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What does George W. Bush's re-election to the U.S. presidency mean to Asia? Turns out that people here are nearly as divided as American voters. According to a Time/CNN poll conducted by TNS in four Asian countries, 33.6% believe Bush's victory bodes well for their respective homelands while 32.4% feel the opposite. Twenty-five percent think his victory will have no effect...
...cascade of potential political damage that has everyone scrambling, from Tony Blair to Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon to Downing Street aides and the BBC. Already, the British public suspects Blair's government manipulated intelligence to boost the case for war against Iraq. A TIME/CNN poll by TNS shows that 42% of Britons believe he intentionally misled the country, 44% believe he didn't - and 45% think the invasion can't be justified if the intelligence was faulty, compared to 42% who think it can. The verdict on the question of whether the government sold the war honestly will hinge...
...Source: TNS If that doesn't happen, Blair's reputation for honesty will rest on whether parliamentary and U.S. congressional inquiries - due to report in the fall - judge that he, George W. Bush and other politicians twisted intelligence analysts' arms to reach precooked conclusions. Kelly's death has heightened public suspicions, putting a poignant human face on the idea that the government "sexed up" its dossier on WMD, and suggesting moreover that it contributed to his death by sacrificing his bureaucratic anonymity. Defense Ministry officials, with an assist from Downing Street, helped reporters pinpoint his name. They knew this would...
...deal with the U.S. While British Prime Minister Tony Blair resolutely backs Bush's call for closer relations with Washington, "old" Europeans, led by French President Jacques Chirac, want Europe to be an alternative - and often opposing - power center. And a new TIME/CNN poll conducted by TNS in Britain, Germany and France suggests Chirac's finger is closer to Europe's pulse - 37% of those polled said he best represents the views of most Europeans on U.S.-E.U. relations. Only 18% said Blair fit that description. Blair can comfort himself with the knowledge that Britons are more optimistic about...
...Sommer quit. Because the German government still owns 43% of Telekom, its two votes on the 20-member supervisory board carry a lot of weight. But Schröder's efforts to win voters by intervening in Telekom's business may prove to have backfired. An opinion poll by TNS EMNID said four out of five respondents said what happened at Telekom would have no role in their decision on which party to vote for. Shareholder anger became a topic in the campaign when Edmund Stoiber, the conservative candidate, raised the issue in a debate with Schr...