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...years ago even though the gas had been pumping for decades and had already been flowing to major cities and towns. The government is also building a multimillion-dollar port, Gwadar, off Baluchistan's southern coast, which Musharraf hopes will one day rival Dubai in the nearby Gulf. The Baluch fear, however, that Gwadar will draw so many settlers from Pakistan's other provinces that they will become an underclass minority in their own land...
...would have mint, but that strong flavor turns off some people. "We had to make a hard decision as to whether or not we were going to stay that close to the traditional concept," he says. Okura left out the mint, and the shrimp aren't as plump as Gulf shrimp, but the crisp vegetables somehow still conjure up a summer roll's cool, fresh essence...
Japan's uncharacteristically venturesome moves reflect growing global consensus on isolating Iran. U.S. diplomats say Italy, another of Iran's top trading partners, has been "very supportive," as have the governments of several Persian Gulf states where Iran does much banking. The U.S. is also seeking private- sector support: Treasury officials are talking with international financial institutions about what a top U.S. diplomat calls the "reputational risks" of handling funds for Iran. The tactic seems to be working: European diplomats report that letters of credit that facilitate Iran's foreign trade are drying...
...European package, according to drafts leaked to the media, will offer Tehran wide-ranging economic incentives, including the construction of a light-water nuclear reactor (which is difficult to use for bomb fuel) and the supply of reactor fuel. It would also offer Iran membership of a Gulf region security body whose principles include non-interference - a very roundabout way of addressing the issue of security guarantees...
...Actually, the best reason for Obama to run is precisely that he is young and everybody else seems so old. Gore has been the rarest of public servants-right on almost everything, years in advance. He is one of a very few prominent Democrats who were right about both Gulf Wars: in favor of the first, which was conducted with the approval of the United Nations; against the second, which wasn't. Hillary Clinton hasn't always been right-she picked the wrong universal health-care plan in 1994, and she voted for Gulf...