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.

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

thatcher you need to answer some of my questions

NAFTA

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

ttt

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

new edit, i added a little to arthur

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.

While the current sanctions are a blanket approach, there has been movement , toward implimenting so called "smart sanctions." Smart sanctions would focus on arms control and let civilian goods into the country.

Critics around the world are claim that the economic sanctions are responsible for the deaths of more than one million iraqi civilians.

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

ahhh

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

Update

We have a big story with a phone interview about a boise, Idaho state senate occupation over farmer workers rights

--we have audio.

We will haev a NAFTA court case update

We have first drafts for: Gaza, India, Iraq, Colombia, Mexico-WEF, Atlanta, Chicago

Next were doing more editing and timings