his roster in 2005. Armenier advises some impressive names: Archery Summit, Joseph Phelps, Cayuse, Grace Family Vineyards...
...Number of times Nepalese climber Apa Sherpa has reached the summit of Mount Everest?a world record he achieved last week...
...exploitation of coltan, a rare mineral used in cell phones. The next targets? Fish and water, says Alex Yearsley, a campaigner with London-based NGO Global Witness. Yearsley, who joined a panel to discuss the role of business in conflict at the World Economic Forum's Africa Economic Summit in Cape Town last week, says that "predatory looting of Africa's ocean assets" could destabilize already fragile societies. Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa says there is "a lot of resentment among people who see themselves left with the scales and bones while all the fish flesh is taken away to Europe...