Bush touts support as UN split looms over Iraq goals
President Bush hosts international backers at the White House amid preparations for a new UN dispute on postwar Iraq aims. Danish PM Rasmussen agrees to send troops to stabilize Iraq, Qatar’s emir meets with Bush to discuss Iraq and Middle East peace. NATO talks and sanctions relief loom as Powell seeks to bridge council rifts. Prime ministers Aznar and Bush urge rapid sanctions removal amid shifting UN mood.Germany and France signal cooperation as debates unfold.
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Bush
Iraq
White House
U.N
Anders Fogh Rasmussen
United Nations
Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani
Qatar
Mideast
U.S
America
Oval Office
NATO
Ari Fleischer
United States
U.N. Security Council
Council
United Nation
Jose Maria Aznar
Aznar
Britain
Spain
Security Council
Germany
State Department
Wolfgang Ischinger
France
House and Senate split over tax breaks
Washington Republicans clash over dividend taxes as a Senate plan offers at least 500 dollars tax free income while House debate targets a 15 percent top rate only for U S companies. Debate centers on keeping investment domestic and risks to foreign holdings and workers abroad.
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Senate
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Bush
Senate Finance Committee
Don Nickles
R-Okla
U.S
House Ways and Means
Bill Thomas
Congress
Thomas
Nancy McLernon
Organization For International Investment
Nokia
Motorola
Seizure of Private Homes for Private Development
Washington report notes rising use of eminent domain to clear homes for private projects. In New London Conn, Pasquale Cristofaro fights a second seizure for a riverfront hotel and offices while institutes say thousands of similar actions occur nationwide. The Institute for Justice cites cases in Mississippi Atlantic City and Pittsburgh as precedents.
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New London
Conn
Pasquale Cristofaro
Cristofaro
United States of America
Thomas Londregan
Institute For Justice
Dana Berliner
Institute
Costco
Supreme Court
Thames Riverfront
Pfizer Corp
Coast Guard
Superior Court
Thomas Corradino
Corradino
Connecticut Supreme Court
Nissan
Atlantic City
N.J
Donald Trump
Pittsburgh
Juan Otero
National League of Cities
U S officials more optimistic on terrorism fight
U S officials express growing confidence that the tide has turned in the war on terror while stopping short of claiming victory. FBI Director Mueller cited Afghanistan as eroding a core terrorist sanctuary as Air Force patrols tighten and arrests of senior al Qaida planners bolster cautious optimism despite ongoing warnings.
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Bush Administration
America
FBI
Robert Mueller
American Jewish Committee
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Afghanistan
al-Qaida
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Bush
Abraham Lincoln
Air Force
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed
Orgs
Rema
Qaida
Karachi
Homeland Security
Tom Ridge
Iraq
Phil Anderson
Homeland Security Initiative
Center On Strategic and International Studies
Michael Greenberger
Clinton
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