Word: counterpart
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...prolonged the detention of opposition figurehead and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. But any mention of that negative emotion was excised from the formal communiqué issued by ASEAN the following day. And an initial flurry of excitement caused by Yeo when he said that his Burmese counterpart had told him Suu Kyi might possibly be released in six months' time turned out to be a misunderstanding. A clarification was quickly issued in which the Burmese government was quoted as saying the earliest Suu Kyi might be freed would be after...
...Vietnam continued for two more years. Gorbachev got the prize in 1990, shortly before he was overtaken by events he could not control. In this case, perhaps, the award will be a harbinger and will prop up its recipients and the peace process. Neither man can afford for his counterpart to fail. De Klerk's fragility does not gratify Mandela. The skepticism of Mandela's left wing does not comfort De Klerk. History shows that the weaker the negotiating partners, the weaker the peace negotiated. For Mandela, who emerged unbowed after nearly three decades in prison, the award...
...letter was drafted and this time actually sent. Cedras and Francois would resign after all, but not until Aristide nominated their successors and they were confirmed by the Haitian Senate. Parliamentary confirmation has a nice, American ring to it, but Haiti's Senate is not its U.S. counterpart. ''They fear for their lives, and quite reasonably so,'' says an American diplomat. ''Since the coup, they've done only what Cedras and Francois dictate.'' Under Cedras' scheme, the Senate could reject numerous nominations before agreeing to people he and Francois find acceptable. Once again, Aristide would be a figurehead, a symbol...
...announced that New Jersey's 5th was being targeted as one of 20 "emerging races" the party believes are in play, and paid for a local anti-Garrett radio ad that tied the incumbent to President Bush. With roughly seven times as much cash on hand as its Republican counterpart, the DCCC hopes to open up previously uncompetitive seats in order to force the GOP to dilute its own resources to defend what had once been safe seats...
...accepting public funds, McCain must abide by an $85 million cap on his spending, which is where the Republican National Committee (RNC) comes in. The RNC, which can run some ads on behalf of McCain and unlimited ads in support of the party, has already doubled its Democratic counterpart's fund-raising this year, bringing in $167.7 million as of June 24, according to the Federal Election Commission. When added together the McCain campaign and RNC had $95 million cash on hand at the end of May, compared with just $40 million cash on hand for Obama...