From roei@u.washington.edu Thu Oct 1 16:00:34 1998 Received: from mxu2.u.washington.edu (mxu2.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.9]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW98.06) with ESMTP id QAA43708 for ; Thu, 1 Oct 1998 16:00:33 -0700 Received: from mailhost2.cac.washington.edu (mailhost2.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.2]) by mxu2.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW98.06) with ESMTP id QAA00535 for ; Thu, 1 Oct 1998 16:00:29 -0700 Received: from u.washington.edu (D-128-208-32-205.dhcp.washington.edu [128.208.32.205]) by mailhost2.cac.washington.edu (8.9.1+UW98.09/8.9.1+UW98.09) with ESMTP id QAA06281 for ; Thu, 1 Oct 1998 16:00:26 -0700 Message-ID: <361409BC.826C8E92@u.washington.edu> Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1998 16:01:18 -0700 From: Roei Ganzarski Reply-To: roei@u.washington.edu X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: International Business Association Mailing List Subject: News letter Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, Welcome back to school! Cultural dates for Oct 1-15: 1 - National Day in China 2 - Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday in India 3 - National Foundation Day in South Korea 5 - First Day of Sukkot in Israel; Moon Festival in Taiwan 8 - Battle of Angamos in Peru 10 - Health and Sports Day in Japan 12 - Dia de la Raza/Columbus Day in Colombia, Argentina, United States, Venezuela, Uruguay, Mexico, Honduras; National Day in Spain; Our Lady Aparecida Day in Brazil; Thanksgiving in Canada; Battle of Sarandi in Uruguay; Day of Liberation from the French in Laos 14 - Svetitskhovloba in Georgia; Petkouden in Bulgaria; National Day/Revolution Day 1963 in Yemen Arab Republic Some News: 1. India and Pakistan Voice Willingness To Sign Atom Pact,But U.S. Is Wary By Barbara Crossette New York Times Service UNITED NATIONS, New York - India on Thursday joined Pakistan in announcing that it was prepared to sign the international treaty banning nuclear testing within the year but said it was still discussing details. 2. Turkey Accuses Greece Over Cyprus . Reuters UNITED NATIONS, New York - Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz of Turkey said Thursday that the policy of Greece and the Greek Cypriots over the question of Cyprus threatened the security of his country and of the state proclaimed by the Turkish Cypriots. ''It is also detrimental to peace and stability in the eastern Mediterranean,'' Mr. Yilmaz said in a speech to the General Assembly. ''The question of Cyprus is at a critical juncture,'' he said. ''The course pursued by Greece and the Greek Cypriots poses a serious threat to the security of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and of Turkey.'' He was referring to the Turkish Cypriot state established in 1983. 3. Kohl Era Ends as Germany Turns to Schroeder By William Drozdiak Washington Post Service BERLIN - In an election that will transform the leadership of Europe's most pivotal nation, Gerhard Schroeder, a Social Democrat, ousted Chancellor Helmut Kohl with a decisive victory that will bring the left back to power in Germany for the first time in 16 years. 4. Brazil Expects $30 Billion Aid By Alan Friedman International Herald Tribune WASHINGTON - Brazil should be able to count on credit lines of about $30 billion early next month from Western governments, private-sector banks and global financial institutions such as the IMF, World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank, senior financial officials said here Monday. 5. G-7 Spars Over Reshaping of Financial System By Alan Friedman International Herald Tribune WASHINGTON - With just days to go before the start of the annual meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, the world's leading industrial powers have reached conflicting conclusions over how to reshape the international financial system to cope more effectively with the strains imposed by the global economic crisis. 6. China Ready to Sign Civil Rights Covenant Reuters WASHINGTON - China will sign a UN covenant on civil and political rights in New York next Monday, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said Tuesday. It had promised in March that it would sign the pact but had not until now given a precise date, U.S. officials said. The Chinese foreign minister, Tang Jiaxuan, gave the date at a meeting earlier Tuesday with President Bill Clinton, Mrs. Albright said. 7. Astronomers Discover 2 Planets With Notable Orbits By Kathy Sawyer Washington Post Service WASHINGTON - Astronomers aided by a precocious amateur have discovered two more planets orbiting sun-like stars, including one with the most Earth-like orbit of any of the new worlds detected so far. 8. Lifting the Veil, Just a Bit, on West's Decadent Art By DOUGLAS JEHL TEHERAN, Iran -- Many pearls lie hidden by Iran's restrictive culture, such as a government-owned art collection shut away since the Islamic revolution of 1979 in a climate-controlled vault deep in the bowels of Teheran's Museum of Contemporary Art. 9. Saudi Prince Meets Chiefs of Big Oil By AGIS SALPUKAS quarter-century after Saudi Arabia nationalized its oil industry, putting narrow limits on investment by Western oil companies, the heir to the Saudi throne, Crown Prince Abdullah, has asked top executives of seven major U.S. oil companies how his financially pressed country should be developing its vast oil and natural-gas reserves. 10. Three Nations Are Accused of Dumping Steel By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON -- Steel executives and labor leaders lodged complaints Wednesday accusing Japan, Russia and Brazil of selling steel in the United States at unfairly low prices and imperiling the domestic industry. Bye, Roei .