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...little hassle. So, how is this somewhat larger ship going to cause all the possible problems mentioned in your article? Jim Kashishian Madrid The report on freedom of the seas noted that the ship sailed out of Miami and made references to the Statue of Liberty, so I'm concerned that readers might be left with the wrong idea about where the ship was built. The world's biggest cruise ship was built in Finland; it took about 7 million working hours to complete, in a nation of about 5 million people. Raikko Hytonen Helsinki Get Tough with Tehran...
...missiles. And though indications were the test failed in midair, the news - combined with more saber-rattling earlier this week from Pyongyang, which warned it would respond with an "annihilating strike and a nuclear war" to any U.S. preemptive attack - won't do much to calm Washington's concern over North Korea's steady march to strategic nuclear capability. The Taepodong-2 is believed by U.S. intelligence to have three stages, which would could allow its payload to reach anywhere in the U.S. And that prospect has brought back into sharp focus the debate over U.S. missile defense, which...
...more like a couple in love: they've decided to marry and now what's left is to learn to live together on a day-to-day basis." Even so, love may not conquer all. China is Russia's biggest customer for military equipment, but Moscow still has enough concern about China's intentions that it won't sell Beijing its best stuff. China wanted a new 4,100-km oil pipeline to go from Siberia directly into its territory, to ensure control over supplies; instead, Russia is building the main line to Nakhodka on the Pacific, from where...
...production and reserves. The company's initial public offering (ipo) prospectus lists more than $47 billion in outstanding legal claims relating to the Yukos affair, and Khodorkovsky's lawyer, Robert Amsterdam, decries Rosneft as "the handmaiden of expropriation." Security Even some investors who are bullish on Russia are concerned. "The Russian legal system is not a credible one, and that has a visible impact on the safety of investments in the country," says Karina Litvack, the head of corporate governance and socially responsible investing at the London investment firm F&C Asset Management, who urges investors to "tread carefully" before...
...message from Khan, accompanied by a statement by Osama bin Laden's deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, in which Khan identifies the London bombings as part of al-Qaeda's global jihad, and al-Zawahiri threatens further attacks. Radicalizing But the extent of al-Qaeda's role is a minor concern, compared with the need to understand the bombers' motivation. What triggers young Muslims' interest in the ideology of extremist Islamic organizations? Research indicates that for many, the invasion and occupation of Iraq has been an important catalyst. Measures designed to prevent terrorism can also have the undesired effect of further...