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Articles in November 1999 issue of Newsweek International

• Neutered Passions : An expat, ex-soldier takes on love in China.(Brief Article)
  by Emerson, Tony
• The Best Deal Around : Need a new car or a vintage bottle of wine? Forget your local merchant; you'll pay less online. E-commerce and the Euro are a match made in heaven.
  by Theil, Stefan
• Back to the Bad Old Days? : A deadly car-bombing in downtown Bogota raises the specter of a new outburst of narcoterrorism.(Columbia)(Brief Article)
  by Ambrus, Steven; Contreras, Joseph
• A Scramble for Clues in Bombing.(Islamabad, Pakistan)(Brief Article)
  by Howard, Lucy; Kuchment, Anna; O'Donnell, Paul; Stefanakos, Victoria S.
• Attacking Free Trade : Why are so many greens and workers' rights activists heading for Seattle?
  by Ernsberger Jr., Richard; Haskins, Walaika; Meyer, Mahlon; Woznicki, Katrina
• East Meets West in Ohio.(architecture)(Brief Article)
  by Howard, Lucy; Kuchment, Anna; O'Donnell, Paul
• Millennium Madness.(Brief Article)
  by Klaidman, Daniel; Rees, Matt
• Swinging Skirts and Salsa.(fashionable attire and activities in Paris)(Brief Article)
• Battle of the Bookstores : Don't just buy a novel; have a lifestyle experience.(Brief Article)
  by Suterwalla, Shehnaz
• Chronicler of the Cool : Photographer David Bailey talks about his work, women and Swinging London in the '60s.(Interview)
• Forbidden Foods.(ban on beef)(Brief Article)
• The Tides of Mighty Islam : Indonesia leaves its secular traditions behind.
• Still Single, Still Smoking : Bridget Jones is back--and lusting after Tony Blair.(Brief Article)
  by Power, Carla
• In a State of EU-phoria : It's a Greek word, after all. Euroland's next member is thrilled at the thought of belonging.(Brief Article)
  by Vlahou, Toula
• A Kingmaker's Warning : 'We do need a change. But this is too radical.'.(Indonesian legislator Amien Rais)(Brief Article)(Interview)
• All for Show.(Serbia delivers subpoenas to Western leaders)(Brief Article)
  by Howard, Lucy; Kuchment, Anna; O'Donnell, Paul; Stefanakos, Victoria S.
• Letters.
• Periscope.(farewell to Gerald Segal)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
  by Elliott, Michael
• Dark After the Storm.(Bay of Bengal cyclone)(Brief Article)
  by Mazumdar, Sudip
• A Twisted Tale.(incest charges against 11-year-old boy in Colorado)(Brief Article)
• Deep-Frozen Assets : Arctic Russia's poverty scares its Finnish neighbors.(Brief Article)
  by Nagorski, Andrew
• Hankering for Hi-Tech : Can Chinese brains help fuel a new economy?(Brief Article)
  by Koh, Barbara
• "Yeah--for lunch.".(quotations in the news)(Brief Article)
• Unsettling Israel : Ehud Barak persuades several West Bank outposts to disband. But that doesn't mean peace is near.(Brief Article)
  by Chen, Joanna; Klaidman, Daniel; Rees, Matt
• "The whole world must know he is not capable of this."(Gamil el-Batouti, EgyptAir 990 copilot; other current events quotes)(Brief Article)
• Divided We, Er, Stand : Mahathir's going to win, but change is in the air.
  by Meyer, Mahlon; Tan, T. J.
• A Bumper Crop of Despair : Warsaw wants to join the club by 2003. The EU's policies will crush many Polish farmers before then.
  by Nagorski, Andrew
• The Promise of Trouble : Wahid offers a vote on independence, and Aceh erupts.(Abdurrahman Wahid)(Indonesia)
  by Moreau, Ron
• Call Off the Witch Hunt : A new law suppressing the Aum cult would undermine the freedoms of all Japanese.(Aum Shinrikyo)(Brief Article)
  by Akita, Kazue
• Growing Pains : Bringing up Mommy in 'Anywhere But Here'.(Review) (movie reviews)
  by Giles, Jeff
• Full Expo-sure.(Expo 2000)(Brief Article)
  by Howard, Lucy; Kuchment, Anna; O'Donnell, Paul
• Mickey Goes to China.(Disney theme park in Hong Kong)(Brief Article)
  by Meyer, Mahlon
• Back to the (Dinner) Table.(peace talks in Northern Ireland)(Brief Article)
• Robert Rubin's Return to Wall Street.
  by Klee, Kenneth
• The Genteel General : Slowly, Musharraf reveals his political leanings. And the nation's Islamic groups aren't too happy.(Brief Article)
  by Clifton, Tony
• The Threat to Globalization : It doesn't come from those who will gather in Seattle, but from darker political forces.(Brief Article)
  by MacShane, Denis
• Kiev-Style Hardball : President Kuchma plays a rough game of politics.(Leonid Kuchma; presidential campaign in Ukraine)(Brief Article)
  by Hyde, Lily; Powell, Bill
• The Voice of a 'Warrior Nation'.(Mangosuthu Buthelezi)(Brief Article)(Interview)
  by Masland, Tom
• The New Deal for China : WTO is about much more than trade. Think democracy.(Brief Article)
  by Liu, Melinda; MacLeod, Lijia; Pappas, Leslie
• Punching Its Weight? : Europe wants a foreign-policy profile to match its economic clout. Chris Patten says it can happen.(Brief Article)(Interview)
• The Glow of Freedom : Berlin throws a party to celebrate the anniversary of the fall of the wall--and to honor the leaders who stage-managed the collapse of communism.(Brief Article)
• There's No Time for Fear.(Vicente Fox interview)(Brief Article)(Interview)
• Knocking on Heaven's Door : Controversial before its release, now 'Dogma' is just convoluted.(Review) (movie reviews)
  by Giles, Jeff
• Straussed Out.(Dominique Strauss-Kahn)(Brief Article)
  by Howard, Lucy; Kuchment, Anna; O'Donnell, Paul
• OK, Your Majesty.(Queen Elizabeth II)
  by Roberts, Melissa
• Perspectives.
