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                    [Title] => Iraq war will have dire worldwide consequences
                    [Summary] => The first global casualty in the Iraq war is air travel. International Air Line companies are expecting a loss of $10 billion.  Hotels worldwide expect a 50 percent decrease in occupancy. And Pope John Paul II has denounced the Iraq war as a threat to humanity. In short, the Iraq war will further aggravate the current economic recession. The backlash on third world countries will be very bad.


In war truth is no longer an issue. For wars do not determine who was right and who was wrong. The reason only shows who was the stronger. Admittedly, some wars are inevitable and justified. [DatePublished] => 2003-03-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135432 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1115213 [AuthorName] => Alejandro R. Roces [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 199856 [Title] => On deadlines, ultimatums and the moment of truth [Summary] => A deadline is the final date or time when a task or decision must be completed or decided. The term originated from the strict demarcation line around a notorious Confederate prison camp during the American Civil War. A certain distance from the prison fence was marked out and any prisoner who trespassed the line was shot dead.

The word ultimatum comes from the word ultimate and means the time when rejection will end peaceful negotiations and cause a resort to force or other drastic actions.
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                    [Title] => Iraq war will have dire worldwide consequences
                    [Summary] => The first global casualty in the Iraq war is air travel. International Air Line companies are expecting a loss of $10 billion.  Hotels worldwide expect a 50 percent decrease in occupancy. And Pope John Paul II has denounced the Iraq war as a threat to humanity. In short, the Iraq war will further aggravate the current economic recession. The backlash on third world countries will be very bad.


In war truth is no longer an issue. For wars do not determine who was right and who was wrong. The reason only shows who was the stronger. Admittedly, some wars are inevitable and justified. [DatePublished] => 2003-03-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135432 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1115213 [AuthorName] => Alejandro R. Roces [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 199856 [Title] => On deadlines, ultimatums and the moment of truth [Summary] => A deadline is the final date or time when a task or decision must be completed or decided. The term originated from the strict demarcation line around a notorious Confederate prison camp during the American Civil War. A certain distance from the prison fence was marked out and any prisoner who trespassed the line was shot dead.

The word ultimatum comes from the word ultimate and means the time when rejection will end peaceful negotiations and cause a resort to force or other drastic actions.
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