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...that El Nino--that mischievous gremlin of the atmosphere and oceans--is once again gathering strength, preparing to unleash meteorological havoc in the months to come. The tropical storms spawning off Mexico, the heavy downpours that have drenched Chile and Peru, the worrisome lack of rain in Australia and Indonesia--all, say scientists, are signs that a powerful El Nino has grabbed control of the world's weather machine...
Utilizing small Square-footage locations in urban areas, the design debuted at the Fleet Center this July, and will be implemented in the Czech Republic, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore...
...elections in 1996 with illegal campaign money, although Democrats confirmed that a classified briefing provided evidence to suggest China had at least tried to influence the congressional elections last year. But in its helter-skelter way, the committee began to construct a coherent tale. Asian money--specifically from Indonesia's Lippo Group and its onetime executive Huang--had infiltrated Democratic coffers longer, deeper and with more political strings attached than had previously been known...
...with him on a number of economic development projects," Daschle wrote to transition-team head Richard Riley. "I can personally attest to John's strong background in trade and Pacific Rim issues." Huang, who has become the symbol of shady Democratic fund raising, was then an executive with the Indonesia-based Lippo Group conglomerate, and interested in positions at Commerce, Treasury and the office of the U.S. Trade Representative. According to Daschle spokeswoman Ranit Schmelzer, the Senator says he doesn't remember how he met Huang, who became Deputy Assistant Secretary at Commerce, and has no recollection of any "economic...
...share the shock and dismay of our shareholders and others that the gold we thought we had at Busang now appears not to be there." That was the Captain Renault-esque reaction of Bre-X head David Walsh to an independent report calling the once highly-touted Busang, Indonesia lode the biggest scam in the history of mining. In its report released Sunday, Strathcona Mineral Services said that gold from outside sources had been added to the crushed rock core samples that Bre-X had gathered as evidence of the supposed 200 million ounces of gold at Busang. Trading...