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...troops in the country likely to be the strongest Arab supporter of any attack on Iraq, and journalists report seeing scores of battle tanks there, too. Regardless of President Bush's final intent, war talk - and preparations - have begun to dominate the politics of the Gulf and the wider Arab world, deepening tensions between governments traditionally supportive of the U.S. and their increasingly anti-American citizenry. U.S. planners will certainly take Tuesday's incident as a warning of what may lie ahead if terrorist groups - whether or not they're operationally linked with al-Qaeda - seek to ride that anti...
...perhaps not. George Bush's speech to the United Nations last month explicitly cast America's Iraq ambitions in terms much wider than the removal of Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction. Bush contemplated nothing less than a remaking of the Middle East into an area of democracy and economic freedom. The President looked forward to a day when "the people of Iraq" can join a "democratic Afghanistan and a democratic Palestine, inspiring reforms throughout the Muslim world...
...revenue from concerts and merchandise hit $1.6 billion, which is why this EMI deal may offer a new model. Williams is no longer just a recording artist, but a franchise that EMI can spin off into everything from T shirts to action figures. By buying into Williams's wider activities, EMI hopes to swing even when CD sales aren't winning. BANKING "Opening The Lid" In Japan Heizo Takanaka must have the most stressful job in Japan - not easy in a country where train drivers have committed suicide for falling one minute behind schedule. Last week Prime Minister Junichiro Koizuimi...
Accompanying the general trend, math and science offerings under the freshman seminar program have also proliferated. Whereas in past years these fields were underrepresented, now first-years interested in math and science fields will have a wider range of relevant topics to explore...
...Daschle off were the morning's papers, which quoted President Bush as telling a political rally that the Democratic Senate was "not interested in the security of the American people." Bush had been talking about a stalled homeland-security bill, but the narrow criticism would instantly have a wider and damaging resonance. And that's what sent Daschle into orbit. Punching the air at times, his voice cracking into an infuriated whisper, Daschle demanded an apology. "We ought not to politicize the rhetoric about war and life and death," he said. "This has got to end, Mr. President." Down...