Tories vote themselves a €30,000 package Tory MEPs took their battle against the EC’s spendthrift ways last week by for voting in favour of giving themselves a €30,000/year private health package. >>> US cuts troops in Korea; Iraq bigger threat The United States has told South Korea it would like to withdraw a third of its 37,000 troops stationed on the peninsula by the end of next year, an official from Seoul says. >>> Bush says Iraq "acorn of change" Presdent Bush yesterday told the G8 meeting that Iraq can act as an acorn allowing change to spread throughout the Middle East. Bush is anxious to press his case that Iraq can prompt wider change in the Middle East and the United States has made an initiative to promote reform in the region a centerpiece of the Sea Island summit. >>> French Maire suspended for gay marriage The French government yesterday announced the suspension of the maire for Begles, Noel Mamere (Green party), as a result of his marriage of two gay men.>>>
In memory of the late Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush yesterday promised that his government would be a living Reagan memorial. “This nation will forever remain indebted to Ronald Reagan and as a sign of the Republican party’s debt to one of the greatest Presidents America has ever had, we have decided to emulate Reagan economic policy and leave a debt that truly no one will ever be able to forget. Due mainly to massive arms spending and huge tax breaks for the wealthy, US government debt increased under President Reagan from 930 billion in 1980 to 2.6 trillion dollars in 1988, the biggest ever debt in American history, a debt entirely paid off by the Clinton administration. >>>
