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...protests against a possible war on Iraq and a disputed U.S. bombing on the border with Afghanistan. Pakistani politicians claimed the U.S. had bombed a disused Islamic seminary inside Pakistan, but U.S. officials said that the incident took place on the Afghan side of the frontier. IVORY COAST Fragile Truce President Laurent Gbagbo promised to expel foreign mercenaries and stop aerial bombings, after government helicopters attacked a fishing village and left 12 civilians dead. France condemned the raid as an "intolerable" violation of the cease-fire between the government and the main rebel group, the Ivory Coast Patriotic Movement (MPCI...
...Woodpushers around the world who were watching Game 8 on the Web were disappointed that Kramnik, the pre-match favorite, did not crush the silicon beast. Chess players were angry at the Russian grand master for calling a truce without a fight. "There should be a new rule," said Tony Rook, host of the Web site http://chess.fm. "If you draw before move 30, you're barred from chess for life...
...Coast could destabilize the region, a group of West African leaders put a 2,500-man intervention force on standby as they negotiated a cease-fire. French and American soldiers also rescued hundreds of their nationals. Late last week the government and the rebels were thrashing out a shaky truce, but Ivory Coast is likely to remain divided. Gbagbo, like his predecessors, has inflamed racial tensions by pushing an "Ivoirité" policy, which favored natives and left many foreign-born residents with few rights. The rebels have targeted leading proponents of this divisive concept, including Interior Minister Emile Boga Doudou...
...halted $1 billion in revenues per day, hitting Asian Pacific economies especially hard as companies like Toyota and Nissan were forced to stop production or find other ways to ship products to North America. Foes Fall Into Tough Love U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Harvey Pitt reached a truce with New York attorney general Eliot Spitzer in their battle to look toughest on corporate misdeeds. The two will jointly focus on separating research from investment banking The Best-Laid Plans A survey by the Business Council shows that 50% of the largest U.S. companies have changed their business plans...
...pipeline opens in 2005. THE BOURSE Not So Fabulous, Darling Retailer Harvey Nichols - Harvey Nicks of sitcom Absolutely Fabulous fame - hasn't amused investors lately. So Dickson Poon, who floated 49.9% of the company at $4.20 a share in 1991, is taking it back for $3.87 Chocolate War Truce Activists in Pennsylvania pulled off a surprise coup as the Hershey Trust gave in to local opposition and stopped the sale of the confectioner, despite a bid by Wrigley of $12.5 billion. Discredited Swiss Switzerland's bank secrecy can't hide the problems at Credit Suisse. After shares fell 50% this...