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...react to charges that your election was rigged? E.U. observers called it "not credible." Elections in Nigeria have never been without problems. We have made a commitment to review the electoral process. We are keen to correct some of the inadequacies that have created problems for our elections, but I'm absolutely certain I was duly and fairly elected...
...Keen to avoid conflict in Iraq's only consistently stable region, the U.S. has tried to contain Turkish frustration over a steady trickle of casualties in southeastern Turkey-in the latest violence, six soldiers were killed in an ambush on Thursday-by backing a diplomatic force involving Ankara, Washington and Baghdad. That initiative has not, however, produced tangible results, and Turkey has accused the Iraqi Kurdish administration of giving refuge to thousands of PKK guerrillas. "Going into north Iraq would bring Turkey into a head-on disagreement with the U.S.," says Mehmet Altan, a newspaper columnist and political analyst. "That...
...however, Sarkozy is keen to start diplomatic relations with Washington on a clean slate, as his Sunday night victory speech noted. In it, Sarkozy surprised observers who had expected a focus on domestic matters by dedicating nearly half his discourse to international topics - beginning with Franco-American ties. "I want to make an appeal to our American friends to tell them that they can count on our friendship, which has been reinforced by the tragedies of history that we've faced together," Sarkozy said to cheers of approval from his supporters. "I want to tell them that France will always...
...Royal with a reputation for aggression: The former Interior Minister is a law-and-order guy who makes a point of speaking hard truths about immigration, crime and the value of work. But it was Royal, behind by four points in the polls and keen to prove her mettle as the first woman candidate ever to reach the second round, who relentlessly hounded her opponent - perhaps to a fault. More than once Sarkozy looked like a man whose tie was too tight, but he never exploded into the splenetic furor that has been his political trademark...
...competition, but we are friends, so let's share experience,'" says Trung of Sacombank, which has three foreign partners, including ANZ, holding 10% each. (Vietnam limits foreign ownership of local banks to 30%.) Such local matches are a typical developing-market entry strategy for multinational institutions, which are keen to share their superior technology and know-how in evaluating lending risks in exchange for local knowledge and existing national networks. ANZ is working on a joint venture with Sacombank to offer credit cards, according to Dam, ANZ's Vietnam general manager. "To access that big market, I think...