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...against her husband Asif Ali Zardari and her father-in-law Hakim Ali Zardari, who was chairman of the parliamentary public-accounts committee. With so much fractiousness and scandal, Bhutto's first government lasted only until August 1990, dismissed by the country's President for "horse-trading for personal gain." Soon after, in November 1990, Nawaz Sharif, campaigning on an anti-corruption platform, became Prime Minister...
...Still, the former top U.S. military commander in that part of the world said it's wrong to blame Musharraf, or the U.S. "I think it is al-Qaeda - they're the only ones who gain from this," says Anthony Zinni, a retired four-star Marine general who served as chief of the U.S. Central Command - responsible for Pakistan - from 1997 to 2000. Zinni rattled off reasons for al-Qaeda's wanting Bhutto dead, including her commitment to democracy, her secular views, the blowback it will create for Musharraf, and her gender. Beyond that, Zinni says al-Qaeda - making marginal...
...everyone in that world. "If you were to drop a bomb on a random party of drug traffickers you would always get a few musicians," Wald says. "Singers also attract the attention of people's wives and girlfriends, which could be enough to get them killed. The rising gangsters gain their reputation by proving how much they are cold-blooded psychos...
...United Arab Emirates, marks a turning point of sorts for SWFs. These enormous pools of wealth, controlled by governments in countries that have been getting fat off high oil prices and a booming global economy, are viewed suspiciously by those who fear foreign powers might use them to gain competitive advantages or push political agendas. But now, thanks in part to the bank deals, some fears have been allayed; companies in need of capital are courting investments from oil- and gas-rich states such as Abu Dhabi and Russia as well as from rising economies like China, which recently formed...
...than the opportunity for fast growth. It may take decades for Chinese cars - which today are cheap, technologically unsophisticated and unable to meet tough Western safety and emissions standards - to be accepted by U.S. and European consumers. Russians, though, are snapping them up, giving Chinese companies a chance to gain experience navigating the overseas market while the training wheels are still attached. Russia is a "guinea-pig market," says Bonchev. That doesn't mean it's insignificant. Russia's growing middle class provides a big pool of would-be car owners. Viktor Semyonov, deputy industry director at the Ministry...