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Qatar's new al-Udeid Air Base could serve as the command-and-control center for any American-led war against Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq. Such a center already exists in Saudi Arabia, but the regime there is hesitant to let the U.S. use it in a new confrontation, for fear that anti-American sentiment would rebound against them. Qatari officials, on the other hand, are eager "to handcuff themselves to the U.S.," as a Western diplomat puts it. The emir is gambling that, in return, Washington will provide protection for the country against a resurgent Saddam...
...potentially interested in exploiting the technology, handset manufacturers' biggest customers - mobile operators - aren't requesting it. "No one is going to own up to this, but there is a desire and real pressure on the part of mobile operators to limit its development," says Andy Brown, a U.K.-based research manager for the technology research firm IDC. Saving customers money may not be the first priority for operators struggling with billions of dollars of debt. But the standoff is frustrating companies working on ways to allow cost-efficient roaming across different phone platforms such as Norwood Systems, and a competitor...
...flooded worse - and with potentially greater consequences - than the banks. Last week Deutsche Bank, Germany's largest and considered its strongest, posted a surprise third-quarter, pre-tax loss of [EURO] 181 million, down from a [EURO]363 million profit for the same period in 2001. Deutsche's Munich-based counterpart HVB, Germany's second-largest bank and Europe's largest lender, also posted a third-quarter loss - of j447 million, compared to a j94 million profit for the same period last year. Commerzbank and Dresdner Bank, a unit of insurance giant Allianz since 2001, look set to follow suit...
Johnson advocates decriminalizing personal drug use—though not drug dealing—and legalizing prostitution, which she argues will broaden the tax base...
...easy to clean. “In most instances we can wipe off the substance (shaving cream, soap, food debris, etc.) with a rag,” he writes in an e-mail. “For urine, we wash the statue (as well as the area around the base) with a hose.” John Harvard gets attacked about once a week, especially during football season. “They’ve even had guards posted there and it still gets it!” remarks Wayne Baker of Facility Maintenance Operations...