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...city are a constant reminder of that fact. One piece of news which cheered the Bosnian Muslims of the city was the announcement by Senator Bob Dole that he was supporting the deployment of American troops. "They have always liked Dole, since he has advocated lifting of the arms embargo against them." Stiglmayer, who has spent many weeks in the bloody city over the last four years, says that despite a sniper attack Friday morning on a city bus: "It feels almost normal." Now, says Stiglmayer, Sarajevans pray for the Americans to arrive soon...
...Shell in Nigeria is responsible for 70 percent of the Nigerian state's revenues. The U.S. buys nearly half of Nigerian oil exports; even though this amounts to less than 10 percent of overall American oil imports. Instead of taking the obvious and most effective measure of an oil embargo on Nigeria, the U.S. and other world governments have preferred to launch futile paper arrows at the Nigerian government through "quiet diplomacy...
...city are a constant reminder of that fact. One piece of news which cheered the Bosnian Muslims of the city was the announcement by Senator Bob Dole that he was supporting the deployment of American troops. "They have always liked Dole, since he has advocated lifting of the arms embargo against them." Stiglmayer, who has spent many weeks in the bloody city over the last four years, says that despite a sniper attack this morning on a city bus: "It feels almost normal." Now, says Stiglmayer, Sarajevans pray for the Americans to arrive soon...
Following the hangings earlier this month of nine Nigerian dissidents, Sweden and Germany called an European Union meeting of experts in Brussels Tuesday to discuss imposing an oil embargo on Africa's most populous country. "I don't think the EU will impose sanctions on the oil," reports Brussels bureau chief Jay Branegan. "While they are interested in sending a strong signal to the Nigerian military leadership, I don't think they have the stomach for an embargo. They also don't want to hurt the people of Nigeria. Oil is not only the main source of income...
FIDEL CASTRO COULD TAKE MANHATTAN if you let him [CUBA, Nov. 6]. He could persuade the U.S. to lift its trade embargo if he set Cuba free. How nice of him to shed his fatigues and don dapper new clothes. But he is still a devil--even if in a suit. The people he manages to impress never had to live in a communist country, never had to go hungry or be separated from their family. I am sick of people glorifying a man who is a criminal and who violates human rights. He tries to impress businessmen who want...