US and China reach careful release agreement after EP-3E incident
The EP-3E crew is released and returns to Whidbey Island for a 4 p.m. homecoming as President Bush apologizes for the pilot’s death and the U.S. acknowledges the incident. Chinese officials call the move a humanitarian gesture amid tense negotiations over the broader collision.
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Shirley Crandall
U.S. Navy
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Loves Park
Hainan
South China Sea
United States
Wang Wei
U.S
China
Jiang Zemin
Uruguay
Xinhua
Bush
Beijing Morning Post Today
Graduate's safe home eases EU acquaintances relief
EU acquaintances relieved as Vignery returns home unharmed from a China encounter. Gentry and Fagan praise Vignery’s fitness for his position while teary reunion hopes overflow. Stuever notes global responses including Chinese and U.S. statements seeking a formal apology and airspace clearance.
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Liz Gentry
Goodland
Western Kansas
Navy
Gentry
Pat Fagan
Vignery
Fagan
China
Spy plane standoff reshapes US China posture
The 11 day detention of 24 spy plane crew members and Beijing demand for an apology harden views toward China and may complicate Bush era balancing acts. Analysts say Taiwan arms sales and Olympics diplomacy will face greater scrutiny while trade relations likely stay intact though tempered by rights and access concerns.
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China
Washington
Tang Jiaxuan
U.N
Shen Guofang
Associated Press
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Beijing
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Republican
Hong Kong
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National Security Council
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Reagan
Capitol Hill
Chuck Hagel
R-Neb
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hagel
Kevin Nealer
Scowcroft Group
Nealer
Robert Kagan
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Standard
State budget picture dims as costs signal slowdown
Goossen says budget picture grows dimmer with added costs from social services. Graves spokesman Don Brown notes projections usually rise, while lawmakers prepare for holes in the 9.1 billion budget after a 185 million shortfall forecast. Medicaid costs rise, impacting education funding and a seniors prescription drug program.
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