Newsweek International articles from December 2003

Newsweek International archives from December 2003

Mail Call.(Letter to the Editor)
December 1, 2003... Our Oct. 20 cover story on Arnold Schwarzenegger's election win split our readers' responses. "I can't believe it--he's the image of violence!" gasped one. Cheered another, "His victory is proof of democracy." The Terminator Triumphs ...

New Tales Of Graft And Greed.(political corruption on the rise in India)
December 1, 2003... Indians can be forgiven if they are suffering from corruption fatigue. Almost daily they seem to be bombarded with yet another official scandal. Despite her vociferous denials, the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh was forced to resign this...

Generation M.(Muslims asserting themselves in European countries)(Column)
December 1, 2003... The debate about where or whether Islam belongs in Europe has become a conversational genre. To ban or not to ban headscarves in schools? Terrorism versus civil liberties? Whither multiculturalism? All worthy questions, you may say, but what do...

A Province That Works.(Mendoza, Argentina)
December 1, 2003... In 1835 Charles Darwin described the Argentine province of Mendoza as having a "sad and disagreeable aspect," and he noted that the population in recent years had suffered a "fall in prosperity." Few people could dispute the famed scientist....

Key Numbers, Worth Watching.(international economic relations)
December 1, 2003... 8.3 and 1.19, 4 and 0.4, 175 and 1,639. These are very powerful numbers. If in coming months any of them changes drastically, the world will change: 8.3 is how many Chinese renminbi can be purchased with $1 U.S.; 1.19 is the number of U.S....

Diseases of the Mind.(scientists believe infections may play role in mental illness)
December 1, 2003... Olga Skipko has had the good fortune to live most of her adult life in the Polish village of Gruszki, in the heart of the Puszcza Bialowieska, one of Europe's most beautiful forests and home to wolves, lynxes and the endangered European bison....

Taking a Fresh Look At Nazism.(The Coming of the Third Reich)(Book Review)
December 1, 2003... When Hitler became chancellor of Germany in 1933, an army of Brownshirts paraded through Berlin to thunderous cheers. In the first volume of a new trilogy on Nazi Germany, "The Coming of the Third Reich" (641 pages. Allen Lane), Richard J....

Using Science for the Greater Evil.(Hitler's Scientists: Science, War and the Devil's Pact)(Book Review)
December 1, 2003... German scientists led the world at the turn of the 20th century, transforming lives with advances like Wilhelm Konrad Rontgen's X-rays and Fritz Haber's nitrogen fertilizer created from thin air. Einstein's theory of relativity and Max Planck's...

Zeroing In on Climate Change.(Column)
December 1, 2003... Zimmer is author of the book "Soul Made Flesh," which is due out in January. Just last October, when the U.S. Senate debated a bill that would have curbed emissions of carbon dioxide, the most critical greenhouse gas, Republican Sen. James...

Rising From the Ashes.(Venice's historic rebuilt opera house, La Fenice, soon to reopen to public)
December 1, 2003... When Paolo Costa became mayor of Venice three years ago, he asked his advisers two questions: "When will La Fenice be finished? And how much will it cost?" He had good reason to wonder. After the legendary 18th- century opera house burned to...

The Trouble with Trade.(Free Trade Area of the Americas talks)(Column)
December 1, 2003... At first blush, Jorge Lavandero would seem to have little in common with the young, rock-hurling demonstrators in gas masks and bandannas who converged on downtown Miami during last week's Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) talks. The...

Beating Up The Bully.(Maurice Sendak's new children's book based on Jewish opera)
December 1, 2003... Czech composer Hans Krasa and librettist Adolf Hoffmeister had just completed a children's opera when the Nazis invaded Czechoslovakia in 1938 and declared "Jewish music" unperformable. But their opera, "Brundibar," survived: four years later...

Master of Disaster.(French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin seen as indecisive, drops in popularity)
December 1, 2003... It seemed that French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin had finally found an issue he couldn't fumble. Public health versus Big Tobacco? A no-brainer. The government last month put through large tax increases on cigarettes, set fines for...

'We Feel It Every Day'.(former directors of Israel's Shin Bet call for peace negotiations)(Interview)
December 1, 2003... Earlier this month the Israeli daily Yediot Ahronot published a joint interview with four former directors of the Shin Bet, Israel's domestic intelligence service, that was notable for its sharp criticisms of the policies of Prime Minister...

