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...Spain's negotiator in Marrakech, fisheries official Fernando Curcio, said on Tuesday that "it was important to us to protect the interests of our small fishing fleets." Yet Europe's fisheries official Amilhat says that, inevitably, many fishermen will lose their jobs as fleets shrink in response to reduced catch quotas. And if the environmentalists' boycott campaign further cuts bluefin consumption, the species may yet have a fighting chance...
...care benefits have become more important, he says. "More than two-thirds of workers taking early retirement aren't eligible for Medicare. A lot of them didn't even want to retire," he says. UAW president Ron Gettelfinger said in the fall of 2007 that the VEBA trusts would protect the health care of retirees and eligible dependents for the next 80 years. However, that always depended on the health of the company. The promise is now suspect, says Stephen Diamond, an associate professor of law at Santa Clara University in California who has studied the auto-industry VEBAs. Last...
...never been duplicated. At the age of 11, he was part of a troupe sent on a goodwill tour of America and performed in front of U.S. President Richard Nixon, who jokingly asked the young fighter to become his bodyguard. Li's precocious reply - "I don't want to protect an individual; I want to defend my 1 billion Chinese countrymen!" - was regarded as a great propaganda coup by Chinese apparatchiks, whose darling he became. Li also became, at the age of 12, China's national wushu champion - not junior champion, but champion, period. He held that title...
...with a license to badge a company's products and premises with the SmartWater logo, can range from $4,000 up to six figures a year. Big-name clients include insurers Allianz, several high street retailers, and utility giants like Scottish Power and United Utilities, which use it to protect their stockyards...
...launched 18 coups?and the words of generals tend to carry weight. But both the PAD and Somchai have rejected the army chief's call. In a televised speech late Wednesday night, Somchai said, "it is not important if I am Prime Minister. But it is important that I protect democracy." Meanwhile, the PAD has refused a court order to leave Bangkok International Airport, also known as Suvarnabhumi. Airport officials told wire services that they expected Don Muang domestic terminal will reopen Thursday evening. But even then, Thailand's battered political system will still be grounded...