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ASIA
COVER:
Career Move
Hong Kong fans have long appreciated Chow Yun-fat's deadly on-screen grace. With The Replacement Killers set to open worldwide, he could become America's next big action star
Brain Drain
Local favorites now seek fortunes abroad
Hong Kong:
The Falcon That Fell to Earth
The collapse of Peregrine Investments highlights the risky dealings that underpin the region's economies
Indonesia:
Emperor's New Clothes
Threatened by food riots and a crumbling currency, Suharto finally tackles the corrupt business empires he helped build
Europe:
Catching the Flu
From small entrepreneurs to massive automakers, businesses are starting to feel the sting of Asia's downturn
China:
Killing Themselves Softly
Almost unnoticed, the Peoplešs Republic has run up one of the highest suicide rates in the world
Television
Sesame Street wends its way to China
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ATLANTIC
EUROPE:
Switzerland's Shame
Swiss authorities face new accusations about mistreatment
of Jews and other refugees who fled there to escape
the Nazi Holocaust
Irish Talks Breakthrough:
Prodded by a war-weary population,
politicians on all sides of the conflict in Northern Ireland
make headway in their search for peace
Viewpoint:
The latest Ulster settlement proposals offer
something for everyone
Letter from Kosovo:
Albanian nationalists fighting Serb
domination could touch off the next Balkan war
BUSINESS:
Bizwatch
Excite wires Britain; Boeing and Airbus square off; Motorola and
Siemens team up; the dramatic downward spiral of Asia's
troubled currencies
MUSIC:
Medieval Mania
Plainsong performers like the Mediaeval Baebes are proving that
religious music sells
BOOKS:
The photographs taken by photographers who gave their
lives to record the wars in Southeast Asia create a powerful
chronicle of those conflicts
ESSAY:
Should a rational person who chooses death be forced to
"soldier on"?
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CANADA
WEATHER:
The Great Breakout
Politics nonwithstanding, it's taking all the energy eastern Canadians can muster to dig their way of from under the Ice Storm of '98
ECONOMY:
Closed for Repairs
The ice may melt, but a flood of insurance claims and a chain of disrupted commerce will cast more than $1 billion
AUSTRALIA
CINEMA:
Rising star Cate Blanchett
CINEMA:
The deeply eccentric Oscar and Lucinda
THEATER:
The marathon Cloudstreet is a breeze
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