But a proposal by the United States aimed at reducing the vulnerability of commercial aircraft to heat-seeking surface-to-air missiles was vetoed by China, an official said. What! Does China want passenger airplanes to be shot down with impunity?
activists vowed 100,000 people would take to the streets of Busan in protests against the free trade agenda.
The bulk of them would be made up of farmers opposed to the import of cheaper foreign farm products. Still, I doubt there will be that many to turn up. A few tens of thousands would be my estimate.
To: TigerLikesRooster; maui_hawaii; tallhappy; Dr. Marten; Jeff Head; Khurkris; hedgetrimmer; ...
To: TigerLikesRooster
and we don't want the Hong Kong meeting to be a failure
Oh yes we do!
To: TigerLikesRooster
Let us not forget the university students and labor unions... Anything that remotely smacks of 'America' will be protested by them.
Free trade = America
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11/12/2005 9:16:12 PM PST by
gogogodzilla
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