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Excerpts from the Daily Press Briefing of August 1, 2007, pertaining to Western Hemisphere Affairs. full briefing QUESTION: I was wondering if you were able to find out anything on the Nicaraguan offer for the Soviet-made surface-to-air missiles. MR. CASEY: Yeah, I did look into this.
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Even as the Gulf Coast labors to recover from Hurricane Katrina, casinos along this busy beachfront stretch are flourishing.
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View Video 12:35 p.m. EDT MR. CASEY: Okay. Well, good afternoon, everybody. I know that many of your colleagues are out and about on their way on the road with the Secretary. I don’t have anything to start you off with, so Matt. QUESTION: Yeah. Tom, on the Secretary’s statement from this morning and then Under Secretary Burns’ comments, I’m confused as to — or puzzled as to why you guys can not come up with a — if, in fact, there is a notional list of weaponry that is to be sold to the Saudis and the other Gulf countries, why it is that you can’t say what — you know, how much money we’re talking about here at the moment.
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Its revival, such as it is, continues to be a work in progress. Very . . . slow . . . progress. For now, St. Louis remains what it’s been for decades, albeit with a new ballpark: a struggling city. But there are pockets in which the heart still beats, and much of the beat is to the blues.
When an awestruck David Livingstone first saw Victoria Falls in 1855 during his four-year journey along the Zambezi River in southern Africa, he wrote in his journal: “On sights as beautiful as this, angels in their flight must have gazed.” Livingstone named the falls after the queen of England, but they were (and still are) known in the local Kololo language as Mosi-oa-Tunya, or “The Smoke That Thunders.” It’s easy to loft lengthy adjectives at Victoria Falls, often labeled one of the “Seven Natural Wonders of the World.” However, there is much more to Victoria Falls than the waterfall itself. The nearby town of Livingstone, Zambia, is also the extreme-sports capital of southern Africa, with heaps of travel and adventure companies. Adrenaline junkies in need of a quick fix while traversing Africa have a menu of activities to get the blood pumping, like Victoria Falls itself.
ia’s Istrian Peninsula, in the northwest corner of the country, is an inviting mix of pungent truffles, Roman ruins, striking hill towns and pastel coastal villages, with a breezy Italian culture (left over from centuries of Venetian rule).
Beth Zukowski books six airline tickets on AirTran Airways through Expedia. The online agency charges her a booking fee and bills her for flight protection insurance, but fails to buy her tickets. The reason? Her credit card was declined, it says. But her credit card company disputes the story. Now AirTran wants her to pay more than $200 extra to buy new tickets. What should she do?
