NEWSWEEK INTERNATIONAL EDITIONS: Highlights and Exclusives, Nov. 21, 2005 Issue

and avoid getting squashed. But a newly unpredictable element may be Japan, which has begun adopting a new assertive military stance. As appalling as the thought of remilitarization may be to many Japanese who still believe in their Constitution's pacifist ideals, a new sense of toughness is growing. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10019733/site/newsweek/ Ryanair's Gamble. It may be cheap to buy a seat on Ryanair, but passengers get hit with extra charges for food, paying by credit card and excess baggage, reports Correspondent Martin Stabe. Now the airline is considering high- altitude gambling in an effort to make more cash off fliers. With Europe's low cost sector developing in a way that nothing is free, how much are passengers willing to pay for? Travel: And A Room for the Nanny, Too. Bombings, bird flu and business travel: the first two can always wreak havoc on the third. Correspondent Michael Hastings reports how companies are responding to a changing world by enrolling in a new program designed to track traveling employees during a crisis. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10020093/site/newsweek/ WORLD VIEW: Europe Needs a New Identity. The riots [in France] had little to do with Islam. The young men interviewed were irreligious and talked about respect, jobs and discrimination, not jihad, suicide and virgins in paradise. "Solving this problem," writes Newsweek International Editor Fareed Zakaria. "is a matter of survival for Europe. In fact, for Europe to prosper it needs more immigrants." http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10019771/site/newsweek/ THE LAST WORD: Worry While You Spend. One puzzle these days is why Americans are so confident at the shopping mall and so glum in the opinion polls. Contributing Editor Robert Samuelson explains why a hangover from the 1990s boom may be to blame for the weakness of consumer sentiment polls. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10019744/site/newsweek/

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