A Short-Term Lease on Eternity.(graves emptied in Singapore when cemetery land is needed)
December 1, 2003... Here you are, having settled your old bones down for what should be the rest of eternity, when someone comes knocking on your American oak coffin just 15 years into your slumber. "Sorry, mate, we need this space." That's the way it is...

Perspectives.(quotations from around the world)
December 1, 2003... "They will be damned until eternity." Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on those responsible for the two truck-bomb explosions that killed at least 27 in Istanbul "The U.S. paved the way for these attacks... the U.S. is the...

Periscope.(international relations)
December 1, 2003... BRITAIN Quids, Pros and Cons In Istanbul, terrorists hit British targets, leaving behind devastation and carnage. At Westminster Abbey in London, President George W. Bush consoled the families of British troops who died in Iraq this...

Tip Sheet.(Playstation 2 gets new accessory; new punk rock CD; healthy beer)
December 1, 2003... TECHNOLOGY Playstation 2 Gets An Eyeful Who says women don't play videogames? Last August, Meredith Viera wowed her fellow hosts and a studio audience with her demonstration of EyeToy ($50; www.us.playstation.com), a brand-new...

The Shape of Things.(Letter to the Editor)
December 8, 2003... Readers of our Oct. 27 cover package on design were split over how objects shape our lives. One claimed, "Design has the power to change culture." Another groused, "Ugly and uncomfortable chairs are not changing my life." The "capital of style"...

The New, New Europe.(imbalance of power threatens stability of European Union)
December 8, 2003... The worm has turned. France and Germany assailed the United States for riding roughshod over other countries in the war on Iraq. Now they stand accused of being the America of Europe--a two-headed superpower that has the rest of the European...

A Crime And Its Cover-Up.(death of photojournalist Zahra Kazemi sparks distrust of political reformists, Iran)
December 8, 2003... With his suit, thin-rimmed glasses and trim beard, Said Mortazavi could pass as a college professor. But few of Iran's literati would mistake him for a colleague. During a three-year stint as head of Tehran's Press Court, Mortazavi was...

Justice in the Dock.(European Union watches case against former member of parliament Leyla Zana for signs of judicial corruption, Turkey)
December 8, 2003... Officially, Leyla Zana was the one on trial in Ankara's State Security Court No. 1 late last month. The former M.P., a Kurd, was imprisoned in 1994 for alleged "membership in an illegal terrorist organization." Her case is now being retried...

Serving the People.(China sees rise in volunteerism and charitable giving)
December 8, 2003... After a long career as a Russian interpreter for the Chinese government, Luo Xianqiu could be enjoying retirement at home. Instead, the perky 62-year-old is standing outside the Beijing Workers' Stadium on a cold, gray morning, teaching a...

A Would-Be Bolivar.(Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez as successor to legendary political activist Simon Bolivar)
December 8, 2003... It was billed as the inaugural meeting of the Bolivarian Congress of Peoples, and the three-day jamboree in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas had a distinctly defiant flavor. The congress brought together many leading lights of the Latin...

Not as Free As You Think.(free trade negotiations between U.S. and Europe)(trade relations between developing countries and industrialized countries)
December 8, 2003... Headlines tell us that world trade is threatened by the struggle between rich and poor nations that erupted at the last big summit in Cancun. The leaders of the two camps, Washington and Beijing, are now trading tariff threats and...

Sifting Through a Dark Business.(fighting diamond industry's underground market, Democratic Republic of the Congo)(investigation for corrupt practice in deal between Emaxon Finance Corp. and Miba)(Industry Overview)
December 8, 2003... The world's $7 billion rough-diamond industry thrives on secrecy. Victor Kasongo would like to change that. He heads the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Center for Evaluation, Expertise and Certification--a government agency that regulates...

Making News.(political plays)
December 8, 2003... At the start of Britain's recent inquiry into the death of defense scientist David Kelly, attorney Geoffrey Robertson requested that the proceedings be televised. Kelly was the alleged source behind the BBC's claim that the government had...