• Who Deserves the Credit? : From some of the most celebrated witnesses to communism's breakup, accounts of the revolution's most memorable moments-- and the forces behind them.
• The Not Great Escape : Papon slips lax security but is finally collared.(French civil servant Maurice Papon)(Brief Article)
  by Johnson, Scott
• The Cynical Celebrity : Michel Houellebecq's popular art of bitterness.(Brief Article)
  by Johnson, Scott
• Prague's Party Is Over : New laws change the mood of an old hippie haven.(Czech government enacts anti-drug laws)(Brief Article)
  by Hammer, Joshua
• Letters.(Letter to the Editor)
• Arms and the Hard Men : Mitchell does it again, but will the IRA concessions he won satisfy the unionist rank-and-file?(Brief Article)
  by Brownell, Ginanne; McGuire, Stryker
• To Join or Not to Join? : Tony Blair once blasted the Tories for their schizophrenic approach to monetary union. Now he seems to be taking a page from their book.
  by Brownell, Ginanne; Mcguire, Stryker
• Reporter's Notebook: The Story of a Lifetime : Four NEWSWEEK correspondents look back on the incomparable thrill of covering the astonishing acts of mass civil disobedience that ripped open the Iron Curtain and signaled the end of the cold war.(Brief Arti
  by Breslau, Karen; Meyer, Michael; Nordland, Rod; Pedersen, Daniel
• The Fine Art of Truth Telling.(journalist Bill Deedes)(Brief Article)(Interview)
• An ABC of Country Song Covers : Three new CDs get it wrong, wrong and right.(Review) (sound recording reviews)
  by Gates, David
• Perspectives.
• A Separate Peace?(Palestinian workers in Israel)(Brief Article)
  by Klaidman, Daniel; Rees, Matt
• 'The Peace of the Brave' : Israel's prime minister is bullish on the future of the Middle East.(Interview)
  by Weymouth, Lally
• Mutual Feelings: Japan Falls for Asia : Cool kids dig a new art museum.(Brief Article)
  by Itoi, Kay
• The Saint and the Housewife : One of the oddest couples in political history takes charge in Indonesia. Can the team of Gus Dur and Megawati clean up the country? Working together, at least they have a prayer.
  by Ford, Maggie; Moreau, Ron
• Lots More Mr. Nice Guy : A gentler regulator for Japan's mismanaged banks.(Michio Ochi)(Brief Article)(Interview)
• Human Rights for the World's Drug Users : Fed up with being stigmatized and persecuted.(Brief Article)
  by Southwell, Mat
• With Soul and With Style.(composer Paul Bowles; Alexander Liberman; Horst P. Horst)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
• Casualties of a Dirty War : The deadly risks of promoting peace and human rights.(Brief Article)
  by Ambrus, Steven
• All of Europe Is in Play : In olden days this kind of stalking was seen as something shocking. Now, as every European executive knows, anything goes.
  by Lowry Miller, Karen
• Renaissance on the River : London's bold new architecture is reviving the Thames.
  by McGuigan, Cathleen; Underhill, William
• In Praise of London's 'Old Father' : Alternately reverenced and cursed throughout history, the Thames has always been the city's true emblem.(Brief Article)
  by Ackroyd, Peter
• Mariah on Fire : Carey has spent more time at No. 1 than the Beatles, so why does she still feel like she has something to prove? The superstar opens up.
  by Chambers, Veronica
• 'I Am a Patriot'.(Jorg Haider)(Brief Article)
• LETTERS.(Letter to the Editor)
• Behind the Wall's Fall : Ten years later, the collapse of Communism looks like a well ordered script. But these exclusive transcripts tell a different tale.
  by Nagorski, Andrew
• That's 'Kawaii Five-0!' Let's Go Surfin', Mate. : Japanese tourists like to pick apples. Honest.(increasing number of Japanese tourists are traveling to Australia)(Brief Article)
  by Roberts, Melissa
• When the Earth Moves : A killer combination: deforestation and rain.(La Aurora neighborhood of Teziutlan, Mexico)(Brief Article)
  by Riley, Michael
• Too Many Warm Seats : The father of the legendary 240Z cheers the changes.
• The Case Against Legalization : The U.N.'s drug czar on supply and demand.(Brief Article)
  by Arlacchi, Pino
• But Will They Get Wrinkles?(one gene mutation - more longevity in mice)(Brief Article)
• Euronomads : The key to a brilliant career in the new Europe? A laptop with a good battery--and mental mobility.
  by Power, Carla
• Hour By Hour : Euroland won't be built in a day--but don't blame the Europeans for not trying. Not when they can produce a megamerger, a foreign-policy initiative and an online-shopping start-up before lunch.(Brief Article)
• The Young and the Restless.(young English architects)(Brief Article)