By Anonymous (not verified) , 20 February, 2001
Author
jade

try this

On Thursday, British and US officials are to meet to discuss the current economic sanctions against Iraq which have been in effect since the gulf war.

Current economic sanctions are a blanket approach, and critics claim that the sanctions are responsible for the deaths of more than one million iraqi civilians.

There is a movement toward implementing so called "smart sanctions," which would focus on arms control and allow civilian goods into the country.

By Anonymous (not verified) , 20 February, 2001
Author
walter

more playing around. hope you don't mind, thatcher. Also, a few questions in () where I wasn't clear from your latest draft

Today, the third day of testimony begins in Vanouver, B.C. in the NAFTA court hearing of Mexico vs. the Metaclad corporation. Mexico has most of this week to give their case. The current hearings could determine the outcome of a case by the California-based Sun Belt Water Corporation. (How? What is the relationship?)

By Anonymous (not verified) , 20 February, 2001
Author
Thatcher

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NAFTA

Testimony continues today in Vanouver, B.C. in

the NAFTA court hearing Mexico vs. Metaclad. This

hearing could determine the outcome of a case by the

California-based Sun Belt Water Corporation. On Monday they

asked for a dismissal of the Metaclad case. It was denied. Sun

Belt is suing the Canadian government under NAFTA for $100-220

By Anonymous (not verified) , 20 February, 2001
Author
thatcher

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NAFTA

Wednesday the third day of testimony begins in Vanouver, B.C. in

the NAFTA court hearing Mexico vs. the Metaclad corporation. The

current hearings could determine the outcome of a case by the

California-based Sun Belt Water Corporation. On Moday they

asked for a dismissal of the Metaclad case. It was denied. Sun

Belt is suing the Canadian government under NAFTA for $100-220

By Anonymous (not verified) , 20 February, 2001
Author
thatcher

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Wednesday the third day of testimony begins in Vanouver, B.C. in

the NAFTA court hearing Mexico vs. the Metaclad waste-disposal corporation. On Monday, the California-based Sun Belt Water Corporation was denied a dismissal of the case by Justice Tysoe.

Sun Belt is suing the Canadian government under NAFTA for

$100-220 million in costs and lost profits because of Canada's

By Anonymous (not verified) , 20 February, 2001
Author
walter

this is 45 seconds whereas the other was more than one minute. I noticed we have audio for this, and a total headline shouldn't be much more than 1 minute

On Thursday, British and US officials are to meet to discuss the current economic sanctions against Iraq which have been in effect since the gulf war.

Current economic sanctions are a blanket approach, and critics claim that the sanctions are responsible for the deaths of more than one million iraqi civilians.

By Anonymous (not verified) , 20 February, 2001
Author
marco

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Finance Minister Priyadi Praptosuharjo pledged that

Indonesia will work hard for an agreement with the

International Monetary Fund following warnings that

a continued standoff would lead to an international

loss of confidence, reports said Tuesday.

The Paris Club of 19 sovereign creditors agreed

last April to reschedule 2.8 billion dollars of

Indonesian debt, but any break with the IMF, over

central bank independence, would risk its cancellation.