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Articles in October, 2002 issue of Economist (US), The

• Comrades no more; German business.(The angst of German bosses)
• Change in the air; Aviation in greater China.(Cathay Pacific's air privileges in China)
• Putting it all together.(computer security )
• Westward, look, the land is bright - Central Europe; Is Central Europe ready for the big leagues?(Is Central Europe ready for the big leagues?)(European Union membership)
• Wall Street continued to rally.(markets around the world)
• Getting just a little better; Turkey and its Kurds.
• Tilting at aerials; BBC funding.(A threat to the BBC poll tax)(Brief Article)
• Getting the genie back into the bottle; North Korea's nuclear programme.(North Korea and the bomb)
• No way out? Politics in Venezuela.(opposition to President Hugo Chavez's administration )
• Under siege; Fiat.(Fiat under siege)(Company Profile)
• Fishy stuff at Elk Creek; Oregon.(A controversial project in Oregon)(Elk Creek dam)(Brief Article)
• The dangers of atavism; Europe's troubled economies.(companies use old solutions to current problems)(Brief Article)
• This is tomorrow calling; German banks.(German banks in trouble)(Industry Overview)
• Kuchma weaker, but still boss; Ukraine's politics.(Ukraine's bitter politics)(president Leonid Kuchma under investigation)(Brief Article)
• The left hand of God; Baseball.(Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy)(Brief Article)
• Out in the cold; Human rights in Chile.(Human rights and Chile's air force)(General Patricio Rios resigns)(Brief Article)
• Safe and effective? Regulating food and drugs.(A new boss for the FDA)(Food and Drug Administration)(Brief Article)
• George Bush, union-basher? The president and the dockers.(Ending the stoppage at the west-coast ports)(Brief Article)
• The road to Marathon.(organizing the 2004 Olympics in Greece)(Brief Article)
• The peace deal crumbles; Northern Ireland.(The crisis in Northern Ireland's peace process)(Brief Article)
• Revving up; Stockmarket volatility.(Stockmarket volatility in Europe)(Brief Article)
• The cross-Channel rivals; Charlemagne.(Britain and France: cross-Channel rivals)(Brief Article)
• Fancy a bad time? Adventure holidays.(Un-fun holidays)(Brief Article)
• Don't get too capitalist, comrade; China and North Korea.(Brief Article)
• Bosses for sale; The market for chief executives.(The trouble with headhunters)(Industry Overview)
• Scandalous; Farm policy.(Europe's common agricultural policy)(Brief Article)
• Capitulate or die; Investment banking under fire.(proposed regulations for investment banks)(Industry Overview)
• Disappointing; Italy's budget.(Italy's ill-received budget plan)(Brief Article)
• Uncle Sam lays down the law; The International Criminal Court.(The EU and the International Criminal Court)(Brief Article)
• Not very special; Secondary schools.(Illusory improvements in schools)(Brief Article)
• Men and women in black; The Philippines' presidency.(The Philippines' president)(Brief Article)
• Rule Britannia; Ford Motor.(A stealthy British coup)(Brief Article)
• A steal? AOL Time Warner.(AOL Time Warner's controversial merger)
• A breakthrough at last? Washington's sniper.(Good news on the sniper)(arrest of John Allen Muhammad)
• Biometric fact and fiction.
