News on 4.03.04
George Bush's credibility A matter of trust Apr 1st 2004 | WASHINGTON, DC From The Economist print edition Evidence is growing that the Bush administration has misled the public. But most voters, so far, are inclined to forgive Get article background GEORGE BUSH ran for president in 2000 promising to raise the tone of debate in Washington. He was not saying merely that he wouldn't have sex with interns. He was talking about basic honesty, promising to look facts in the face, not to...
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Taiwan Living with the enemy Apr 1st 2004 | TAIPEI From The Economist print edition China may have to adapt AFP Lien Chan: not waving but drowning Get article background CHEERINGLY for Taiwan, the political storm surrounding President Chen Shui-bian's re-election by a thin majority appears to be subsiding. Even China, which despises Mr Chen, may well be relieved that Taiwan has not sunk into chaos; a condition which, as it reminded the island threateningly last week, might force it to...
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Paying for the old Work, work, work Mar 25th 2004 From The Economist print edition Time to panic AP OLD age, said Maurice Chevalier, the dapper French crooner , For most of the elderly in rich countries, it is better than ever before. The triumph of the welfare state on both sides of the Atlantic is that the old are now no poorer than the young. Indeed in some countries, such as Germany, old people are typically better off, counting the value of all they receive from government, than...
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The murder that sparked the genocide Who shot down the presidents' plane? Mar 25th 2004 From The Economist print edition An unresolved mystery AFP Get article background EVEN now, nobody knows who lit the fuse. On April 6th 1994, two missiles struck a plane carrying Rwanda's Hutu president, Juvenal Habyarimana, and his Burundian counterpart, killing all aboard. Within hours, the genocide had begun. The Hutu fanatics who seized power blamed the Tutsi rebels of the RPF for the...
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Europe's unpopular governments Reluctant reformers Apr 1st 2004 From The Economist print edition European leaders need to make a better case for reform AFP ACROSS the continent, Europe's voters are posing a conundrum for their governments. Most Europeans now accept, as a general proposition, that if their economies are to return to faster growth, and unemployment is to be cut, their bloated pension, welfare and health-care systems, and their rigid labour-market regulations, all need...
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Arab democracy Imaginable? Apr 1st 2004 From The Economist print edition Despite its summit fiasco, the Arab world is groping for democracy AP NOTHING better illustrates the distress of the Arab world than the muddle, buck-passing and recrimination that attended this week's last-minute postponement of the Arab League's annual summit in Tunis. For sure, such meetings have in the past all too often distinguished themselves by the sanctimonious irrelevance of their declarations and a...
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Italy's economy Berlusconi's desperate gamble Apr 1st 2004 | ROME From The Economist print edition The prime minister's last-ditch hopes of pepping up a moribund economy may come to nothing Get article background HIS back to the wall, desperately thrusting and parrying, the hero leaps for the chandelier. His assailants look on as he swings out of reach. Silvio Berlusconi may hope that he has pulled off a similar stunt with a pledge to slash taxes as a way of reviving both Italy's...
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Oil prices Shocking Mar 25th 2004 From The Economist print edition Oil prices are not as high as they look, nor yet a big threat to economic growth CRUDE oil prices topped $38 a barrel last week, their highest since October 1990. They have since slipped back slightly, but prices at America's petrol pumps are now at their highest ever. This has prompted some economists to start fretting about rising inflation or even a sharp slowdown in growth. They should relax the moment. This is not...
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Microsoft Different strokes Mar 25th 2004 From The Economist print edition Is the EU ruling against Microsoft merely a case of history repeating itself? Actually, no AP STOP us if you've heard this one before. Microsoft, the world's largest software company, has been found guilty of abusing its monopoly. Its crime was to stifle competition by including( ) another of its programs with every copy of its Windows operating system, which is installed on over 90% of PCsbiquity of Microsoft's...
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Israel and Palestine Has the death of the sheikh really changed anything? Mar 25th 2004 | GAZA AND JERUSALEM From The Economist print edition Reuters The assassination of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin should not divert attention from deeper changes in Israeli politics Get article background THOSE two tangled entitiesor to an even bloodier version of the stalemate that has long been a major cause of instability throughout the Middle East. The assassination by Israeli forces on March 22nd of...
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