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...driver barrels past the building and our security - a pickup full of militia gunmen - follows in our 60 mph dust cloud. The car bounces over several massive potholes, and suddenly we're looking out at the sea over a rocky harbor where a couple of rusted tankers lie in water the color of malachite. The skeleton of a large building looms on a headland overhead. "The Aruba Hotel," says Fanah. "This was once the eighth or the ninth finest hotel in Africa." The tour continues...
...However, the events of the last few days have starkly exposed the limits of Ahmadinejad's influence. He started out his presidency under a political cloud; his upset election victory was not really as impressive as it looked. He received only 5.7 million votes, enough to place second, but far fewer than the 20 million-plus his reformist predecessor Mohammed Khatami received in sweeping to first-round victories in 1997 and 2001. Ahmadinejad went on to win the run-off, but he benefited mainly from the massive protest vote cast against his opponent, former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani...
...China: Feeling the Heat •South Korea: Use Carrots, Not Sticks •Japan: Abductions Cloud the Issue •Russia: Trying to Look Relevant...
...China: Feeling the Heat •South Korea: Use Carrots, Not Sticks •Japan: Abductions Cloud the Issue •Russia: Trying to Look Relevant...
...China: Feeling the Heat •South Korea: Use Carrots, Not Sticks •Japan: Abductions Cloud the Issue •Russia: Trying to Look Relevant...