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...Masri in Macedonia. Operatives from the agency beat and drugged el-Masri before whisking him to a secret prison in Afghanistan known as the "Salt Pit." Eventually el-Masri's captors realized they had the wrong man and let him go, dumping him on a mountain road in Albania...
America does have its fans in Europe, of course, especially in parts of the former East bloc. "Having been a country under dictatorship, we are characterized by a veneration for big, important and powerful countries," says Brunilda Kondi, a lecturer in American culture at Albania's University of Tirana. To help the university keep up with growing demand for courses, the American Embassy there organizes summer programs on U.S. culture. In other corners of Europe, even where opinions of America are low, a desire to learn English and engage with the West is strong enough to attract students. According...
...more Socialist ministers had quit their posts, among them Foreign Minister Leopold Gratz, who refused to ''direct the Austrian foreign service in the defense of President Waldheim.'' International reaction to the electoral triumph of the former U.N. Secretary-General was not much warmer. Official congratulations were withheld by Yugoslavia, Albania, Greece and the Netherlands. President Reagan sent what his aides described as a ''correct'' message. In both the U.S. and Britain, legislators suggested that Waldheim be barred from their countries. But the sharpest protest against Waldheim's election came from Israel: Jerusalem promptly recalled its ambassador from Austria...
Sport is hardly the only arena in which China aims to be faster, higher and stronger. A little more than three decades ago, the People's Republic was an isolated, agrarian nation whose closest international ally was Albania. Today China is making new partners around the world as it vies with the U.S. and Europe in the race to gobble up markets and natural resources. Its trade with Africa and Latin America has increased sixfold since 2001. It is the world's top consumer of cement, grain, meat, coal, copper and steel. Back at home, China has transformed itself into...
...Europe because of its historical rivalry with Russia and its perpetuation of unnecessary U.S. involvement in Europe.The controversy surrounding membership proposals made at the NATO summit in Bucharest earlier this month is recent evidence of the current problems. It offered “membership action plans” to Albania and Croatia but declined Ukraine and Georgia’s requests for similar plans. Many NATO member states saw the prospect of bringing these former Soviet states into the organization as dangerous because of the likelihood that their admission would anger Russia. Instances like these illustrate the political tensions that...