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...Secrets, the work of a special panel appointed by Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger in the wake of the Navy's Walker-family spy scandal last summer. The 14-member panel, headed by retired Army General Richard Stilwell, offered 63 recommendations for combating the plague of espionage. Among them: tougher criminal laws to punish defense contractors and Government workers who mishandle secret information, more restrictive secrecy classifications and expanded use of lie-detector tests for military personnel...
WORLD: EgyptAir 648's hijacking ends in savagery and tragedy 42 Lucky survivors tell chilling tales of the nightmare that resulted in the death of 57 innocent travelers. Governments get tougher with terrorists, but will it do any good? Sabotage strands 10 million Japanese commuters. U.S. arms earmarked for Afghan rebels make dangerous detours in Pakistan. The perils and challenges of building a railroad through Africa's jungle...
...increase in twisty, high-tech rides and a tougher safety standard cued by the California court could make for a rough summer. "If a bus took you down hills at 60 m.p.h. and made you scream, that would be a problem," says John Robinson of California's amusement-park association. "If a roller coaster doesn't do that, then nobody will ride it." --By Laura Locke and Barbara Liston
...people are still poor if they lack jobs. One of Wolfowitz's big challenges will be to kick-start growth in countries that seem stuck in an endless cycle of poverty. The Bank has also striven to combat corruption among governments that receive Bank assistance, insisting that countries meet tougher standards for transparency. But some outsiders say the Bank remains too lenient. Republican U.S. Senator Richard Lugar introduced a bill last month that would help poor countries fight corruption, and that encourages transparency and accountability in multinational development banks. "Within the Bank as a whole there appears...
...nuclear bombs. Meanwhile, a meeting between South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun and U.S. President George W. Bush, despite declarations of unity, ended with the two allies unable to agree, as usual, whether to coax North Korean despot Kim Jong Il with aid and trade or hammer him with tougher economic sanctions...