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...government as an élite administrative cadet and enjoyed a 39-year career, marred only by a heavily criticized decision to separate a child from an apparently unstable mother - made while Chan was Director of Social Welfare in 1986 - and the bungled opening of Hong Kong's new airport in 1998, which Chan had been tasked with monitoring. By the time she resigned in early 2001 - after being bullied by Beijing to support her then boss Tung - the gaffes were long forgotten...
...only threw me under his campaign bus, he backed up and ran over me again.' LARRY CRAIG, Republican Senator from Idaho, complaining that former friend Mitt Romney abandoned him after Craig's airport-restroom sex-sting scandal...
More than 20,000 police have been assigned to protect Bhutto and her entourage as she makes her way from the Karachi airport to the mausoleum of Pakistan's founder on Thursday. Snipers will occupy rooftops and flyovers, and bomb disposal units have already started sweeping the route. It's a journey that usually takes less than an hour. Police and party organizers are expecting an ordeal that could last up to eighteen hours, as fans coming as far away as Kashmir, in the country's northeast, block her passage in an attempt to get a glimpse of their rehabilitated...
...commuters waiting for the next train, iPods and street performers are no longer the only musical distraction. This weekend, the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority launched a new pilot program under the name “T-Radio” at its North Station, South Station, and Airport subway platforms. According to the MBTA, the new radio station will offer a variety of music along with news, sports, weather, and entertainment updates. The station will include rock, R&B, pop hits, and Latin chart toppers. In addition, the station is considering recruiting some of the local artists who already play...
...Even typically reliable strongholds like Idaho and Alaska could potentially be vulnerable next year. In Idaho, McConnell has made it clear he'd prefer embattled Senator Larry Craig - who pled guilty to disorderly conduct after Minneapolis airport police accused him of attempting to solicit gay sex in an airport bathroom - to resign immediately. That would leave a vacancy for Idaho Governor Butch Otter, a Republican, to appoint someone to serve out the last 15 months of Craig's term and preserve the party's incumbent advantage...