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...injured. The bomb went off as an African Union delegation was visiting the capital, where it had been assessing security ahead of a planned peacekeeping mission. Earlier in the week, there had been protests against the inclusion of troops from neighboring countries in the proposed force. A Loud Retort THAILAND A car bomb exploded near a hotel in Sungai Kolok, killing at least six people and wounding 40 others. The blast came after a visit to the country's southern region by Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, during which he threatened to use economic sanctions against villages suspected of supporting Islamic...
...Federal Election Commission has no answer to this and other thorny questions, which will probably get hashed out in various state courts. Black holds that Perot should comply with the $25,000 cap on contributions from a single individual to candidates in an election cycle. Perot's advisers retort that Perot should be allowed unlimited spending on "party building" activities, just as wealthy donors to the voter-registration efforts of the Democratic and Republican parties...
Boeing isn't impressed. Airbus has got ahead, the company contends, because of unfair advantages--those launch-aid loans, to the tune of some $15 billion over the past 30 years. Airbus' retort: it will give up its state support if Boeing--the U.S.'s second largest defense contractor--forgoes its tax breaks and R&D support. In fiscal 2003, the E.U. estimates, total U.S. government support for Boeing R&D was $2.74 billion, representing 11.9% of the company's profits. That argument has stung Boeing, especially since it is involved in investigations of illegal or unethical behavior...
...does all this help out the poor people here, suffering the wrath of gloating red-staters? Well, it provides a retort. I am perfectly content to stop complaining about the election results, but it will come at a price. If I forego my right to whine about this poor excuse of a president, then Republicans alike shall have to stop whining about the fact that the rest of the world is anti-American...
...Second, we must commit to a serious effort to train Iraqi security forces. Third, we must carry out a reconstruction plan that brings benefits to the Iraqi people, and fourth, we must take the necessary steps to hold elections next year." It's not hard for President Bush to retort that Kerry is simply demanding something the Bush administration is already trying...