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...current crop of East Asian leaders a speedy recovery from their current economic crises, engineered Indonesian president Suharto?s fall and would like very much to bring about his own. So it shouldn?t have come as too much of surprise when the defiant Dr. Mahathir threw the switch Tuesday on a plan that has the Western economic establishment covering its eyes in horror -- but also peeking through its fingers: impose strict currency controls and save the embattled Malaysian ringgit simply by removing it from the fray. The theory is attractive, especially to the prickly Mahathir: An inconvertible currency...
Laurent Kabila has returned to his capital now that Angolan and Zimbabwean forces have slowed the advance of rebel forces. Kabila may find, however, that the Angolans will eventually switch sides. "Angola's only motivation is to protect its border from incursions by UNITA rebels," says TIME reporter Clive Mutiso. "That's why they helped bring Kabila to power, and why they intervened when the rebels arrived, unannounced, in their backyard. But there's no reason why Angola can't reach an agreement with the rebels and their backers, Rwanda and Uganda...
...their part, before they learned of the switch, the Rogers and Chittum families had already debated who would raise their granddaughter after the deaths of Kevin and Whitney. (They had worked out a four-month rotation for each set of grandparents.) And some family members admitted to USA Today that after they learned of the switch, they tried to avoid being discovered as the family with Johnson's biological baby because they feared they would lose the girl...
...Rogerses say they remember Whitney's baby got an ID bracelet just moments after her birth. They say they even have a videotape showing the baby's banding. Someone could have swapped the bands later, but right now no one is sure how the switch occurred. And according to at least one source, the university and the state police have few leads so far. "I don't see any particular heat behind the investigation right now," said a law-enforcement source whom the investigators consulted for advice last week. Among the mysteries those investigators should try to puzzle...
...ounces in the hours after birth, but not 17% of their body weight. Hospital chief of staff Dr. Thomas Massaro admits the hospital can't explain why the large discrepancy went unnoticed. "We don't understand that," he says, though he is virtually positive there was no accidental switch in this case. "We have very good documentation that the band was properly put on," he says. "I have checked, a dozen other doctors have checked, a dozen nurses." He notes that removing four ID bracelets from two children would be extremely difficult. The wristband is hard enough, he says. "Getting...