By HELENE COOPER
WASHINGTON — A debate is under way within the Bush administration over how long it can exercise patience with North Korea without jeopardizing the fulfillment of a nuclear agreement that President Bush has claimed as a foreign policy victory.
With North Korea sending signals that it may be trying to wait out Mr. […]
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By JULIE CRESWELL
Dow 6,000 or Dow 14,000?
It depends on whom you ask.
A week of gut-wrenching losses in the stock market ended on Friday with the Dow Jones industrial average falling 59.91 points, to 12,099.30. That modest decline capped a four-day 678-point plunge that left Wall Street traders and everyday investors wondering if the worst […]
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By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
WASHINGTON — President Bush called Friday for roughly $145 billion in tax relief for individuals and businesses that he said would “provide a shot in the arm” for the economy, while Congressional Democrats, in a rare show of Washington bipartisanship, pledged to work with him to enact a plan quickly.
Mr. Bush […]
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By JAD MOUAWAD
Energy demand is expected to grow in coming decades. Jeroen van der Veer, 60, Royal Dutch Shell’s chief executive, recently offered his views on the energy challenge facing the world and the challenge posed by global warming. He spoke of the need for governments to set limits on carbon emissions. He […]
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By CORNELIA DEAN
Researchers who study coastal mangroves, sea-grass beds, coral reefs and sand dunes are reporting that, contrary to widely held views, environmental preservation on the coast does not have to be an all-or-nothing proposition and that landscapes can perform “services” like storm protection even if they have been somewhat disturbed by development.
Most coastal […]
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By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO
ROME — As the restless crowd applauded, and flashbulbs popped, the Euphronios krater, at the heart of a three-decade tug of war between the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Italian government, received a hero’s welcome here on Friday.
When the krater, a 2,500-year-old vase, first appeared at the Met […]
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