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  • EU set to lift China arms embargo despite US concerns

    02/10/2005 10:11:57 AM PST · by Alex Marko · 8 replies · 320+ views
    BRUSSELS - The European Union on Wednesday (9 February) indicated that it would go ahead and lift its arms embargo on China despite repeatedly expressed concerns by the US. "The European Union is moving to lift the arms embargo. The European Union cannot be accused of rushing into this", said European Commission President José Manuel Barroso. Standing beside him during a brief stop on her whirlwind tour of Europe, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice reiterated the concerns the US has about the EU's intention to lift the embargo - imposed after the massacre of protestors in Tiananmen Square in...
  • Anti-French Internet site "FranceStinks.com" scores hit with US public

    03/06/2003 3:24:00 PM PST · by knighthawk · 51 replies · 1,550+ views
    Hindustan Times ^ | March 06 2003 | AFP
    Anti-French sentiment has found an outlet in America: A new Web site where members of the public can send jokes and express their general displeasure at Paris' stance opposing the US bid to launch war on Iraq. "FranceStinks.com" was set up by a 50-year-old Burbank, California-based television producer with a string of businesses to his name who refuses to reveal his identity, going instead by the pen name "Yankee Doodle" so as not to get too many rude letters, he says. "Americans, myself included, have always had a very fond place in our hearts, and in our style and in...