From roei@u.washington.edu Mon Feb 1 08:34:38 1999 Received: from mxu4.u.washington.edu (mxu4.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.8]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.1+UW98.09/8.9.1+UW98.09) with ESMTP id IAA28752 for ; Mon, 1 Feb 1999 08:34:38 -0800 Received: from mailhost2.u.washington.edu (mailhost2.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.2]) by mxu4.u.washington.edu (8.9.2+UW99.01/8.9.2+UW99.01) with ESMTP id JAA06928 for ; Mon, 1 Feb 1999 09:34:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from u.washington.edu (D-128-208-32-205.dhcp.washington.edu [128.208.32.205]) by mailhost2.u.washington.edu (8.9.2+UW99.01/8.9.2+UW99.01) with ESMTP id IAA09449 for ; Mon, 1 Feb 1999 08:34:37 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <36B5D80F.43D97EB6@u.washington.edu> Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1999 08:36:32 -0800 From: Roei Ganzarski Reply-To: roei@u.washington.edu X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: International Business Association Mailing List Subject: newsletter Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi everyone, Some cultural dates for Feb 1-15 1 - "Tu Bishvat" in Israel 2 - Groundhog Day in USA 3 - Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party in Vietnam 5 - Constitution Day in Mexico 9 - Feast of St. Maroon/St. Maroon's Day in Lebanon 11 - National Foundation Day in Japan 12 - Lincoln's Birthday in United States 14 - St. Valentine's Day in United States 15 - Revolution Day in Iran Now for some news: 1. King Hussein Chooses Eldest Son as His Heir By Douglas Jehl New York Times Service CAIRO - King Hussein of Jordan has completed a remarkable change of course by anointing his eldest son, Prince Abdullah, as next in line for the Hashemite throne, Jordanian officials said Monday. 2. U.S. Widens Authority of Jets to Strike Iraq Targets By Elizabeth Becker New York Times Service WASHINGTON - Responding to Iraq's concerted challenge to U.S. warplanes, President Bill Clinton has expanded the powers of U.S. warplanes to fight back when attacked while enforcing the no-flight zones over that country, the president's senior national security advisor said Tuesday. 3. Jakarta Suggests a Free East Timor By Michael Richardson International Herald Tribune SINGAPORE - Indonesia said Wednesday that it was prepared to consider giving independence to East Timor - the first time officials have acknowledged such an option since Indonesian forces invaded the former Portuguese colony 24 years ago. 4. Counting Out the Euros in Wages and Jobs By John Vinocur and John Schmid International Herald Tribune PARIS - For all the hopes placed in the euro as an economic elixir, the common currency is bringing new tensions to the area of salaries and the related concern among trade unions that Europe is heading for a wave of downward competitive bidding on wages and job relocation. 5. A Proposal to Monitor World Finance System By Alan Friedman and Jonathan Gage International Herald Tribune DAVOS, Switzerland - Hans Tietmeyer, president of the Bundesbank, said Sunday he would soon recommend to the wealthy Group of Seven nations the formation of a committee of financial regulators to exchange information and track potential problems in the global economy before they erupted. 6. Japanese Town Fights Cult With Trench Warfare By Kevin Sullivan Washington Post Service KITAMIMAKI, Japan - Eighty village sentries stood around three huge bonfires as spotlights illuminated the vacant house they have held under siege since last month, when they discovered it was owned by the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult. .