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...THINK HILLARY CLINTON HAS DONE AS A SENATOR? She has a very different philosophy, a very different approach to govern-ment. So it would be hard from my perspective and philosophy to evaluate her performance. For example, I am a very, very big supporter of a reduction in the capital-gains tax and a reduction in taxation to stimulate the economy. I saw it work as mayor of New York City. I reduced the hotel-occupancy tax 30plus percent, and the hotel-occupancy receipts went up 60 percent. Lower federal tax rates mean more dollars in the New York economy...
...Yang Bin Flower-seed king, reportedly worth $900 million, was set to head a North Korean free-trade zone until Beijing accused him of invest-ment scams, fraud and bribery. Shares of his company have since fallen...
...DETAINED. AUNG SAN SUU KYI, 57, Nobel Peace Prize winner and leader of Burma's National League of Democracy (NLD) party; by Burma's military junta after riots occurred last Friday during her trip to the northern town of Yaway Oo. Govern-ment spokesmen stated that Suu Kyi, who had been released from house arrest in May 2002, was in "protective custody" along with 17 other NLD leaders. Police also sealed off the NLD headquarters in Rangoon...
Gene-therapy trials in France and the U.S. for the bubble-boy disease are halted after a child undergoing treat-ment develops a leukemia-like disease...
...hammock contemplating king prawns in chili sauce. But it's not the meals I miss so much as the sense of purpose meals provide. Eating gives me something to do. The closest I come to cheating happens one afternoon in the spa while undergoing a papaya body-wrap treat-ment. As I lie mari-nating in the pulpy, orange goop, I realize that with a little bend-ing, I could eat the for-bidden fruit slathered on my shoulder. I resist. I'm not hungry, only bored...