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...region," both to protect the country and to stabilize its neighbors. The nine-nation mission to restore order to Solomon Islands, he says, is a model of what close cooperation can achieve. Australia and New Zealand are also helping small states update antiquated laws. Police had to wait 14 months to smash the ice gang because Fijian law does not ban methamphetamine's ingredients, only the finished product. A new drug bill - increasing the top sentence for trafficking from eight years to life - was not ready to put to Parliament until the day of the raid...
...part, G.A.M. says its fighters can outlast anything the government throws at them. "It costs a lot of money to run a big campaign, and Indonesia's economy is weak," says a slight, soft-spoken G.A.M. representative who calls himself Tengku, a common honorific in Aceh. "We can wait until the money runs out. We have fought them for 27 years. We can fight on for three times that long until the Indonesians finally get tired and go home." But given the rate at which people are dying or fleeing the province, there will be far fewer Acehnese left...
...Tenet's departure and had not pushed him out. "This was obviously not expected," said a senior Administration official. "The President was sorry to hear the news, but it was very clear that [Tenet] had made the decision." Friends say Tenet wanted to leave months ago but opted to wait until the 9/11 commission and the Senate Intelligence Committee looking into prewar intelligence had ended hearings. "I was the guy who was here for it all," he told them. "I thought it was my responsibility [to stay...
Reagan also lacked the true performer's love of being minutely scrutinized. Bluffly outgoing, infallibly at ease in large groups, he seemed inhibited by screen intimacy. He had trouble sustaining an emotion in close-up, as if he couldn't wait for someone, anyone, to yell, "Cut!" You can almost read the fear on Reagan's face. Only his eyebrow was cocky...
Here Come iTunes (At Last!) Could the wait finally be over? Having sold 85 million songs since its U.S. launch more than a year ago, Apple's iTunes music store is expected online in Europe this week, with the U.K., France and Germany its likely first markets. But Apple should brace for a fight: more than 50 online music sites already play to 800,000 subscribers in Europe. Napster went legit in the U.K. last month, and plans to expand in Europe. Sony Connect plans to cross the Atlantic within weeks. Even Microsoft is reportedly negotiating to put Beatles' songs...