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...Bush demanded that Pakistan crack down on Islamic militants slipping across the Line of Control dividing Kashmir. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is to visit the region this week in an effort to ease the crisis, but Indian Defense Minister George Fernandes said there was little hope for a swift resolution. Meanwhile, the U.S., Britain and other countries told their nationals to leave India, adding to similar advice on Pakistan. MARS A Martian Odyssey, And a Sea of Ice Where did all the water on Mars go when the once warm and wet planet became cold and dry? After studying data...
...Oscars and the Super Bowl by creating semireal events like The Bachelor and Survivor. Albums are one-week events: platinum albums are no longer achieved after two hit singles snake their way up Casey Kasem's chart but rather in the very first weeks, through promotion, before beginning their swift, inevitable drop. But no one has figured out how to create a blockbuster that generates a national conversation better than Spider...
...footing. As ever, a rounded portfolio of individual stocks or mutual funds is best. For diversification at low cost, indexing is your best choice. To add stability to your portfolio, keep some bonds and cash or their equivalents (though not more than 15% cash, lest you miss a swift rebound). With interest rates likely to rise and push down bond prices, Treasury Inflation-Protection Securities, or tips, are a great choice. They guarantee you'll earn about 3% more than the inflation rate. Not bad when so many other things are falling...
...footing. As ever, a rounded portfolio of individual stocks or mutual funds is best. For diversification at low cost, indexing is your best choice. To add stability to your portfolio, keep some bonds and cash or their equivalents (though not more than 15% cash, lest you miss a swift rebound). With interest rates likely to rise and push down bond prices, Treasury Inflation-Protection Securities, or tips, are a great choice. They guarantee you'll earn about 3% more than the inflation rate. Not bad when so many other things are falling...
...foreign policy crisis. The Arab moderates on whose support Washington must rely for the war against al-Qaeda and any campaign to oust Saddam Hussein are adamant that America's standing in the Arab world - and even the survival of their own pro-Western regimes - depends on a swift and final resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by using the 1967 borders as a basis to create two states. The Saudis, Egyptians and Jordanians are offering to help deliver Palestinian compliance and build a stable and peaceful state alongside Israel, on the terms laid out in proposals touted...