41. Estrada repeated his pledge that the government will not bail out PAL. 42. Estrada also repeated his pledge not to use government funds to help bail out the airline. 43. He also repeated pledges to seek greater debt relief for the poorest countries and reform the IMF so it can better prevent financial crises. 44. He repeated his pledge not to work with the Communists, suggesting that a number of other political deals are possible, including a minority government. 45. He repeated his pledge to close Chernobyl by the end of next year -- if Western governments help finance two new power plants to compensate for the electricity loss. 46. He repeated his pledge to withdraw from Lebanon by July, with or without an agreement. 47. Howard also repeated pledges that tax cuts would be on the agenda during the campaign. 48. However, President Vicente Fox over the weekend repeated his pledge to not intervene. 49. In his speech, Barak repeated his pledge to remove Israeli forces from south Lebanon within the next year. 50. It repeated pledges that China would never use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear states. |