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Giving in to unrelenting pressure from US lawmakers of both parties, the Obama administration has decided not to subsidise the sale of eight new F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan. Top US lawmakers have expressed concerns over the Obama administrations decision to sell eight F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan, saying the aircraft could be used against India and not in combating terrorism. AFP File Photo The sale can still go through if Pakistan is willing to pay for them, and fully, which, according to the administration is $699.04 milli
stanley cup on, in an outright commercial deal. A proposed subsidy of 42% was blocked by lawmakers in both the senate and the House of Representatives, who put a hold on it, leaving the administration with few realistic choices. Confirming th
stanley cup e development, first reported by BBC, an official said, requesting anonymity as they were not authorised to speak to media, that the deal
stanley cup was nearly dead. A response from the state department, officially confirming or denying the decision, along with other details, was expected but had not come till the filing of this report. There was no response from the Pakistani embassy in Washington to a question if Islamabad would press ahead with the sale and was ready to pay for them fully. It has once before. India will be relieved as it had protested very strongly the US decision to sell these jets to Pakistan, arguing it did not agree they will be used only to combat terrorism as claimed. Islamabad had sought these aircr Hmnv Atom smasher set for high speed bash by early April: CERN
Loin of springbok with a spirited shiraz or full-bodied cabernet sauvignon Or a silky merlot with confit duck served with foie gras and figs HT Image The art of pairing South African wines to food has received a World Cup shot in the arm with a project that aims to train 2,010 black wine stewards in a legacy nod to Africa s first football showcase, which begins June 11.
stanley cup The project to improve non-white waiters wine skills is funded through sales of a new premium red blend named Fundi learner in Zulu , created by the wine industry in 2008 as its contribution to the tournament. We set ourselves an ambitious objective to train 2,010
salomon waiters by 2010. The wine was developed to then generate funding to train these waiters, said Andre Morgenthal of Wines of South Africa. The initiative has trained more than 1,000 people so far, most from
stanley cup the Cape winelands -- a top tourist destination on Cape Town s scenic doorstep with vineyards dating to the 17th century. At the beginning, it was quite difficult to recommend wines. We used to call the manager, said Osmelin Schroeder, 30, a waitress at the award-winning Terroir restaurant on the Kleine Zalze estate in Stellenbosch. You didn t feel confident -- because you didn t know what it tasted like. The area is also home to some of South Africa s top restaurants but has remained overwhelmingly in white hands 16 years after apartheid, with black and mixed-race South Africans still marginalised as hired workers who rarely