• Restoring Europe's smile - Restoring Europe's smile; The European Union.(Designing Europe's future)
• Led by example; Southern Africa's customs union.(customs treaty)
• Hope for the east; Ex-communist Germany.(East Germany's hopeful economy)
• Guns away? Northern Ireland.(A partial IRA stand-down)
• The antique that Mao destroyed; China.(China's antiquities)
• A car bomb destroyed the heart of the nightclub district of the Indonesian island of Bali.(includes other items)(Brief Article)
• Keeping customers satisfied; Face value.(Securing satisfaction at Siebel Systems)(Brief Article)(Company Profile)
• Om tiddly om pom; Music-recognition software.(Online Music Recognition and Searching)(Brief Article)
• Getting IT; Computers and government.(Government IT projects)(tips for better management)(Brief Article)
• Doomsday derivatives; Financial innovation.(Betting on economic pain)(options products offered)(Brief Article)
• Desperate times; Northern Ireland.(A coming man in Northern Ireland)(Peter Robinson)(Brief Article)
• Wilfulness and will power; Winston Churchill.(Winston Churchill; Churchill's Cold War: The Politics of Personal Diplomacy)
• The old guard outgunned; Jamaica's election.(Jamaica's no-change election)(Brief Article)
• The numbers game; Ranking business schools.(Brief Article)
• Bratton's back; Policing America.(A boss for the Los Angeles police)(appointment of Bill Bratton as head of Los Angeles Police Department)(Brief Article)
• Contracontraception; The Pill.(The Pill does not damage long-term fertility)(Brief Article)
• Set them free; Private firms in China.(China's disadvantaged private firms)(Brief Article)
• Pitt's nightmare; The Securities and Exchange Commission.(SEC chairman Harvey Pitt withdraws support for oversight board nominee John Biggs due to his support of accounting reforms)(Brief Article)
• If the Irish say no; Ireland and the Nice Treaty.(Ireland's Nice Treaty referendum)(increased membership)(Brief Article)
• Blame the bosses; British manufacturing.(Managers are to blame for the UK's manufacturing malaise)(Brief Article)
• A bumper crop; Afghanistan's opium.(Brief Article)
• Going down? The economy.(America's weakening economy)(Brief Article)
• Moving on the banks; Japan.(Japan looks at the bad-loan mess)(Brief Article)
• Squeezing the gnomes; Banking secrecy.(Banking secrecy and the EU's tax on savings)(Brief Article)
• Unpalatable message; French winegrowers.(France's wine crisis)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
• Europe's Mexico option; Charlemagne.(Imagine the United States embracing Mexico, as the EU is embracing Central Europe)(Brief Article)
• The value of dissent; Daniel Ellsberg.('Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers')
• The European Bank for Repressionand Dictatorship? Uzbekistan.(Uzbekistan, the EBRD and human rights)(European Bank for Reconstruction and Development plans 2003 conference in Uzbekistan)(Brief Article)
• Damned if you do; American corporate profits.(Firms are having trouble finding more sensible ways to talk to their shareholders)(Brief Article)
• teetered on the edge after its shares plunged by over 60%.(ABB profits warning, and activities of other corporations)
• Black gold; Sub-Saharan African oil.(America is increasingly interested in Africa's oil reserves)
• Drama in the Rocky Mountains; Politics in Colorado.(A tough race for Senator Allard)
• Integral observations; Gamma-ray astronomy.(A new gamma-ray telescope)(International Gamma Ray Astrophysics Laboratory)
• Every three months, The Economist polls a group of forecasters and averages their predictions for economic growth and current-account balances in 25 emerging economies.(Brief Article)
• Shell games; Money-laundering.
• Slim chance; National Lottery.(structuring, advertising and sales )
• This little world, this precious stone; Englishness.('Albion: The Origins of the English Imagination')(Book Review)
• New faces of Andean politics; Ecuador's election.(Ecuador's trend-confirming election)
• Filter it out; E-mail spam.(Curbing e-mail spam)(Brief Article)
• The battle for Iowa; The mid-term elections.(Eyes fixed on the election in Iowa)
• An ever-shifting web; Al-Qaeda.(Al-Qaeda changes its ways)(Brief Article)
• Re-engineering the euro; Economics focus.(Brief Article)(Column)
• Do you want us or do you not? Turkey and the EU.(Brief Article)
• The health service's IT problem; Computerising the NHS.(The government, IT and the NHS)(information technology at British National Health Service)
• One hour with Mr Bush; China and the United States.(China and America)(Brief Article)

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