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>************************************************************ >[email protected] wrote on 12/2/2002 >************************************************************ > > Le Monde diplomatique > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > > February 2002 > > In this issue: > ...Yossi Beilin on why Israel needs Arafat, behind the > scenes at Camp David, newly poor in Argentina, on the move > in Xinjiang, tired of waiting in Senegal... and the world's > great scams: Enron, Russia's nuclear waste business and the > Aids drug Yale discovered... > > > A small number of these articles and our editorial are > available to non-subscribers > > To read the rest of this month's essential articles go to > http://MondeDiplo.com and click on Subscribe. > > It couldn't be easier... > > >LEADER > >Old Italy, new facism > >by IGNACIO RAMONET > > Translated by Ed Emery > > <http://MondeDiplo.com/2002/02/01berlusconi> > > >A PARTNER FOR THE FUTURE > >Why Israel still needs Arafat > >by YOSSI BEILIN > > Yasser Arafat did not break with the Oslo peace accords, > nor did he refuse Ehud Barak's famous "generous offer" at > Camp David at least according to new books written by > Israelis present at negotiations with Arafat (see > 'Constructing catastrophe'). Many Israelis believe, after > 25 years of national denial, that Arafat is still the > only potential partner who can deliver peace. > > Translated by Wendy Kristianasen > > <http://MondeDiplo.com/2002/02/02beilin> > > >Conducting catastrophe * > >by AMNON KAPELIOUK > > What really happened at Camp David? Three books by > Israelis who were involved in the peace negotiations both > reveal and conceal Ehud Barak's strategies and the parts > that the authors themselves played in the events. > > Original text in English > > > >YALE SHARES PROFITS FROM AIDS DRUGS > >The high cost of living > >by PHILIPPE DEMENET > > The world's largest pharmaceuticals company, Pfizer, and > 10 others have promised to give the US Congress General > Accounting Office all the data it needs to check drug > prices. Like Europe, the US is concerned about the > massive profits made by the pharmaceuticals industry. In > rich countries, the laboratories' pricing policies are a > scam; in poor countries, they are preventing most people > from getting treatment. Stavudine, used to treat Aids, is > the perfect demonstration of what is wrong with the > system. It hugely profits its makers and Yale University, > where it was researched. > > Translated by Malcolm Greenwood > > <http://MondeDiplo.com/2002/02/04stavudine> > > >Drug deals in Europe * > >by PHILIPPE RIVI�RE > > Translated by Malcolm Greenwood > > > >THE REAL, VILE MEANING OF FREE MARKETS > >Enron: Elvis lives * > >by TOM FRANK > > The collapse of Enron is one of the biggest scandals in > US economic history. Besides ruining many of its > employees and wiping out their pensions, the affair > reveals the cynicism of the directors, the links between > US politics and multinationals, and the weird practices > of auditors. > > Original text in English > > > >WHY A ONCE RICH COUNTRY ROSE IN REVOLT > >Argentina's nouveaux pauvres * > >by PIERRE KALFON > > For 25 years the rich in Argentina have grown richer, the > state has been dismantled and the country's industries > run down. In December the people rose in revolt. The two > political parties the Peronists and the Radicals that > have historically governed the country have been swept > away, together with the ruling elite. The international > community wants Argentina to adopt a coherent and > sustainable programme presumably to protect the interests > of multinationals, creditors and the IMF. > > Translated by Luke Sandford > > > >Ten days that shook the World Bank > >by DIANA QUATTROCCHI-WOISSON > > Translated by Harry Forster > > <http://MondeDiplo.com/2002/02/08tendays> > > >Bad debts * > >by �RIC TOUSSAINT > > Translated by Malcolm Greenwood > > > >UIGHURS RESIST AS CHINESE SETTLE THE FRONTIER LANDS > >Xinjiang: China's wild west * > >by our special correspondent ILARIA MARIA SALA > > China supports the international coalition against > terrorism mostly to get acceptance for its policy of > repression in the Muslim province of Xinjiang, which > isn't working. Beijing has failed to contain Uighur > nationalism and there has also been a new upsurge of > Islamic militancy in the region. > > Translated by Barry Smerin > > > >Minorities in China * > >IMS > > Translated by Barry Smerin > > > >Central Asian fundamentalism * > >IMS > > Translated by Barry Smerin > > > >THE RISKY BUSINESS OF WASTE DISPOSAL > >Russia's nuclear sewer * > >by our special correspondent NATHALIE MELIS > > A journalist was sent to prison for four years last year > after filming the Russian navy dumping radioactive waste > into the Sea of Japan. He, like many other Russians and > environmental organisations, opposed the new laws that > allow the privately profitable import of foreign nuclear > waste. > > Translated by Luke Sandford > > > >THE RISKY BUSINESS OF WASTE DIPOSAL > >Who exports this stuff? * > >by NATHALIE MELIS > > Translated by Luke Sandford > > > >Where the dirt is * > >NM > > Translated by Luke Sandford > > > >'IF IT LED TO CHANGE, WE WOULD HAVE ELECTED A GOAT' > >Senegal: rap and wait * > >by our special correspondent ANNE-C�CILE ROBERT > > Senegal, once the showpiece of francophone Africa, has > suffered over 20 years from the financial change demanded > by international investors. It is now classed as one of > the world's least developed countries, and poverty and > unemployment force many people to live hand to mouth. > Their patience with the coalition elected in 2000 may be > running out. > > Translated by Julie Stoker > > > >France forgets its colonial past * > >PHILIPPE LEYMARIE > > Translated by Luke Sandford > > > >The people's hero: Goorgoorlou > >ACR > > Translated by Luke Sandford > > <http://MondeDiplo.com/2002/02/18goorgoorlou> > > >EURO LAW WRONGLY DEFINES TERRORISM > >It's a crime * > >by JOHN BROWN > > The new European Union arrest warrant is a worrying part > of the West's misguided attempt, in the name of > anti-terrorism, to criminalise all forms of political, > economic and social protest against any established > order. > > Translated by Harry Forster > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ >_ > > (*) Star-marked articles are available to paid subscribers only. > > Yearly subscription fee: 24 US $ (Institutions 48 US $). > > ______________________________________________________________ > > > For more information on our English edition, please visit > > > http://MondeDiplo.com/ > > To subscribe to our free "dispatch" mailing-list, send an > (empty) e-mail to: > [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this list, send an (empty) e-mail to: > [email protected] > > > > English language editorial director: Wendy Kristianasen > _______________________________________________________ > > ALL RIGHTS RESERVED � 1997-2001 Le Monde diplomatique > > >_____________________________________________________________ >Global Virtual Desktop >Get your free Desktop at http://www.now.com > _________________________________________________________________ Join the world�s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com _______________________________________________ Nettime-bold mailing list [email protected] http://amsterdam.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-bold