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...against the government - given that the Supreme Court had earlier ruled Sharif has "an inalienable right" to return. His party faithful, undaunted by their leader's absence and the arrest of many of his aides, are planning mass protests that are likely to feature a wide spectrum of Pakistanis upset with Musharraf - from Islamists to communists to professionals to small-business folk. "What the government did to stop Sharif was absolutely disastrous for this country," says shopkeeper Oranzab Shahid. "As a citizen of Pakistan it was his right to come back." Sharif's brother, Shahbaz, has sworn to lead...
Everybody seems upset at Vick for mistreating dogs, yet where's the outcry over jockeys who beat horses as they race them to exhaustion, rodeo riders who torture calves and bulls, and sled-dog drivers who run their dogs for hours through freezing weather? Jerry Sturdivant, LAS VEGAS...
...earthly power is the result of a peace settlement that requires him to share government with Sinn Fein, the political wing of the IRA, the nationalist movement he has devoted his political career to fighting. Many Free Presbyterians have buried relatives killed by the IRA; others were simply upset by the compromises he made and appalled by photographs of Paisley laughing heartily alongside Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness, a former IRA leader...
...Iranians, much the way Cuba was for the Soviets in 1962, he could be courting trouble. "I don't know that Nicaraguans would see it in their best interest to do that, because then they would become targets - in a real way." Indeed, Jett says, "It would not only upset the United States but all the neighboring countries in Central America." Already, Iran's presence in Nicaragua has upset neighboring Honduras, where two newspapers recently reported the arrival of Iranian diplomats who entered Honduras from Nicaragua bent on photographing hotels, businesses, embassies and tourist sites...
...upset about the ad hoc way NASA settled who would be first to step on the moon? -Robert Newman, DALLASI felt we needed a decision to proceed with training, so I sort of forced the issue. What NASA did was absolutely correct. It would have been unacceptable for the commander to sit up in the lunar module while his co-pilot made the first historic step on the moon...