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According to a fresh Moscow version of an old anecdote, Russian President Boris Yeltsin comes out of

Pay attention the next time you hear some of the Clinton administration's warm and fuzzy goals for A

Former Maritime Administrator Warren Leback created a bit of a storm in the maritime community by hi

Two things are certain about American Airlines' cavalier treatment of Peruvian President Alberto Fuj

U.S. foreign policy has never been perfect, but seldom has it been as dangerously self-destructive a

Not many things in life are certain, but one of them is that export controls will be tightened as a

The fallout from NATO's intervention in Yugoslavia, even as it begins to look successful, is now in

Since Chairman Mao's revolution succeeded in driving China's nationalist government to the island of

If a proposed highway improvement project has passed every environmental test required by the federa

t's tempting to get carried away with optimism over the latest developments in the Balkans. Don't.

New words are slipping into the workplace vocabulary because of a cartoon character and some mouse p

Like Claude Rains in ''Casablanca,'' some transportation-industry people are pronouncing themselves

The International Monetary Fund should sell some of its gold reserves to pay for debt relief for hig

Almost every claim made for the euro when the decision was taken at Maastricht in 1991 to create a s

Herbert Hoover was responsible for the worst economic disaster in the history of the world and Bill

Now, granted, I was straightening up around the apartment at the time. But still, I thought I was sa

From the bitter reality department comes word that Colombia, which supplies an estimated 80 percent

Now that Sea-Land and Maersk have selected their mega-port site for the East Coast, the entire inter

Across America, commence- ment exercises are followed by students' moving to their first professiona

The real issue facing Congress as it considers renewing normal trade relations (NTR) with China is w

The Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 1998 (OSRA) has been in effect for slightly more than one month and

Rejoice, road warriors, your day has come!The increasing popularity of ultra-slim notebook c

News reports that the passenger liner United States has been put on the National Register of Histori

There's almost as much irony as there is danger in the latest food panic that's sweeping the globe.

Susan Strange's explanation of the title of her book, ''Mad Money,'' captures her concern for the co

The European Union will soon pull the plug on an industry that has little rationale for its existenc

Transshipment hubs, in Europe and elsewhere, are at the center of a heated debate over subsidies tha

So maybe selling steel isn't like selling sex, but if the sex industry is already making a billion d

Japan's vice minister of finance for international affairs, Eisuke Sakakibara was once so well regar

The historical claims on the Falkland Islands have principally two differing versions. The recent me

Two years after it decided to scrap the Union Jack paint scheme on its airplanes' tail fins in favor

Nowadays Russia has two governments, one directed by President Boris Yeltsin's daughter, Tatiana Dya

Things are moving again on the ship-order front, particularly in the mega-ship area, where the popul

U.S. Customs this month plans to simulate a breakdown of its computer system. During the 24-hour tes

Air Pacifichas top service,loyal followingIn reference to ''Fiji's Air Pacific strug

Whatever happened to ''corporate welfare''?Not long ago an emotional battle cry in Congress

Growth prospects for the countries bordering Israel are expected to improve as a result of Israeli L

True or False? Americans are becoming increasingly isolationist. They oppose free trade agreements.

Americans may have thought they'd had their fill of scandals, posturing and poor performance in Wash

In an action that underlined who holds power and what their attitudes are, Tokyo this week officiall