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...from clear that that the North Koreans have any intention of genuinely renouncing nukes. They've broken four previous agreements to get this far, and many U.S. and South Korean officials conclude that the North Korean regime may have decided to pursue a nuclear deterrent as the guarantor of its survival irrespective of the diplomatic state of play. After all, it's logical to assume that those countries currently talking to North Korea in the hope of stopping it going nuclear aren't going to turn their backs on Pyongyang once it demonstrates an actual nuclear capability by testing...
...China's exports, directly and indirectly employs millions of Chinese workers, and is the single largest foreign direct investor there. Furthermore, learning from the Soviet experience, Beijing wants to avoid bankrupting itself in a futile arms race with America. As for Taiwan, though the U.S. is Taipei's principal guarantor, not even the Bush Administration is prepared to support independence. For the status quo to continue, Beijing has to engage Washington, not rebuff...
...Taufik was handed a rare no. Freeport had acted as guarantor for the original loan from Chase Manhattan of $315 million, which enabled Hasan to buy the shares. It had also pledged to lend Hasan's company any shortfall on the interest payments not covered by dividend from the stock, a sum that had climbed to some $69 million by late 2001. Freeport withdrew its guarantee and paid off the $253.4 million remaining on the loan. In return the company got back the troublesome 4.7% stake. Freeport says the decision to repay the loan came after Hasan's company said...
...drawn into an 'Islamist International' that created the basis for al-Qaeda. Bin Laden's approach has been to fuse the efforts of diverse groups engaged in local insurgencies in Egypt, Algeria, Chechnya, Uzbekistan, China, the Philippines and elsewhere into a single global 'jihad,' targeting the U.S. as the guarantor of the 'apostate' regimes the Islamists want to destroy...
...abandoned their men. Those pushing hardest for reform in the PA are also, in many instances, among the most strongly resistant to the idea that its security forces should be rounding up the Islamists and other radicals at the forefront of the intifada. Palestinian democracy is no more a guarantor of peace with Israel than Egyptian or Jordanian democracy would...