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However, just as Dhanin is building anew, he has been confronted with another potentially damaging setback: avian flu, which has devastated the Thai poultry industry over the past several months. As the No. 1 chicken producer in Asia, CP has been swept up in the crisis. Initially, rumors swirled that CP had contributed to the disease's spread in Thailand by trying to hide the outbreak. CP's participation in any cover-up "is just not true,'' says Dhanin. The company's chicken farms are a bulwark against the spread of diseases, he contends, because its birds are kept...
...with each goal, each setback and each berth in the next round, Adam A. Gordon ’04 was there to lead the fans in celebration...
...plan] had been adopted, say, on Jan. 26, 2001, is there the remotest chance that it would have prevented 9/11?" Republican commissioner Slade Gordon asked Clarke last week. "No," Clarke replied. Killing bin Laden and bombing al-Qaeda training camps, as Clarke advocated, might have dealt the organization a setback. But most U.S. officials believe that the planning for the terrorist attacks was already so far advanced that such actions wouldn't have halted them. Some of the 9/11 hijackers were already in the U.S. in early 2000 laying plans...
...Spanish result is an even sharper setback for the Bush administration, however. Washington had showcased Aznar's backing for the war as evidence of European support, hoping to isolate France and Germany as the odd men out on the continent. Instead, Zapatero has been mandated by voters to fulfill his promise of moving Spain far closer to France and Germany - and further away from Washington - in the conduct of foreign policy. The loss of 1,300 Spanish garrison troops in Iraq won't be militarily significant to the Coalition. Poland has already indicated its willingness to continue the command responsibility...
...shutout was the Crimson’s second in a row following its disappointing 7-2 setback to No.1 Trinity...