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ARUSHA, Tanzania — As I prepared to live in rural Tanzania for eight weeks, I knew not to have particularly high expectations about the food I would encounter there. Two weeks of orientation seemed to prove me right—we were served the same beef stew, which...
Both Half-Blood Prince and Deathly Hallows are quite different from previous installments. How have you prepared yourself for the plot's darker, deeper scenes? - Josh Hertzel, Omaha, Neb. To be honest, that's the kind of stuff I like doing and gravitate toward naturally. It probably comes easier to...
The Swiss claim that the U.S. proceeding against UBS breaks the terms of the treaty between the two countries that permits an exchange of information on tax matters only in individual cases where a specific and justified request is made. "The blocking order that the Swiss government is prepared to...
If recent election results are any indication, the Japanese electorate is prepared to end the LDP's long stint running the country. In Tokyo's Metropolitan Assembly elections, considered a bellwether of the country's mood, the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) for the first time won a majority...
Funding is another issue. The European Commission has promised $350 million from the E.U.'s $7 billion economic-stimulus fund to jump-start the project, and the European Investment Bank has said it is prepared to finance up to a quarter of the pipeline's cost, about $3 billion. But...