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ROCKET MEN It's all good fun until someone loses an eye?and then it gets even more fun. In Thailand's northeastern province of Udon Thani, the rocket men like nothing better than a big bang, and some of the kingdom's top rocketmakers stage secret gatherings near Si Sutoh Temple at Kam Chanode three or four times a year, usually on important Buddhist festivals. Secret, that is, until the first blastoff, which can be heard for miles around. Kilograms of home-cooked explosive are packed into PVC tubes strapped to bamboo poles, fuses are connected...
...ceremony, with Qatari and American VIPs in attendance, made history. Inside a huge tent on the outskirts of Doha, Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani arrived with his wife Sheika Mouza, shattering an old taboo against Persian Gulf leaders appearing in public with their spouses. While the emir remained seated, it was his wife who got up and delivered the speech--in English, wearing a loose head scarf that took nothing away from her film-star looks...
...Western diplomat puts it. The emir is gambling that, in return, Washington will provide protection for the country against a resurgent Saddam, a shaky Saudi Arabia or an irate Iran. "We in Qatar think we need the United States," Foreign Minister Sheik Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr al Thani says. "And we think they need...
...Cheney puts it another way: "I save my advice for the President." Cheney has been working hard to help Bush and Secretary of State Colin Powell weave together a global alliance against terrorism. His past experience is paying dividends. Last week he spoke with Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani of Qatar, an old friend from his travels building the Gulf War coalition 10 years ago. Cheney traded family updates, made a few inside jokes and then discussed how Qatar could lend the U.S. a hand...
...Cheney puts it another way: "I save my advice for the President." Cheney has been working hard to help Bush and Secretary of State Colin Powell weave together a global alliance against terrorism. His past experience is paying dividends. Last week he spoke with Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani of Qatar, an old friend from his travels building the Gulf War coalition 10 years ago. Cheney traded family updates, made a few inside jokes and then discussed how Qatar could lend the U.S. a hand...