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...worst governments with nuclear technology only served to emphasize the contradictory nature of our "friendship" with that fragile country. "It's true the Pakistanis have helped us to capture some of the leading al-Qaeda figures," says Jessica Stern of Harvard, a terrorism expert. "But you also have to wonder: Why do we find them all in Pakistan...
...ended on a down note in December with the failure to reach consensus on a European Constitution. And though observers say his exclusion from this week's summit should not necessarily be seen as a slap, it still leaves the Prime Minister to face the music at home and wonder what the Big Three are cooking up. "Optimism," Berlusconi told the TV audience, "is a duty for the Prime Minister." He always puts the best face on things...
...Ever wonder why the Amish look so fit? In an experiment, 100 adults in an Amish farming community in southern Ontario wore pedometers and logged their physical activity for a week. Not surprisingly, the Amish, who favor a 19th century lifestyle, were quite active. The men reported 10 hours of vigorous work a week and averaged 18,425 steps a day. All told, they engaged in six times as much physical activity as did their "modern" counterparts. The bottom line? Only 4% of the Amish men were obese, vs. 31% of non-Amish men. And this despite plenty of potatoes...
...they play mainly degrading sexual games indoors. Eventually they find themselves eating garbage. Eventually Isabelle flirts with suicide. Eventually a revolutionary rock, tossed through their window, awakens the dreamers from their dream, and the French pair is last glimpsed throwing Molotov cocktails at the gendarmes. Eventually you begin to wonder what in the world has got into Bernardo Bertolucci...
...shelf corporations available so that you can establish a history for your company," touts an ad for one service firm on the territory. Is it the Cayman Islands? Monaco? The Bahamas? No, it's the U.S. state of Delaware, and the services offered there are entirely legal. No wonder success is so elusive in the growing international effort to crack down on tax fraud: one man's shady haven is another man's low-tax financial-services center. Tax havens have been around almost as long as taxes. They have mushroomed in size and importance since the 1970s, when large...