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Caribbean Politician Bends Bush's Ear On Internet
Gambling Ban
And the US president says (politely) that he'll look into
it.
Interactive Gaming News reports that Baldwin Spencer, Prime Minister
of Antigua and Barbuda, raised his nation's well known I-gaming
dispute with the United States during a meeting this week between
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders and US President George W.
Bush.
Spencer told the Antigua Sun newspaper that Bush said he was aware
of the details of the dispute, that he was pleased that the matter
was raised and pledged to look into it in an effort to reach a resolution.
Antigua, together with 7 other nations is currently involved in
making compensation claims against the US following that country's
refusal to comply with a World Trade Organisation ruling on its
protectionist stance regarding online gambling, and its recent decision
to withdraw gambling from its treaty obligations.
IGN commented that Bush's approval rating dipped to 26 percent
in the latest Newsweek poll released last Thursday, putting him
within three percentage points of the worst approval rating on record
(23 percent), posted by former President Richard Nixon amid the
Watergate scandal of the early '70s.
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