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...trader was actually sitting at home in Baghdad, waiting. He knew it was only a matter of time before the Americans came. It was just after curfew on the night of June 22, ten weeks after Saddam Hussein's fall, when he heard a helicopter overhead, the humvees in the street outside, the knock at the door. U.S. soldiers came rushing into the house, broke his bed, searched everywhere, then put a blindfold on him and drove him away...
...trader's story offers A glimpse into the challenges faced by David Kay, a co-head of the Iraq Survey Group, charged by the CIA with finding the WMD the Bush Administration insists Iraq has. Kay is expected to release a status report on his findings soon, possibly this week. While stressing that the account will not be the Survey Group's final word, CIA spokesman Bill Harlow allows that it "won't rule anything in or out." That remark seems a tacit acknowledgment that the U.S., after nearly six months of searching, has yet to find definitive evidence that...
...gift that will collect dust. But for a truly tasty idea, and one that won't take up much luggage space, bag some spices. Why buy condiments in a faraway land when you can grab a jar at your local supermarket? Well, according to Hong Kong-based spice trader Jerome Stewart, supermarket seasonings usually contain preservatives and other odorous chemicals. And, he notes, the multihued heaps at native markets are cheaper - by up to 80%. Two of the best countries for spice hunting were once key destinations along the Silk Road, the ancient spice-and-textile trade route. India...
...lung cancer; in Los Angeles. A reformed hard drinker whose vivid musical tales were likened to mini-screenplays, Zevon first made a splash with the 1978 album Excitable Boy, featuring a novelty hit, Werewolves of London, about beasts who mutilate old ladies and then drink pina coladas at Trader Vic's. He went on to show his skill at tender ballads, true-crime tales and bluesy odes to doom and death in more than a dozen albums. After he went public with his cancer diagnosis last year, he produced, with the help of admirers like Bruce Springsteen, Emmylou Harris...
...labor standards. When Joe Lieberman attacked this new position in last week's debate, Dean modified it again, saying he would accept international standards, which are weaker than American ones. Most of Dean's rivals seem to be wandering down the same path. (John Kerry, a career free trader, is suddenly open to renegotiating the existing deals.) There are extravagant lamentations over the decline in manufacturing, which accounts for the lion's share of the 3 million jobs lost on Bush's watch, but that loss obscures the more salubrious effects of free trade--lower prices. "The trade agreements...