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Three days after the attack, Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko had yet to make a public apology, which prompted Nicolas Burns, a U.S. State Department spokesman, to denounce Belarus' behavior as "outrageous" and "absolutely indefensible." Lukashenko eventually ordered an investigation of the episode and by week's end had invited American officials to participate. That may eventually shed light on who is responsible. But what cannot be explained, or fathomed, is how anyone can shoot down something as harmless as a helium balloon. "This is so senseless," said Ruth Ludwig of the Balloon Federation of America. "It's the most benign...
...with AIDS removed from a plane after he refused to put away his IV bottle; a year ago, the airline appointed a sales manager assigned solely to the gay and lesbian market. "We realized that gay and lesbian people travel an awful lot," says American Airlines spokesman Tim Kincaid, and so far the company has booked more than $15 million worth of business from gay tours and conventions...
When first asked by a reporter for Gorton's rationale for the cuts, a spokesman said the Senator had based his decision on grounds similar to Babbitt's. But given Gorton's reputation as one of environmental regulation's stauncher foes, this was a dubious rationale. In fact, the Senator's battle with autonomous-and assertive-local Indian government goes back at least to the 1970s, when as an 11-year attorney general in Washington State, he found himself embroiled in high-profile court cases against area tribes over fishing rights and criminal jurisdiction. "I do not believe there...
...Serbia, Bosnia and Croatia to send their foreign ministers to Geneva this week to join representatives from the so-called Extended Contact Group--including the U.S., Britain, France, Italy, Germany and Russia--in beginning peace talks. "These negotiations will be complicated, and they will be difficult," said State Department spokesman Nicholas Burns. That, no doubt, is an understatement...
...apparently, do Boy Scouts. An attorney for the national scouting organization has sent Phil Gramm's campaign a letter asking the Texas Republican to stop using photos of the Boy Scouts in his presidential campaign literature. (A recent pamphlet shows Gramm with a saluting Boy Scout). Today, Boy Scout spokesman Richard Walker reminded all candidates that images of scouts are off-limits. The Gramm staff had no immediate comment...