'It Could Have Gone Badly'.(Georgian political leader Mikhail Saakashvili on his country's future)(Interview)
December 8, 2003... Georgia's recent "rose revolution" was the latest inspiring (it helps being televised) episode of pure people's democracy breaking out. On Nov. 23 the bloodless revolt toppled President Eduard Shevardnadze, 75, long acclaimed in the West for...

Fear of Flying? Take the Train.(author recounts one woman's effort to cure herself of phobia)
December 8, 2003... My friend Cath gets into her airplane seat like a death-row inmate being strapped into an electric chair. There's the same combination of terror and resignation in her eyes that comes from the certainty of imminent doom. Like one out of...

Twilight of the PC Era?(freelance writer shocks with suggestion that information technology craze is winding down)
December 8, 2003... Nicholas Carr seems an unlikely candidate for the technology world's Public Enemy No. 1. A mild-mannered 44-year-old magazine editor and freelance writer, he's spent five years laboring for the Harvard Business Review, not exactly a hotbed of...

He's Still Having Fun.(Bill Gates)(Interview)
December 8, 2003... Bill Gates acknowledges in a draft of an upcoming white paper that "computing today is at a crossroads." But he's got no doubt about the ultimate destination: more innovation, with his own company leading the way, of course. NEWSWEEK's Steven...

Soaking In Spam.(internet advertising)
December 8, 2003... Scott Richter doesn't mind telling you how successful he is. His 28- employee company, OptInRealBig, clears $2 million in sales each month. He drives a Lexus convertible and a Lexus SUV, owns a half-million- dollar home outside Denver,...

Godfather's Crystal Ball.(Hermann Hauser)(Interview)
December 8, 2003... If Europe had a godfather of technology, it would be Hermann Hauser. The entrepreneur and venture capitalist started Amadeus Capital Partners; Acorn Computers, Britain's answer to Apple; and ARM Holdings, which dominates in chips for mobile...

Perspectives.
December 8, 2003... "I was just looking for a warm meal somewhere." U.S. President George W. Bush, after walking into a mess hall to join American troops for Thanksgiving in Baghdad, in a surprise visit "The way he made the trip shows he's afraid of...

Periscope.
December 8, 2003... RUSSIA The Putin Strategy The big question in this Sunday's parliamentary elections is not whether supporters of Russian President Vladimir Putin will dominate their opponents, but what Putin will do with the victory. To push through...

Tip Sheet.
December 8, 2003... TRAVEL It's All Smooth Sailing --By John Sparks It's a seductive fantasy as winter darkness falls across the northern world: you're at the helm of a sleek 15-meter yacht as it cuts through warm crystalline seas, a steady trade...

Malaysia's Magician.(Letters)(Mahathir Mohamad, former Prime Minister)(Letter to the Editor)
December 15, 2003... Our Nov. 3 piece on Mahathir Mohamad drew cheers and jeers. A fan said,"He converted an agrarian backwater into a model nation of tolerance, peace and prosperity." Critics found a recent speech anti- Semitic. Mahathir's Mixed Legacy ...

Ireland's New Face.(immigration changes Irish economy)
December 15, 2003... Just around the corner from the Christmasy store windows on Henry Street, famed as one of Europe's ritziest shopping areas, there's a stretch of Moore Street that Dubliners call Little Africa. It could just as well be called Little Shanghai or...

China Breaks Out.(China's new role in international economy)
December 15, 2003... Scheduled for just 20 minutes, the meeting went on for two hours. U.S. Commerce Secretary Don Evans had traveled to China to meet with Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao and press a stern message: Beijing's "unfair" trade practices and refusal...

Missed Connections.(Paris's wi-fi experiment)
December 15, 2003... Every home gadget in Paris could be part of an interactive "digital ecosystem." Telecommuting would ease the corporate real-state crunch. City buses would automatically alert regular passengers two minutes before arriving at their stop....

The Battle Over Caution.(precautionary principle applied to international trade regulation)
December 15, 2003... It is hard to argue that we're not "better safe than sorry," but Europe and the United States are indeed debating that motherly point. The European Union has enshrined the "precautionary principle" in its approach to regulation, which is to...

When Drugs Aren't Enough.(fighting AIDS in Botswana)
December 15, 2003... The message was no less shocking for being delivered in song. AIDS is everywhere, sang the choir of young women that gathered one recent Saturday afternoon at a beer hall in a Botswana township, near the city of Francistown. At the end of each...

