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...Read "Even with a New Government, Conditions in Zimbabwe Worsen...
...Harare, the rains have renewed fears of cholera. This is where last year's outbreak of the disease started. Eventually, it would claim close to 5,000 lives in the country of 12 million. Borne on infested, waste-filled water, the intestinal ailment may ride the rains to a new onslaught on the country...
...Iran's nuclear program. "The question is," says one senior Democratic aide in Congress, "Can Obama pivot [from engagement to sanctions] and succeed in changing conditions on the ground?" Iran is betting he can't. On Sunday, two days after the IAEA rebuke, Tehran approved plans to build 10 new enrichment plants, ordering that work begin immediately on the first five...
...Administration insists it is still open to talks with Tehran, but behind the scenes it is stepping up its efforts to approve new sanctions at the United Nations Security Council. It is also encouraging even tougher measures among like-minded allies - the European Union may adopt new penalties in mid-December. And the U.S. Congress is moving closer to passing new sanctions legislation. "We hope Iran will see the IAEA vote as disturbing" and will change course, a senior Administration official says. But for now, he adds, "We are now working to see what sanctions might be put in place...
...Considering the position the current Administration inherited last January - with the U.S. largely discredited in the region and Iran ascendant - President Obama can claim success in having turned the diplomatic tide against Iran to the point that it is increasingly likely to face some new penalties. The questions that no one can answer, however, are whether President Obama has mustered the diplomatic capital - and the political will - to put tough new sanctions in place, and whether any such measures would slow Iran's pursuit of nuclear capabilities...