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•  With Nod to Youth, U.S. Reaches Semifinals
The United States, seeking its sixth straight World Cup berth, advanced to the regional semifinals after a 1-0 victory against Barbados on Sunday.



•  United States Wins by Record Margin in Cup Qualifier
The United States set out toward South Africa, the site of the next World Cup, with a victory Sunday. Brian Ching and Clint Dempsey each scored two goals.



•  Bomb Resonates With Diplomats, Not With the Bomber
There are not many places where a man convicted in the bombing of a commercial airliner can be found roaming the streets. Caracas, Venezuela is one of them.



•  Dollars in the Sand
Critics aside, tourism is keeping the Caribbean afloat.



•  Director of Offshore A.I.G. Unit Was Cited in Australian Inquiry
One of the directors of an A.I.G. entity in Barbados is a German executive whom Australian regulators have linked to the collapse of a large insurer.



•  Insurer Admits Bad Accounting in Several Deals
The American International Group acknowledged that its accounting for a number of transactions, including a deal with Warren Buffett's company, was improper.



•  Investigation of A.I.G.'s Deals Moves Offshore
Regulators are examining whether the American International Group has in recent years burnished its results by striking deals with offshore insurers that appear to be independent companies but that may in fact be affiliates of A.I.G. If these companies are indeed A.I.G.'s affiliates, the transactions between them may not involve a true transfer of risk and may run afoul of insurance accounting rules.



•  Company Is Foreign at Tax Time, but Seeks Americans-Only Work
An oil-well drilling company that escaped American taxes by taking addresses abroad is now trying to qualify for business open only to American companies.



•  Barbados Judge Issues Stays of Execution for 4 Convicted Killers
A Barbados appeals court justice issued stays of execution on Friday for four convicted killers scheduled to hang next week.



•  G.O.P. Is Moving to Slow Action on Tax Loophole
Republican leaders in Congress are using procedural tactics to keep Congress from voting on measures to close the so-called Bermuda loophole in the federal tax code.



•  Vote on Offshore Tax Plan Is Testing Company's Values
Tool maker Stanley Works has found itself at the center of controversy over a vote on becoming a Bermuda company to cut its taxes.



•  Weekes Finds a Home in Carolina
Carolinas Kevin Weekes, one of 31 minority players in the N.H.L., gained instant celebrity when he helped his team eliminate the Devils.



•  SOCCER; Mathis Is the New Leading Man of U.S. Soccer
Interview with Clint Mathis, who has emerged as star with United States national soccer team and with MetroStars; table of his recent accomplishments; photo



•  Why Mathematicians Now Care About Their Hat Color
Game in which contestants have to guess color of hat that has been placed on their heads has connections to realm of mathematics known as coding theory and has garnered considerable attention in certain academic circles; drawings



•  A Space Station's Long Goodbye
Leon Aron Op-Ed article argues that decommissioning of Mir space station was long overdue; says it was designed exclusively to serve military-industrial complex that has been looting and beggaring Russia for decades



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