Deterrence might be enhanced in regional conflicts, where the fallout from the war would clearly affect all concerned.

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Mr Parra thinks this may reflect Dow's memory of the way the American government left it to pick up the legal fallout from the use of the notorious Agent Orange defoliant during the Vietnam war.

ECONOMIST: Colombia

The UCI and WADA have been engaged in a war of words over how to deal with the fallout from the Armstrong scandal.

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