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From the October 2001 Issue
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Everything for a Price: Corruption's Toll on the Health of Nations
Whether the payoff is called baksheesh, la mordida, kola, Schmiergeld, or chai-pani Kharcha, whether corruption involves graft, extortion, fraud, embezzlement, nepotism, cronyism, money laundering, or just a mandatory tip, in a culture of corruption, ordinary people pay the price. We survey international press coverage of corruption's toll on the health of nations. Full Story


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Inheriting Indonesia

Her name literally means “daughter of the storm clouds,” which may just make President Megawati Sukarnoputri the best person to lead Indonesia out of its current state of instability. We review the international press reaction to Indonesia's changing of the guard.

Regional Reports
Iran: Homicidal Web

Israel: Diplomatic Dust-Up

Italy: Death in Genoa

Austria/Czech Republic: Turmoil over Temelin

Nepal: Dueba's Difference

Sri Lanka: When Tigers Pounce

Nicaragua: The Return of Ortega

Colombia: Flap over Fumigation

Swaziland: Draconian Decree

Pan-Africa: The African Union

Nations
This Island Is Not a Nation

People
Indro Montanelli: Reporting the 20th Century

Dita Indah Sari: Indonesian Labor Leader

Jorge Castañeda: Mexico’s Foreign Minister

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Thailand and Laos: Face-Off over a Film

Science
Plant Fumes in Power Vacuum


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In Responsibilities Begin Dreams

 
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Northern Ireland: Deadlock in the Peace Process, Again

The Debate over Human Cloning


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Cubans, Seeing Two Americas, React to Terrorist Attacks with Grief, Admonition

Rebuilding Croatia: An Interview with Croatian President Stjepan Mesic

When Two Elephants Meet: Sudanese Refugees in Cairo

The Confessions of a Freezer Truck Driver

Media, Mafia and Monopoly in Bulgaria

Azerbaijan: Newly Independent but Mired in Corruption

From the World's Press
Undefined Terminology in the Cooperative Effort to Fight Against Terrorism | Abd al-Rahman al-Rashid, Al-Sharq al-Awsat (Saudi-owned), London, England, Sept. 17, 2001 (translated, posted Oct. 2, 2001)

United States Should Re-Examine its Policies First | Dr. Fayiz Rasheed, Al-Hayat Al-Jadedah (government-owned), East Jerusalem, Palestinian National Authority, Sept. 19, 2001 (translated, posted Sept. 28, 2001).

Time to Rein in Mugabe | Editorial, Sunday Times (independent), Johannesburg, South Africa, Aug. 12, 2001.

A U.S. Boycott Must Not Stop this Show | Editorial, City Press (keyed to black South African Market), Johannesburg, Aug. 12, 2001.
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Police Extend Senate Anthrax Tests | BBC (news agency), London, England, Oct. 16, 2001.

U.S. Defense Officials: Low-Altitude Gunships Struck Taliban Headquarters, Troop Complex | Agence France-Presse (news agency), Paris, France, Oct. 16, 2001.

Red Cross Warehouse Destroyed in U.S. Attack | The Independent Online (conservative), Johannesburg, South Africa, Oct. 16, 2001.

Blair Backs Call for a Palestinian State | George Jones and Inigo Gilmore, The Daily Telegraph (conservative), London, England, Oct. 16, 2001.

Powell Arrives in India | Ashwani Talwar, The Times of India (conservative), New Delhi, Oct. 16, 2001.

Pakistan Welcomes Powell with General Strike | Sabihuddin Ghausi and Saleem Shahid, Dawn (centrist), Lahore, Pakistan, Oct. 15, 2001.

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