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...unarmed on September 11, and that their pilots may have been asked to crash their own planes in order to stop any further hijacked planes targeting U.S. cities. The reason: the threat to the U.S. mainland had been considered so small that only 14 armed fighters were available to defend its airspace that...
...Back in Daschle's home state of South Dakota, the Senate race has become a proxy war between the majority leader and President Bush. The prescription- drug issue "is going to play very badly" for Democratic incumbent Tim Johnson in his bid to defend his seat from House Republican John Thune, says Thune spokeswoman Christine Iverson. That may be why Daschle had Johnson give last Saturday's weekly Democratic radio address. Johnson used it to blame defeat of the Senate bill on the Republicans and contended the House plan "would do absolutely nothing to reduce the cost of prescriptions...
Back in Daschle's home state of South Dakota, the Senate race has become a proxy war between the majority leader and President Bush. The prescription-drug issue "is going to play very badly" for Democratic incumbent Tim Johnson in his bid to defend his seat from House Republican John Thune, says Thune spokeswoman Christine Iverson. That may be why Daschle had Johnson give last Saturday's weekly Democratic radio address. Johnson used it to blame defeat of the Senate bill on the Republicans and contended the House plan "would do absolutely nothing to reduce the cost of prescriptions...
...Reading the report, one wonders how seriously its crafters take their own recommendations. Most Egyptians I know have a sophisticated understanding of how the Bush Administration's support for Israel works, and what it means. "Sharon is a 'man of peace,' Israel must defend herself, but the Palestinians can just go drown," says Ahmed Mounir, a U.S.-educated businessman, as we watch al-Jazeera in his living room. Mounir has family in the U.S., and a deep desire to feel differently about a country that schooled him, and in many other ways earns his admiration. But he's disappointed...
...crimes that led to the deaths of 121 civilians and three prisoners of war; in Karlovac, Croatia. Following the collapse of communist Yugoslavia, Abdic distanced himself from the Bosnian government and declared himself ruler of a small autonomous region. To enlist the aid of Serb fighters to defend his fiefdom, Abdic turned his back on his fellow Muslims and set up camps where about 5,000 people were detained for just short of two years...