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A story of incredible cruelty at sea came out of Canada recently. If it is true, it raises serious q

What does Tom Harkin want?In recent months, the irascible Iowa Democrat has thumbed his nose

As calls come for peace-keeping troops to extend their stay in Bosnia, consider another nation divid

'GROTESQUE' VIEWSON WORLD TRADEKeith Rockwell's June 7 article, ''America's fading leadershi

The U.S. Senate and American industry can find inspiration in unlikely places.Take this blue

School's out and the grade is in. For-profit firms running some public schools get a solid ''D-'' fo

In 1994, after more than five long years of negotiation, the United States, the European Union, Japa

Two recent headlines capture the current malaise afflicting Europe's economies, and particularly its

A U.S. official Tuesday blasted the European Union for exploiting Washington's differences with Chin

The Belfast peace talks on the future of Northern Ireland got off to a predictably rocky start this

Like Bourbon kings who reputedly neither learned nor forgot anything, Mexico's grizzled labor monarc

Government subsidies have long plagued the international shipbuilding business. An agreement signed

Forget the caviar and movies. Just leave us high-fliers alone. Despite the perceived glamour of inte

Employers in the United States added almost 2 million people to their payrolls in April and May. The

This year's presidential campaign promises a spirited debate about the effects of foreign workers on

''We're riding a tide of anti-science,'' declares one of the great barons of science, Leon Lederman,

The Holy Grail of U.S. aviation - an open skies agreement with flinty Britain, the largest U.S. over

The House and Senate have until Friday to approve a fragile international agreement to limit shipbui

With only 13 months until the Chinese takeover of Hong Kong, on July 1, 1997, the countdown proceeds

Workers voted Tuesday to occupy Gdansk shipyard, birthplace of the Soviet bloc's first free union th

Looking for investment opportunities overseas? Confused and concerned about the stability of the bus

TRUCKERS NEED LAWAGAINST CARGO OVERLOADWe appreciate the remarks made by Ron Gottshall in hi

Like a bartender eyeing a regular customer who's had one too many, Wall Street is telling the trucki

After much political jockeying, a new central government finally has emerged from India's May electi

Even in the data-watch business, patience can be a virtue. As forecasters and financial analysts sea

Federal regulators will rule soon on the largest railroad merger in U.S. history, the acquisition of

From southern Bavaria's sunny hops fields to northern Bremen's malty brewing vats, beer brewing and

Look for the House Ways and Means Committee, or at least its trade subcommittee, to vote this week o

Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani probably is right when he says U.S. sanctions imposed on

An election does not a democracy make. Especially not in Bosnia-Herzegovina, a country held together

Telecommunications ministers and regulators from around the hemisphere will meet in Rio de Janeiro t

Character is getting a bad name. That is, the relentless questioning of politicians' character is ir

Is the Internet a safe place? In general, yes. Most users behave honestly, and popular scare stories

The United Nations has another extravaganza coming your way: a global food summit.You may re

ECONOMICS: ADISMAL SCIENCE?In his June 3rd letter (''Muddle lessons in economics,'' Page 6A)

Hope does spring eternal, and the eternal hope of Texas Democratic Congressman Henry Gonzalez is tha

Medicare's exploding costs are fast approaching crisis levels. The trustees of the government's heal

US AID TO RUSSIATIED TO PRIVATE HELP''Private sector help for Russia'' (Opinion, April 22, P

In what could have been one of the most misguided expressions of artistic freedom ever, the French s

Now that the media companies have conglomerated themselves into a few giant octopi, getting on the w