Word: counterpart
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...gets it," said George W. Bush of his new British counterpart Gordon Brown, following a two-hour dinner on Sunday night with the man who has replaced Tony Blair. Bush was answering his own question over whether the two governments would continue to see eye to eye - Brown, after all, has sought to distance himself from his predecessor's legacy, and faces pressure from British voters who saw Blair as more of a supplicant than a friend to the Bush administration. Even some within Brown's cabinet have telegraphed a cooling of relations. Britain and the U.S. would no longer...
...talks called by the Iraqi government, complained that the Iranians continue to support Shi'ite militants engaged in sectarian and anti-U.S. violence in Iraq - and charged that such activity had actually escalated since the previous meeting between the two sides in Baghdad, eight weeks ago. His Iranian counterpart, Hassan Kazemi-Qomi, reportedly dismissed the U.S. complaints and said they were not backed by any proof. He blamed the security crisis in Iraq on the presence of "foreign forces," and also demanded the release of Iranian personnel being held there...
...Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker today echoed the concerns after meeting with his Iranian counterpart in Baghdad. "The fact is, and we made it very clear in today's talks, that over roughly two months we have actually seen militia- related activities that can be attributed to Iranian support go up and not down," Crocker said after talks with Iranian ambassador Hassan Kazemi-Qomi on security issues in Iraq. Iran has consistently denied accusations of training and arming militants in Iraq...
...like his U.S. counterpart, Hanning is referring to the general possibility of an attack rather than any specific threat, hoping to make Germans more alert to suspicious activities, and also raising pressure on any terror cells already in place. Says Rolf Tophoven, director of the Institute for Terrorism Research and Security Policy in Berlin, "Where there is no evidence, you must do things to shock terrorists in order to prevent them from acting...
...indecorous task of garroting a live chicken. But what truly sets Matsui apart is her frank acknowledgement of the dark personal motivations that drive her brush, often springing from the frustrations of being a woman in a Japanese art world that is as male dominated as its corporate counterpart. That sublimated struggle gives her best paintings substance beyond sheer shock value. "Sometimes I want to provoke people just to show how aggressive I am," says Matsui. "But more importantly this is purification, catharsis for me. It's my identity...