Britain looks to keep momentum at track worlds
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- Britain looks to keep momentum at track worlds
- Poland Wants US To Honor Agreement For Missile Shield
- KGHM will pay 2008 dividend-treasury minister
Britain looks to keep momentum at track worlds
The Associated Press
The talented and deep British squad took home nine of the 18 gold medals at last year’s world championships on their home track in Manchester before claiming seven of the 10 track golds at the Beijing lympics. Repeating those performances will be tough at the March 25-29 competition in Pruszkow Poland where New Zealand Australia and France have brought solid squads to challenge Britain’s recent run of titles. “I think we’ll do pretty good but I wouldn’t expect the same sort of domination as 2008 worlds and the lympics” said Britain’s Ed Clancy who won gold in the men’s team pursuit in Beijing. “It’s kind of a development year.
Poland Wants US To Honor Agreement For Missile Shield
Aero-News Network
That has caused concern from Polish proponents of the shield. “We hope we don’t regret our trust in the United States” PolishForeign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said this weekend at theBrussels Forum conference to an audience of senior worldpoliticians and experts. Sikorski also expressed fear of Russian reprisals against Polandfor its support of the missile shield particularly if thosedefenses don’t come to fruition. “When we started discussing thisbusiness with the United States the US assured us that they wouldpersuade Russia” Sikorski said. “I am afraid Russian generals andeven the Russian president continue to threaten us with thedeployment of medium-range missiles.
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KGHM will pay 2008 dividend-treasury minister
Reuters
WA) will pay a dividend from lastyear’s profit although the size of the payout has yet to bedecided the treasury minister said on Tuesday. KGHM and Poland’s largest bank PK BP PKB. WA have beenthe largest dividend payers among state-controlled companieslast year providing half of the treasury’s 2. 6 billion zlotys($782 million) dividend income from companies its controls. “I think there will be a dividend” Aleksander Grad told TVNCNBC business channel. “The question is how big.
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