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...emissions that caused this problem in the first place." Britain is already subsidizing a substantial program in Bangladesh that will raise roads, wells and houses above the level of the last major flood. "Bangladesh is a showcase of what will happen under climate change," says Penny Davies, a diplomat at the British High Commission in Dhaka. "It amounts to a testing ground for what island states, including Britain, will need to do to protect ourselves in the years ahead...
...about the Saudis. According to Israeli sources, both Rice and National Security Adviser Steve Hadley have discouraged the Syrian path in recent meetings with Israeli officials. "It's amazing that we're blocking this track just because we want to isolate the Syrians," a former U.S. diplomat told me. "This could be the wedge that separates the Syrians from Iran." Or it could be another dead end. Then again, stranger things have happened to travelers as unlikely as Ehud Olmert on the road to Damascus...
...month stint over, the Afghan-born Khalilzad is now headed for his next assignment: chief of the U.S. delegation to the United Nations. Smiling in front of reporters in a navy suit and fine, light-blue silk tie, he looked like a man refreshed rather than a diplomat with precious few victories to point...
...Hammering that point home will be left to his replacement, veteran diplomat Ryan Crocker. Fresh from the critical post of Ambassador to Pakistan, Crocker is expected to start later this week. No stranger to the Middle East, Crocker has served as ambassador to Lebanon, Kuwait and Syria during his 36 years in the foreign service. He met his wife Christine working in the Baghdad embassy...
...Musharraf for failing to rein in the militants. But officials on both sides say the partnership between Bush and Musharraf remains solid. "Is it doing more? Well, yeah, it's doing more. We all gotta do more, do better, do different. It's a war," says a senior Western diplomat in Pakistan. "But for folks to sit there in Washington or London or wherever and say, 'Damn it! We're tired of this. Go fix it,' is not hugely helpful...