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Michel Bon turned France Telecom (FT) from a national fixed-line phone company into a European powerhouse. But the acquisition binge that brought the company Orange, a 28.5% stake in MobilCom and a disastrously expensive 3G presence also left it with a staggering debt of nearly ?70 billion, and as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France Telecom Says Bon Voyage | 9/15/2002 | See Source »

Supporting a call for new U.N. weapons inspections in Iraq is tricky ground for President Bush, and some of his more hawkish advisers have made no secret of their disdain for the idea. Vice President Cheney warned this week that Saddam has mastered the art of confounding the inspection regime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Bush Take Iraq Strike to U.N.? | 9/5/2002 | See Source »

Raising the new force is proving as tricky as arming it. More than 500 men signed up for the first battalion. Most were flown to Kabul from provincial recruitment centers; others arrived on horseback or on foot. One 14-year-old boy, an orphan, tried to sign up; the Americans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army On A Shoe String | 8/26/2002 | See Source »

The central government has hit back. Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who also serves as Malaysia's Home Minister, has vowed that the police force-which is controlled by the central government-will not enforce the hudud laws. And he declared that the country's federally run prisons won...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Code of Their Own | 8/26/2002 | See Source »

Can water be bad for your waistline? America's increasing thirst for fortified waters, which have added vitamins, minerals, herbal supplements and, yes, lots of sugar, has made products like Glaceau's vitamin waters huge sellers. Now, big guns like Pepsi and Snapple, trying to raise their share of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Water, Water Everywhere...and Calories Too | 8/19/2002 | See Source »

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