Witchcraft, Vengeful Spirits and the Plague.(AIDS education fighting cultural bias)
December 15, 2003... Most Africans know what to say when asked about AIDS. HIV causes AIDS. Abstinence, fidelity and condoms prevent it. Western-style advertising campaigns have accomplished that much. So why aren't the prevalence rates plummeting? Because deep...

From Chaser to Maker.(China's emerging role as an economic power)
December 15, 2003... Wang Dongsheng adjusts his glasses and gazes at the tiny computer chip lodged in a green plastic board. Emblazoned on the chip's casing is the word THUMP, an acronym for Tsinghua University Microprocessor. Wang, a 37-year-old computer scientist...

The All-Seeing Eyes.(location awareness technology hampered by privacy concerns)
December 15, 2003... No wireless internet offering has gotten more recent hype than one that allows your cell phone to pinpoint the nearest restaurant, police station, friend or relative. "Location awareness" has been labeled the next killer app by industry...

'We Learned Our Lessons'.(French foreign minister Dominique de Villepin)(Interview)
December 15, 2003... Dominique de Villepin is one of the most visible challengers of American superpower, but the French foreign minister says his position has been misunderstood in Washington. In an interview with NEWSWEEK's Eric Pape, he says he must speak...

Brazil's Wise Old Man.(Fernando Henrique Cardoso)(Interview)
December 15, 2003... It's been almost a year since Fernando Henrique Cardoso finished out his second term as president of Brazil and left office. But few would expect retirement to slow the 72-year-old politician down. Nothing else has before. In the late 1960s...

Europe, Meet Europe.(Spaniards' knowledge of new European Union members)(Column)
December 15, 2003... Twilight falls like a lavender shawl over the Gothic quarter of old Barcelona. Beyond a courtyard, where palms peek over medieval stone walls, I bump into Carlos. He's a cosmopolitan sort, who reads newspapers from El Pais to Der Spiegel and...

The Top Ten.(top health stories of the year)(Brief Article)(Editorial)
December 15, 2003... It was a year that saw major advances in medicine and health--fields that are ever more complicated and confusing. Cutting-edge technology and new (often contradictory) studies seemed to appear every day, making it hard for readers concerned...

Getting rid of extra pounds.(obesity as a long-term and hard-to-treat illness)
December 15, 2003... Every morning Harley Lisherness, the head of a roofing-materials company in Phoenix, Arizona, looks out his bathroom window at Camelback Mountain and wonders if he'll ever be able to climb it. Plenty of people make the trip. But Lisherness is...

How to prevent another outbreak.(how well has China absorbed the lessons of SARS?)
December 15, 2003... At this time of the year, the animal markets in southern China's Guangdong province are usually crowded with civets, raccoon dogs, snakes and even kittens, destined for local restaurants. Entrees in this part of the world are traditionally kept...

The next wave of antidepressants.(new insights into the biology of depression change goal of treatment)
December 15, 2003... Miller is editor in chief of the Harvard Mental Health Letter. In his 1968 novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" (which inspired the movie "Blade Runner"), Philip K. Dick introduced his hero fighting with his wife over what mood to...

Relief that may be too risky.(hormone therapy)
December 15, 2003... For 15 years Sidney Constien took hormone therapy for symptoms of menopause. "I kept asking the doctor, 'How long do I have to take this?' He kept saying, 'How long do you want to live?' " Bolstered by the wide-spread belief that hormone...

The Polypill prescription.(Nick Wald thinks medication to prevent cardiovascular disease should be given to everyone older than 55)
December 15, 2003... Nick Wald's great brainstorm, which came to him a few years ago during his father-in-law's struggle with cardiovascular disease late in life, has the virtue of utter simplicity, and perhaps also its drawbacks. Watching as the old man downed the...

A step past chemotherapy.(patients are beginning to benefit from targeted drugs that home in on the molecular characteristics of cancer cells, leaving healthy tissue relatively unscathed)
December 15, 2003... Cancer researchers are a stubborn lot. They know the numbers: more than 16,000 people die from cancer every day. They know the enemy: an insidious disease that ravages virtually every organ in the body. And they know that they desperately need...

