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...Courting Kim Jong Il So what if the U.S. is not amused as the two Koreas try to resolve their decades-long standoff with minimum military tension? TIME's story [June 21] seemed to be focused more on U.S. concerns in the region than on the ultimate benefits that North and South Korea can bring about. Apparently part of the U.S.'s strategy is to create clouds of fear that any country it brands a rogue nation, such as North Korea, could strike at any time. Lowell Allan Estepa Puerto Princesa, the Philippines...
...tension between Zarqawi and nationalist insurgents was made evident some months ago in the letter intercepted ostensibly from the Jordanian to Osama bin Laden, in which he complained that the Iraqis were averse to suicide attacks and that they wanted to go home to their wives after a day's fighting. In other words, Zarqawi complained that the Iraqi insurgents actually imagined a future for themselves. And that being the case, they'd be averse both to suicide attacks and also to tactics such as the indiscriminate killing of Shiites (as advocated by Zarqawi) that would imperil prospects for holding...
...improved relations between North and South Korea [June 21] noted that the two countries are "still technically at war." Is TIME stuck back in the 1960s? Let's stop referring to the Korean "War" and give Koreans a break after a half-century of living under constant fear and tension. Why maintain the cold war mentality? Please let Koreans on both sides approach one another amiably as one people, for peaceful reunification through the process of mutual understanding and respect. Everyone ought to be excited about the progress that both sides have made in the past few years...
...must treat business costs relating to investments elsewhere in the E.U. the same way they are treated at home. That decision gives tax authorities across Europe little choice but to overhaul their tax laws, which have traditionally taxed national operations differently from international ones. "There's a lot of tension and pressure on corporate tax systems" from the court, says lawyer Wouter Paardekooper of the Amsterdam office of Baker & McKenzie, which represented Bosal. But the newest and perhaps the biggest force for change comes from the east. Many of the new E.U. members have substantially lower rates for both companies...
...signed by Atlantic Records in 1952, Charles was ready to preach. On I Got a Woman (1955), he used gospel yelps and yowls for secular purpose. On What'd I Say (1959), he employed the call-and-response of church choirs to generate musical momentum and sexual tension: "Uhhhh!" "Ohhhh!" He didn't need words to get across what he meant, but music writers had a word for his music: soul. "I got criticism from the churches, and from musicians too," he once said. "But I kept doing it, and eventually, instead of criticizing me for it, the people started...