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...tried to discuss his country's problem with Muslim insurgents in Thailand's south. "If there is any attempt to raise the issue," he told reporters, "I will fly straight home." Burma's Soe Win may have been hoping that the prisoner release would prevent awkward discussions on the fate of Suu Kyi and her supporters. According to opposition groups, only a few dozen of the country's approximately 1,300 political prisoners were set free. (The rest were criminals.) Before flying to Vientiane, Soe Win gave no clue as to whether Suu Kyi, under house arrest for 18 months...
...because it is counting on the Americans to help it extract and market the oil more efficiently. But as Mulva and Lukoil president Vagit Alekperov toasted their accord with champagne, they were careful not to mention the one issue that overshadows the future of the Russian oil industry: the fate of Lukoil rival Yukos, the largest and most successful Russian oil company, which is being hounded out of business by the Kremlin...
Leaders in Beijing want to avoid the fate of other oil-poor countries like South Korea, which buys all its crude on the open market and is therefore exposed to sharp price rises. The way to do that is to invest in exploration and development in countries that have oil fields but lack the capital or technology to exploit them. When Chinese companies have a stake in oil coming out of the ground, even if it originates abroad, they will have secured long-term supplies independent of the world's fickle prices. The process of overseas exploration began...
...because it is counting on the Americans to help it extract and market the oil more efficiently. But as Mulva and Lukoil president Vagit Alekperov toasted their accord with champagne, they were careful not to mention the one issue that overshadows the future of the Russian oil industry: the fate of Lukoil rival Yukos, the largest and most successful Russian oilcompany, which is being hounded out of business by the Kremlin...
...younger right-wing conservative. You are not actually changing the balance of power." But if a moderate or liberal Justice, such as John Paul Stevens, Ruth Bader Ginsburg or Sandra Day O'Connor, retires, the balance on the bench will be at stake--particularly when it comes to the fate of the court's 1973 abortion ruling in Roe v. Wade, which conservatives have said they would like to overturn. If Bush tries to replace any of those Justices with younger, fire-breathing conservatives, said the official, "then it's a fight." --Reported by Matthew Cooper, Viveca Novak, Elaine Shannon...