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Assuming for a moment that American negotiators succeed in promoting President Clinton's global warm

With the largest work force and the richest diversity of economic resources in Central America, Guat

It's time the nation took stock of New Labor.Two years ago, the AFL-CIO threw out the old gu

KVAERNER DEAL IS A BOONFOR PHILADELPHIA YARDTom Baldwin, in his Inside Talk (Oct. 23, Page 2

Enormous deposits of ice-like crystals beneath the seabed could provide enough energy to power North

The traditional concept of flag-state control for ship stems from the requirement for and possession

This week at a conference in Malaysia, International Monetary Fund head Michel Camdessus outlined ''

Cuauhtemoc Cardenas, the dour leftist politician, will be sworn in as mayor of Mexico City on Friday

ANTITRUST IMMUNITYSEEN AS MISGUIDEDThe prologue to a famous Frank Sinatra song says, ''As I

Russia is caught up in the contagion spreading from the financial turmoil in Southeast Asia.

This is supposed to be the Year of the Balanced Budget. It turned out to be the year of the largest-

Among the pine trees of northern Greece, Aristotle is at the heart of a simmering war with a group o

If a single image hovers above the conference on global warming being held this week in Kyoto, Japan

The South African Revenue Service offices in downtown Cape Town emptied one recent morning as the en

Faced with stiff opposition, the Federal Trade Com- mission Monday left unchanged the narrower defi

After Jiang Zemin returned to Beijing, most Americans turned their attention away from China. Within

Will Asia's economic crisis do the Federal Reserve Board's work for it?Many Fed watchers thi

The U.S. stock market has more than doubled in value since 1993. At the same time, the average emerg

On Nov. 30, the United Nations peacekeeping mission withdrew from Haiti. Three years after U.S. troo

Haiti's best hope for peace, prosperity and freedom lay in the development of a vigorous and industr

With the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade completed over three years ago

Czech Prime Minister Vaclav Klaus has resigned, entangled in a campaign-financing scandal of his own

President Clinton's proposal to return greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2008-2012 leaves a

Procter Hug Jr., chief judge of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals San Francisco, has a problem:

PROMISE OF FREETRADE REMAINS STRONGYour article on U.S.-Mexican trade (''U.S. and Mexican co

The United Nations troops pulled out of Haiti Sunday, marking the end of a three-year effort by the

Global leaders are meeting in Kyoto, Japan, this week to discuss global warming, but an industry res

The walls in the Jardine Matheson & Co. headquarters building are festooned with etchings, documents

SETTLEMENT REACHED ONCOOK INLET POLLUTIONANCHORAGE - Cook Inlet Pipeline Co. and the Environ

In the Middle East, money talks - but not as loudly as politics. That's the lesson to be learned fro

The obligatory photo op from the Vancouver summit last week with its line of 18 APEC leaders looked

UNIONS HAVESHOULDERED WHEELAn inference might be drawn from the story in The Journal of Comm

For a man so badly defeated on the battlefield six years ago, Saddam Hussein retains a remarkable ab

After more than a decade of over 8 percent growth, Thailand has hit a major speed bump. A virtual fo

A critical decision on the future of the U.S. military awaits the Congress. At stake is how best to

So Boutros Boutros-Ghali finally has his revenge. Or is it France?Forced out as secretary ge

Media reports have not missed the irony that Teamster's President Ron Carey, who campaigned for unio

While most Christians in America consider Thanksgiving to be a religious holiday, there is good reas

With the Asian economies falling like so many dominoes, forecasters have little concern about the U.

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