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Is the U.S. Stretched too Thin?
September 1, 2003 Issue
Past Covers Asian Journey August 18-25, 2003 —————– Cool Japan August 11, 2003 —————– Gloria Arroyo August 4, 2003 —————– Women in China July 28, 2003 —————– Asian Longevity July 21, 2003 —————– Hong Kong July 14, 2003 —————– Southeast Asia July 7, 2003 —————– Kim Jong Il June 30, 2003 —————–
Terror: Hambali’s heir apparent
Sports: Japan’s no-hit wonders
Afghanistan: The Taliban returns
Thailand: Saving Koh Samui from itself
CNN.com: Top Headlines
“I’m a white-knuckle flier, and she thought that this would keep me distracted.”
MIKE GOODWIN,
54-year-old passenger on newly launched Hooters Air, which features a buxom staff, on why his wife chose the airline
“We ate dates.”
SILJA STAEHELI,
19-year-old Swiss woman held hostage for six months by an Islamic radical group in the Sahara desert, explaining how she and 13 others survived
“It feels like a nightmare from which we are still hoping to wake. If only it were.”
KOFI ANNAN,
Secretary General of the U.N., reacting to the bombing of its Iraqi headquarters that left at least 23 people dead and injured more than 100
“This is against the Iraqi people.”
ABDUL RAHMAN AL-APSHAN,
35-year-old therapist who worked at a Baghdad hospital next to the hotel housing the U.N. headquarters, commenting on the Aug. 19 terrorist attack
“I don’t think there ever was a cease-fire.”
YONI PELED,
Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman, on a suicide bus bombing that killed 20 and injured 100
“It’s a “stay tuned” situation.”
MICHAEL OSTERHOLM,
director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, on an outbreak of illness near Vancouver that appears closely related to the SARS virusand may have been spread by undetectable, asymptomatic carriers
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