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...worse things to come. "It reflects a typical pattern that al-Qaeda has used before, and that's why we continue to say it's al-Qaeda and not sectarian attacks." U.S. officials insist that to understand Iraq properly, observers must somehow consider each new deadly day as a last-ditch effort of a "spent political force," as Gary Grappo, political counselor at the U.S. embassy, refers to al-Qaeda...
...struggle came to a head in February of last year, when the Kyrgyz handed the U.S. military base an eviction notice just weeks after Russia provided the impoverished country with a $2 billion loan and $150 million in aid. Russia denied any link between the two events, but U.S. officials saw it differently. Washington soon reached a deal with Kyrgyz leaders to keep the base open - in exchange for a tripling of the yearly rental to $60 million, among other conditions.(See Kyrgyzstan's role in getting U.S. troops to Afghanistan...
...afternoon last fall, on an unusually humid day in Beijing, the center of the city was buzzing as teams of designers, soldiers and Communist Party officials finalized preparations for the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. The event would be broadcast nationwide to one of those billion-person audiences only China can deliver. The party had planned a parade with fighter-jet flyovers, missiles that would roll along Eternal Peace Street and the once-a-decade ritual in which the top leader dons a Mao suit, stands in the open sunroof of a 1950s...
...They want good relations for now and generally feel that what China needs is time to face the challenges of development. You could spot this in the candid remarks made by Vice President Xi Jinping - front runner to become President in 2012 - during a trip to Mexico last year. "It seems there are some foreigners who've stuffed their bellies and don't have anything else to do but point fingers," he said. "First, China does not export revolution. Second, we're not exporting hunger or poverty. And third, we aren't making trouble for you. What else is there...
When U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner last visited Beijing about a year ago, he elicited guffaws from an audience of college students when he assured them that China's massive investments in U.S. government debt was sound. Today's spur of the moment trip to Beijing, where he met with Wang Qishan, China's point man on international economics, was not a moment for more public appearances, let alone yuks. This was business...