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To: Neocon who wrote (163049)	7/21/2001 10:37:29 AM
From: Tom Clarke	Read Replies (6) \| Respond to of 769667

Clinton appointed federal prosecutor charged with lewdness After walking north about 50 feet, the woman pulled down her shorts, turned around and lifted up her shirt. The woman wasn't wearing underwear, the report states. The woman walked another 20 feet and flashed the group again, the report states. One witness heard the woman say "woo-hoo" as she exposed herself, according to the report. deseretnews.com

To: Neocon who wrote (163049)	7/21/2001 10:46:50 AM
From: long-gone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

I'd bet they gripe about this & I'll bet the other team all drive vehicles which read "Made in Japan": Japan Admits Whaling Vote Bribes onenews.nzoom.com 7-19-1 The head of Japan's fisheries agency has admitted his country had used overseas aid grants to bribe some countries to vote against an international ban on commercial whaling. Japan currently kills whales under a scientific programme but wants a return to open commercial whaling. Fisheries agency head Maseyuku Komatsu said Japan had few tools with which to influence other countries on the issue. He described minke whales, which were most commonly caught by Japanese whalers, as cockroaches of the seas. "I believe that the minke whale is a cockroach in the oceans," Komatsu told ABC radio. "There are too many." Six Caribbean countries, who have no interest in whaling, last year voted with Japan on virtually every motion at the International Whaling Commission (IWC), including overturning an Australian motion to create a South Pacific whale sanctuary. Komatsu admitted Japan bought the votes with promises of overseas development aid (ODA). "Japan does not have military powers, unlike the US or Australia. You may dispatch your military power to East Timor," he aid. "Japanese means are simply diplomatic communication and ODAs. "So, in order to get appreciation of Japan's position, of course, that is natural we must resort to those two major tools. "I think there is nothing wrong." Fears are rising among anti-whaling countries that Japan will soon have bought enough support to have the ban on commercial whaling overturned. Greenpeace campaigner Denise Boyd said the fact that Japan was buying support was not surprising but its admission of the tactic was. "It's quite clear over the past few years that Japan has been steadily working to build a vote that will be actually able to overturn parts of the IWC's work, such as the moratorium on commercial whaling," she said. "It's important that the rest of the world realises the battle to save the whales really isn't over. "In fact, far from it. It's certainly moving to a new stage and we're very concerned to see that Japan is using a variety of tactics to overturn what is clearly a global majority that believes that whales should be protected." © AAP