Working to save the stricken brain.(researchers are exploring several new treatments for stroke)
December 15, 2003... Just two weeks after giving birth to a daughter last November, Michelle Larwood suffered a major stroke. One moment, the Los Angeles woman, 38, sat calmly in a doctor's waiting room. The next, she recalls, "I couldn't speak, and I couldn't move...

When the body attacks itself.(modulating the immune system itself to treat autoimmune diseases)
December 15, 2003... The immune system is a thing of beauty--subtle enough to distinguish dangerous invaders like viruses from benign interlopers such as food; clever enough to recognize when the body's supposedly friendly cells turn cancerous and should be...

Into the darkness of the mind.(combination of a U.S.-approved drug called Aricept and a European one known as memantine can be effective in treating Alzheimer's)
December 15, 2003... When Wayne Huizenga of Blockbuster fame bought the Miami Dolphins football team in 1994, he asked a trusted colleague to write the $127 million check: Gillian Bristol of Florida. Bristol handled financial matters for Huizenga for 26 years,...

Perspectives.(assorted news quotes)
December 15, 2003... "The earth will burn under their feet." Russian Interior Minister Boris V. Gryzlov, on punishing those responsible for a suicide bombing on a Russian train near Chechnya that killed at least 42 "We want the world to know that Bush, the...

Periscope.(South Korean politics and prosecutors)(Yossi Beilin and Yasir Abed Rabbo negotiate for Mid East peace)(Cheney's role in Iraq War)
December 15, 2003... SOUTH KOREA Roh Let the Dogs Out Roh Moo Hyun rode into South Korea's presidency in late 2002 on a pledge to clean up politics, and he kick-started a probe into illegal campaign financing. Now that probe threatens his own presidency....

Tip Sheet.(learning with foreign language software)(travel to Dubai)(giving to charity via online shopping)(Product/Service Evaluation)
December 15, 2003... TECHNOLOGY LANGUAGE ON THE GO By Jaime Cunningham Tosiyuki Nakamura speaks fluent Portuguese and Japanese. Recently, the 50-year-old So Paolo-based accountant began traveling more to the United States and decided to learn English,...

Mail Call.(letters)(Letter to the Editor)
December 22, 2003... The Beholder's Eye Readers of our Nov. 10 report on the new global ideal of beauty hated the concept. Advised one, "Help those who need health care instead of boosting bosoms." Another protested "the loss of cultural identity." A third...

The 'Awkward' Squad.
December 22, 2003... Spain? Poland? Who needs 'em? Politesse kept European leaders from posing the question quite that way when they gathered in Brussels last weekend for a fractious, failed summit. But the sentiment was common enough. At stake was the future...

The Guangdong Rules.
December 22, 2003... Since Rupert Murdoch launched his Chinese channel last year, it has become the top Mandarin-language cable station in Guangdong. Xing Kong offers dance and music, "Little Emperors Grab the Mic" (a chat show with spoiled kids), a game show...

Kick the Can, Please!(European constitution)
December 22, 2003... Eurocrats are pointing fingers at Spain and Poland for sinking the Brussels summit. They might just as well have directed them at Germany. Superficially, the acrimony involved voting rights and whether to stick to the deal reached at Nice three...

Hollywood's Anti-Star.(Tilda Swinton, actor in Norman Jewison's film, The Statement)(Interview)
December 22, 2003... Tilda Swinton struts into the ornate government office in Paris and sinks into a Louis XVI chair, her long, pale legs provocatively askew. She looks quizzically at Sir Alan Bates. "Being summoned by a minister- -this is very mysterious," she...

Back to the Future?(Homeland Party, Russia)
December 22, 2003... Russian nationalism usually wears a beard and carries a cross. Not these days. The new face of the centuries-old phenomenon is Dmitri Rogozin, the well-educated, well-spoken and well-connected man who drove his brand-new Homeland party to...

The Search for Good Jobs.
December 22, 2003... For years Venancio Andrade eked out a meager living selling pots and pans on the dusty streets of Lima and neighboring towns. He eventually taught himself how to make aluminum kitchen supplies, and in 1985 he scraped together enough money to...

Revenge of the Old Economy.
December 22, 2003... Judging from the statistics, the New Economy is back. Once American companies figured out how to use all that technology they bought in the late 1990s, the dividends have been huge, or so it seems. Economic growth has soared, with U.S. gross...

