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Bush: Love him or Hate him
December 1, 2003 Issue
 

ASIA
 New Komeito: Japan's wildcard
 India: Teflon government
 China: Predatory transients


ARTS
 Satoshi Kon: Animé's true grit


NOTEBOOK
 Diplomacy: Sewing discord
 Hong Kong: Unhappy hunting
 Malaysia: Not so fast
 Japan: Baby Godzilla goes west
 Milestones
 Verbatim
 Letters


GLOBAL ADVISOR
 Dubai: Garden of golden delight
 Hotels: All the President's beds
 Shopping: Asia's supermalls


CNN.com: Top Headlines
"Those who bloodied this holy day and massacred innocent people will account for it in both worlds. They will be damned until eternity."
Recep Tayyip Erdogan,
Prime Minister of Turkey, on the two bombings in Istanbul last week that killed at least 27

"Freedom is beautiful."
George W. Bush,
responding during his state visit to London to a protest that attracted more than 70,000 people

"The right to marry means little if it does not include the right to marry the person of one's choice."
Margaret...

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