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...away as the Capitol Hill. Majority leader Tom Daschle introduced a proposal last week in the Senate that would authorize some $5 billion in drought relief for farmers. President Bush has previously said that to restrain the federal deficit, he wants any aid to come from the $249 billion farm bill that was enacted last May. That's likely to set off a feisty debate in some congressional districts over whether farmers need extra help or have had plenty of help already...
...presidency based on moral principles requires consistency, and Bush has not always displayed it. He calls for democracy in Iraq and Palestine--but not in such U.S.-friendly autocracies as Saudi Arabia. He is an avowed free-trader, but he has boosted domestic farm subsidies and protectionist tariffs on foreign steel. He has had to abandon many foreign policy campaign pronouncements in favor of policies closer to the allies'. He at first opposed international peacekeepers for Afghanistan but then agreed; at first opposed extending their mandate but then agreed; at first barred U.S. troops from joining the peacekeepers...
...model farm half an hour's drive northwest of Pyongyang, we were told about America's sins against North Korea. Standing in the doorway of the simple two-room home where she has lived for decades, Ri Yong Sun, 65, recalled how U.S. bombing during the Korean War destroyed fields and homes here. Ri wanted the Americans to apologize. The U.S., along with Japan, is the biggest donor of food aid to North Korea, yet it remains the enemy, viewed as the unrepentant instigator of the Korean War. Walking along the banks of the Taedong, I stopped to chat with...
...picturesque mountainside in southwestern China, may have set the record for the highest-altitude outdoor rock concert. The thin air at 12,000 ft. had Beijing rocker boys taking oxygen hits onstage between songs. There may have been 100 times the crowd at Max Yasgur's farm in 1969, but China's Woodstock can boast at least one thing in common with its American counterpart: the mud. It had been raining in Lijiang for a solid month. Not far from the festival grounds, mud slides killed more than 50 people the week before the event began...
...picturesque mountainside near the town of Lijiang in China's southwestern Yunnan province, may set the record for the highest altitude outdoor rock concert. The thin air at 3,700 meters has sickly Beijing rocker boys taking oxygen hits onstage between songs. The crowd at Max Yasgur's farm in 1969 may have been a hundred times bigger, but "China's Woodstock" can boast at least one thing in common with its American counterpart: the mud. It's been raining in Lijiang for a solid month. Not far from the festival grounds, mudslides have recently killed more than 50 people...