Hacking for Dollars.
December 22, 2003... In the high-tech battlefield of cyberspace, the thirtysomething Russian with the jet black goatee and the new denim coat considers himself a freedom fighter--a descendant of those legendary computer geeks whose cyberstunts drove the...

Hackers? No Way.(computer crime)
December 22, 2003... Just because the tools of thievery and extortion are lines of computer code doesn't mean that Internet crooks are hackers. By hijacking this once glorious appellation, these lowlifes are debasing a powerful, world-changing tradition. The...

Photo Ops.(war photos)(Book Review)
December 22, 2003... James Nachtwey has been described--by a fellow photographer--as the Angel of Death. If you see Nachtwey in a ravaged land, and people are not dying in front of his lens, they soon will be. Amongst the dirt and blood and shell casings, he prowls...

Illustrating The Books.('Illuminating the Renaissance: The Triumph of Flemish Manuscript Painting in Europe')
December 22, 2003... The most familiar artists of the 15th-century Renaissance--Masaccio, Michelangelo and Donatello--flourished under the Tuscan sun, producing rich, iconic images for Italian cathedrals, public buildings and the churches of wealthy patrons like...

The Bulls Are Running.(economies in Latin American, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe encourage investment in stocks and bonds)
December 22, 2003... Venturing onto the trading floors of the developing nations has never been for the fainthearted. But for anyone with ready cash and a good set of nerves, the ride can be rewarding. Consider this year. After a wintry 2002, stocks and bonds are...

Changes for A Champion.(Tiger Woods)(Interview)
December 22, 2003... The media called his 2003 season "a slump." Tiger Woods insists that's nonsense. And last week his fellow PGA Tour pros agreed, honoring him as Player of the Year for the fifth consecutive year. It was Tiger's biggest win since just a few weeks...

In the Swing of Things.(golf instruction)
December 22, 2003... Fred shoemaker, my golf coach for the next three days, hands me a five- iron and turns on his camcorder. "Whenever you're ready," he says, "hit a ball." It would be easier for me to hit the ball with his camcorder. That's the kind of...

Perspectives.(quotations)
December 22, 2003... "The positions are a long, long way apart." British Prime Minister Tony Blair, on failed negotiations for an EU constitution that pitted France and Germany against smaller states like Spain and Poland "Bush's bowing to Chinese pressure...

Periscope.(international affairs)
December 22, 2003... Iraq I'll Scratch Your Back... This week, former secretary of State James Baker is scheduled to fly to Europe to beseech Russia, Germany and France to forgive Iraq's crushing $120 billion debt. His task is made all the more difficult...

Tip Sheet.(men's accesories; egg nog; vacations)
December 22, 2003... STYLE Think Outside The Briefcase By Jaime Cunningham Youngjoon Park, an attorney at a Manhattan law firm, just wanted a decent-size bag where he could carry his cell phone, personal organizer and a book. "I didn't have enough...

Mail Call.(Letter to the Editor)
December 29, 2003... Most readers of our Nov. 27 report on Dick Cheney were shocked by his role in prewar intelligence. Said one, "The VP pushed a terrible war because [of] his narrow world view." Another faulted "his disdain for the democratic process, secret...

Rockin the Boat.(Chen Shui-bian and Taiwan's feelings towards reunification and independence)
December 29, 2003... North Korea isn't the only country able to vex both the United States and China these days. Indeed, it may be a fellow democracy and not the Hermit Kingdom that has America and the region most on edge in early 2004. Despite urgings from the...

'Listen... to the Masses'.(political party Democratic Allliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong )
December 29, 2003... Hong Kong's pro-Beijing political party, the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong, tried everything to win recent elections in the territory. It used its influence to arrange a photo op with China's first astronaut, Yang Liwei;...

Eastern Exposure.(Russia and the European Union)
December 29, 2003... Europe's cherished dream of ever-closer union is dead. That's not just because the European Union's draft constitution fails to mention that now dirty word, "federalism." Nor does it have much to do with Iraq, and the division of Europe into...

The State of Disunion.(support for European Union)
December 29, 2003... At the heart of the European Union, there are splits within splits. On Dec. 14, nearly half of Cyprus's Turkish minority voted for anti-EU candidates in parliamentary elections, despite massive economic incentives and political cajoling from...