Word: pacts
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...terms of the National Unity pact he has forged with Yanukovych's coalition are discernable, however vague the wording: Yanukovych signed on to Ukraine?s moving closer politically to Europe, while Yushchenko agreed to improve cooperation with Russia - albeit only up to the point that would facilitate Ukraine?s trade with Russia, but won?t hurt Ukraine?s prospects for eventual WTO and EU membership. Both yielded on the divisive issue of Ukraine joining NATO: Yanukovych withdrew his avowed opposition to the move, while Yushchenko agreed to put the issue to a referendum. ?Yanukovych has evolved since December 2004, while...
...will be more Arab businesses. A milestone toward integrating the 300 million Arabs living between Morocco and Bahrain was achieved in January when Arab states signed a Middle East free-trade agreement that had been in the works for decades. Some countries have slashed tariffs to zero under the pact. Already, according to Egypt's Trade Ministry, inter-Arab trade rose 22% in 2005 compared with a 4% rise three years earlier. Last month an Arab trade-ministers meeting in Cairo took up the technical yet crucial issue of adopting common product standards. "There is a reshaping of the landscape...
Both Patrick and Christopher F. O. Gabrieli ’81, the 2002 Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor, committed to joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI)—a pact among several Northeastern states to reduce carbon emissions that Governor W. Mitt Romney opposes...
...uncomfortable, too. Russia and Germany agreed in the final days of Gerhard Schröder's Chancellorship to build a pipeline bypassing Poland - thus making it possible to turn off energy supplies to Poland without affecting Germany. Polish Defense Minister Radek Sikorski likened the deal to the Ribbentrop-Molotov pact carving up his country on the eve of World War II. He was more diplomatic in an interview with Time last week, saying: "I'm glad Russia has put energy security on the agenda of the G-8. It's a crucial issue for all of us." Not every nation...
...wear lots of swell outfits, go to A-list parties and flirt with devastating immoralists. In that somewhat limited sense, the movie is, I think, a triumph. And I feel ungrateful - even a little ashamed - that the dour side of me wanted kept wanting Andrea to seal her pact with the smartly shod devil and go straight to hell. That's for another picture - one that no one will ever want...