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...government removed one barrier when it allowed foreign newspapers such as the International Herald Tribune to publish in India for the first time. The concession came with a catch: foreign media outlets can sell only international editions?issues can't contain local content or advertising, because that would threaten the country's homegrown publications. Nor can outside media giants buy their way in. There's a 26% cap on overseas ownership of newspapers and TV news channels. The recent changes aren't enough, say some of the key players who had hoped for an opening. Last year, for example...
...occupation of Iraq was an unwise proposition from the start, as many U.S. allies in the region warned before the invasion. Yet, despite their gloom, every one of the officers favors continuing--indeed, augmenting--the war effort. If the U.S. leaves, they say, the chaos in central Iraq could threaten the stability of the entire Middle East. And al-Qaeda operatives like al-Zarqawi could have a relatively safe base of operations in the Sunni triangle. "We have never taken this operation seriously enough," says a retired senior military official with experience in Iraq. "We have never provided enough troops...
...told TIME Senior Correspondent Adam Zagorin: "Some of the European countries and America are using the Security Council as a threat. They threaten us so that we give up our rights. We have had more than 1,200 man-days of inspections, something that is really without precedent in the last 40 years. Their monitoring cameras are everywhere in our facilities. At the same time, we see that some powers continue to expand their armaments. We see that the occupiers of Jerusalem have been getting nuclear warheads. But there is absolutely no report about controls in countries where nuclear arms...
...course, Bush has a history of floundering at the start of a crisis and then finding his voice. Handling Sept. 11 is now considered his finest hour, even though he stumbled dramatically at first. But last week offered no New York bullhorn moment. He can't threaten to get Katrina "dead or alive." The victims didn't need a photo-op gesture of reassurance so much as water, food and escape, plus help for the long haul. And for an Administration that has staked its reputation on fighting the war on terrorism, no one can be very encouraged...
...users to browse the Web and download music without coming near a mobile network. Nokia, for instance, is building wi-fi into its N91, a slick, music-playing phone capable of storing 3,000 songs, due by the end of the year. Wi-fi and other Net connections also threaten operators' profitable text-messaging business, because users can send IP-based "instant messages" instead. Of course, mobile operators will not sit idly by. Some will point out that wi-fi phones have short battery life and poor wandering capabilities. Mobile operators are also requesting that handset makers like Nokia...