Word: ruud
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...panel, moderated by CNN anchor Judy Woodruff, featured Vigdis Finnbogadottir, former president of Iceland (1980-1986); Ruud Lubbers, former prime minister of the Netherlands (1982-1984); Kim Campbell, former prime minister of Canada (1993); Malcolm Fraser, former prime minister of Australia (1975-1983); Helmut Schmidt, former chancellor of West Germany (1975-1982); Hanna Suchoka, former prime minister of Poland (1993-1994); and Jennifer Smith, current premier of Bermuda...
...could Washington be so naive that you could win such a thing with an air strike? Impossible! Why did Clinton declare on TV that we would not send in ground troops? Of couse we should go in, we are much too late," said Ruud Lubbers, a former prime minister of the Naetherlands...
...could Washington be so naive that you could win such a thing with an air strike? Impossible! Why did Clinton declare on TV that we would not send in ground troops? Of course we should go in, we are much too late," said Ruud Lubbers, a former prime minister of the Netherlands...
...secretary-general of the 16-nation alliance. The choice closes a difficult period for the Alliance that started when Willy Claes was forced to resign October 20 in connection with a government corruption scandal in his native Belgium. After the nominations of former Dutch Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers and former Danish Foreign Minister Uffe Ellemann-Jensen were blocked, Solana emerged as the favorite last month. TIME's Jane Walker reports that the choice of Solana, a former history professor and Spain's current Foreign Minister could raise some eyebrows: "He was vociferous in his anti-NATO stance before the Socialists...
...week, however, the most important vote is the one the summitteers themselves may take to replace Commission President Jacques Delors, who steps down in December after 10 historic years. The race is between Belgian Prime Minister Jean-Luc Dehaene, supported by France and Germany, and outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers, now cast as the British and "small-country" candidate. Both will be in Corfu, and each can, in principle, veto the other. Should make for an interesting meeting...