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Fragola said she hoped the action would both bolster janitors’ spirits and put pressure on Boston Properties, a multibillion-dollar corporation that owns property in Boston, Manhattan, Washington and San Francisco...
...telecommunications magnate, refused to comment on the cheating scandal. State-run television channels and Thaksin's ITV network didn't mention it, either. Yet things will probably turn out all right for Panthongtae. Technically, he is already Thailand's richest man because Thaksin placed his multibillion dollar fortune in a trust in Panthongtae's name before entering politics. If only dad could give him some help boning up on political science...
...Saudis approved Pentagon use of the Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC), a multibillion-dollar U.S.-built facility at the Prince Sultan base, to direct the air war against the Taliban but did not offer to allow American bombers to fly combat missions from Saudi bases. If the Administration expected more from the Saudis, it didn't ask for it. On sensitive internal matters--such as the radical indoctrination of schoolchildren by the Wahhabists--the U.S. has not pressured the royal family directly. "There has been no table pounding," admits a senior U.S. official. "When the Saudis get hectored about reform...
...Saudis approved Pentagon use of the Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC), a multibillion-dollar U.S.-built facility at the Prince Sultan base, to direct the air war against the Taliban but did not offer to allow American bombers to fly combat missions from Saudi bases. If the Administration expected more from the Saudis, it didn't ask for it. On sensitive internal matters-such as the radical indoctrination of schoolchildren by the Wahhabists-the U.S. has not pressured the royal family directly. "There has been no table pounding," admits a senior U.S. official. "When the Saudis get hectored about reform...
...independent Dervis' attempt to launch himself into politics by joining up with Cem, saying that Dervis could not both serve the government and oppose it. In the end, Dervis withdrew his resignation under pressure from President Ahmet Necdet Sezer, who feared that if the architect of Turkey's multibillion-dollar IMF rescue package were to go, so might the economy. Short of an Ecevit resignation, parliament might be recalled to pave the way for new elections - due in April 2004, but almost certain to be held in late autumn. There lies the road ahead for Turkey as it recovers from...