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One participant added that the interest in the profession over the past 10 years has dropped by half, although the recent publicity stemming from Enron and WorldCom, albeit negative, has actually sparked increased interest in the profession.
Also, Saddam is taking advantage of the current Arab backlash against the United States , sparked by the latter's failure to broker a peace settlement with Israel.
Nigeria watch: All papers' front pages (except for the Washington Post , which links a front-page photo to an inside story), cover the riots in the capital of Lagos and several towns, which were sparked by the Tuesday death of opposition leader Moshood Abiola and by military leader Abubakar's Wednesday dissolution of his Cabinet.
This has rekindled the concern and outrage sparked a few weeks ago by the similar death of a pledge at Louisiana State University.
The South China Morning Post described scenes of "unconfined joy" and "delight" at the arrival of the People's Liberation Army, and according to Britain's Independent , "[a]lmost everyone agreed that China's resumption of sovereignty would help wipe out a turf war that has gripped Macau's gambling industry and sparked 39 triad gangster killings this year alone."