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 Spirited Away
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October 20, 2003 Issue
 

ASIA
 Malaysia: Mahathir steps down
 Essay: Last of the strongmen?
 Korea: Roh's Woes


NOTEBOOK
 Japan: Baseball's losers win
 China: Blood Feud
 N. Korea: Suspicious accident
 Milestones
 Verbatim
 Letters


GLOBAL ADVISOR
 Travel: Lowdown on the high life
 Check In: Best airport lounge
 Concorde: A piece of history
 Berlin: Underground art
 DIY: Taking kids abroad
 Style: Bespoke, not broke
 Food: Lambrosia


CNN.com: Top Headlines
"Any citizen wants three things: food, security and freedom. We have the freedom, but we don't have enough security and enough food."
Mahmoud Osman,
member of Iraq's Governing Council

"There will be no time for movies."
Arnold Schwarzenegger,
Governor-elect of California, on his new job

"I have no idea whether we'll find out who the leaker is."
George W. Bush,
U.S. President, after the White House staff was asked to hand over documents related to the leak of a CIA agent's name

"We may have started later than Russia or the U.S., but it's amazing how fast we've been able to do this."
Xie Guangxuan,
director of the mainland's China Rocket Design Department, on the manned space mission scheduled for Oct. 15

"Instead of losing thousands of lives, we might lose tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of lives in a single day of war."
Vice President Dick Cheney,
defending the war in Iraq as a crucial step in preventing future terrorist attacks

"You cannot go around sodomizing people."
Mahathir Mohamad,
departing Malaysian Prime Minister, on former deputy Anwar Ibrahim who is in jail for sodomy and corruption

With reporting by Sources: New York Times (3); Chicago Sun Times; International Herald Tribune; BBC