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IN THE LINE OF DUTY The media world was saddened and outraged by the news that kidnapped Wall Street Journal reporter Danny Pearl was killed by his radical captors in Pakistan. U.S. President George W. Bush said Pearl's death will only strengthen Washington's resolve against terror

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"We thought we were in bad shape before. Now we're almost nostalgic for October, when unemployment was only 18%."
FEDERICO THOMSEN,
senior economist at ING Barings in Argentina, on the fast deteriorating state of the nation's economy

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