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...Bush administration to challenge the naysayers among its European and Arab allies to come up with an alternative means of enforcing the U.N. writ on Iraq's weapons program, as opposed to the current situation in which most allies perceive the U.S. as the would-be initiator of an unpopular aggression...
...goals via a consensus achieved behind-closed-doors with the conservative religious leadership. It's a high-stakes political gamble that is likely to restore Khatami's standing among ordinary Iranians, and undermine the hard-liners who cling to the ideology of "revolutionary unity" as the pretext for their unpopular policies - and are therefore terrified of being exposed as being at odds with an overwhelmingly popular president...
...snows cleared for the annual spring military campaign, a joint offensive against Massoud by the Taliban and al-Qaeda seemed likely. But the influence of al-Qaeda on the Taliban was proving deeply unpopular among ordinary Afghans, especially in the urban centers. "I thought at most 20% of the population supported the Taliban by early summer," says Vendrell. And bin Laden's power made Massoud's plea for outside assistance more urgent. "We told the Americans--we told everyone--that al-Qaeda was set upon a transnational program," says Abdullah Abdullah, once a close aide to Massoud...
...manager for Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management in Los Angeles, warns that if a company trades below $2 and carries a heavy debt load, the chances of long-term survival fade. With plenty of cash and a sensible strategy, the odds are better. That's why Majcher likes Gateway, an unpopular view among some analysts. Its stock is trading 95% off its peak, after a series of missteps. Majcher expects PC sales to pick up eventually. With zero debt and $1 billion in cash on its balance sheet, Gateway is an unlikely candidate for bankruptcy...
Person of the Week Hong Kong's unpopular Chief Executive TUNG CHEE-HWA bet the farm-and about $2.9 billion-that building a Disney theme park would revive his city's moribund economy. But news that Disney may be planning another park in the former colony's archrival Shanghai has Hong Kongers feeling that Scrooge McDuck has picked their pocket...