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...Hadian, a political science professor at Tehran University. "But he's also the only one who can broach relations with America," because only he has enough political power internally. In his two consecutive terms as Iranian President, from 1989 to 1997, Rafsanjani negotiated the release of U.S. hostages in Lebanon and brokered a one-billion-dollar oil deal, which later derailed, with U.S. firm Conoco. If he does win next month, those negotiating skills will come in handy...
...international diplomacy; his decision in 2003 to give up on a second U.N. resolution authorizing force in Iraq speaks to that readiness. His “cowboy diplomacy,” however, seems to be working. Iraq has held free elections. Syria has removed its occupying force from Lebanon. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has pledged to hold multi-party elections in the near future. And last week, Bush took advantage of his trip to Eastern Europe to spead his pro-democracy message there. In the first year of his second term, America’s 43rd president appears to have...
...million Muslims from around the world descended on Mecca and then returned to their home countries, perhaps carrying more than just their memories with them. Investigators are still looking into the possibility that the outbreak last week in Indonesia was linked to the pilgrimage. Only a 2003 case in Lebanon is unconnected to either the hajj or Nigeria...
...quoted an Israeli security expert who noted that an important element determining the outcome of Gaza disengagement will be the Palestinian reaction to it. The expert said that if people "see Palestinians looting and destroying the settlements, and dancing on the rooftops--as they did when [Israel] left southern Lebanon--then it will be near impossible to resume negotiations on a final peace settlement." The logical solution is for the departing Israelis to demolish their settlements and clean up the rubble, rather than leave it for the Palestinians. By doing so, the Israeli government will be able to avoid scenes...
...Lebanon seems to have perfected the art of averting crisis. Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati formed a caretaker government last week, and gave assurances that parliamentary elections will be held by the May 31 constitutional deadline. At least for now that seems enough to head off another round of mass demonstrations planned by opposition leaders, who had accused the Syrian government of seeking to delay balloting that its Lebanese allies are almost certain to lose. In a further sign of Syria's diminishing influence, Jamil al-Sayyed, Lebanon's feared pro-Syrian intelligence chief, and Ali Hajj, head...