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...stands, the treaty leaves these main issues unresolved. While the agreement ensures that diplomatic ties will be established and borders opened, no mention can be found of either genocide or Azerbaijan; any peace it achieves will thus be unsustainable...
...protests in Gaza and the West Bank and opposition from top officials of his Fatah party. (Many in Fatah have lost faith in President Obama and won't be much swayed by the argument of dropping Goldstone to give the peace process a chance, as they believe a credible agreement is not possible with the current Israeli government...
...China and Russia have yet to come to terms on an agreement for Gazprom to sell natural gas from fields in western and eastern Siberia to the China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC). In 2006 the two companies signed a memorandum of understanding to develop two pipelines, one that would link Sakhalin Island with northeast China and a second that would join the Siberian Kovykta gas field with China's northwestern Xinjiang region. Completion of that deal stalled on disagreements over several issues, including price. (See pictures of China's electronic-waste village...
...China interacts with the world. "Energy is a big issue for Chinese diplomacy," says Han Hua, an associate professor at Peking University's School of International Studies. "We have to diversify and get energy not just from the Middle East but from Russia. After decades of discussion, this agreement is really important for China's growth." (See pictures of China's infrastructure boom...
...know Gerry Adams needed four or five things but he'd come in and give you 45. If you knew where their pressures were, who was undermining them, then you were in a position to get the other side to say, 'What about this?' We needed to get an agreement that we all could live with, that would stop the killing. (Read TIME's 2007 profile on Ahern: "Mr. Popularity...