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...Europe was concerned. Those days are long gone. This week the leaders of the 19 North Atlantic Treaty Organization member countries gather in Prague to embark on what's meant to be the alliance's most ambitious enlargement yet: Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia - all armed with more will than power - are expected to get invitations to join. But with more terrorist attacks and a war against Iraq on the horizon, the top priority for NATO isn't enlargement, but transformation: in the post-Sept. 11 world, what exactly is NATO for? Last year's terror attacks...
...Europe," he insists, before walking down a quiet street (only a few people have bothered to ask him about Nice, as it turns out, and most of them are reporters). He boards an open-topped double-decker bus full of like-minded activists from Estonia, Finland, Denmark and Slovenia - a sign on the side calls it the speak-up-for-small-nations democracy tour. Until Saturday's vote, the tour will be zooming around Ireland - which happens to be the biggest net beneficiary of E.U. subsidies - trying to convince its voters to make the E.U. harder for other small nations...
...their club went the full distance in the Spanish King's Cup and the European Champions League. And yet, Madrid stars Raul, Fernando Hierro and Ivan Helguera were able to do the business in their national colors. Raul wasn't complaining of exhaustion after a grueling opening game against Slovenia in the humidity of Kwangju. The striker was hungry for more. "If we carry on working as hard as that, we can achieve something great," he said. Indeed, hard running was the key to Spain's three-for-three performance. And yet, as his team prepared for its second-round...
Bush's advisers say the key to his attitude adjustment regarding Putin was the two leaders' first encounter, in Ljubljana, Slovenia, last June; Bush decided within two hours of meeting him that Putin was a man he could trust. Bush's remarks--"I looked the man in the eye," he said, and "I was able to get a sense of his soul"--elicited snickers from journalists and grimaces from his advisers, who feared Bush was swooning over Putin the way they had accused Clinton of falling for Yeltsin. Former Clintonites rolled their eyes at the irony. "I've known Putin...
...Playing in Group B, Spain could sleepwalk its way to the next round. With quality players like Raul Gonzalez Blanco, Luis Enrique Martinez Garcia and Gaizka Mendieta, the Spaniards should cream Paraguay, as well as Slovenia, the smallest country to qualify; and South Africa is hopelessly out of its depth with striker Sean Bartlett lost despite Benni McCarthy's recent run of form. Spain as ever oozes class. The only question seems to be: Will the Spaniards choke in the quarters this year or wait until the semis...