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...climate change at the top of the agenda. Some may connect this with the fact that there's a national election coming up, but Downer believes "APEC very much has the potential to launch a new approach on the issue." Last year Australia helped launch the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate, five of whose six members belong to APEC. Rejecting Kyoto Protocol-style restrictions, the AP6 vowed a voluntary, collaborative effort to promote clean-energy technologies and efficient energy use. Australia wants APEC leaders to give the climate-change ball a strong AP6 spin ahead of December...
...stoked Dutt's fame, and at this point his fan base rivals the Britney Spears fan club. With the controversy around the nuclear deal threatening the close ties between Washington and New Delhi, perhaps the two countries' shared celebrity obsession is just what's needed to keep the strategic partnership going...
...visit with praise," a French Foreign Affairs Ministry official told TIME of this first voyage to Iraq by a government official from France since the war began. However, the official also acknowledged that beyond the message sent to America about French desire to replace past conflict with diplomatic partnership on Iraq, Kouchner's visit wouldn't produce much in the way of hard results. "It's of symbolic significance," he said. "But you often open the door to concrete chance by first taking symbolic positions...
...international investment works immediately, of course, regardless of where it originates. Italian automaker Fiat, for example, failed in its initial attempts to build cars in India because of India's protectionist policies and its own ignorance of the market. Now, however, Fiat has a partnership with Tata Motors that will turn out cars geared to local Indian needs. "There are great opportunities in both directions," says Berta, "but the way in must be soft. Europeans can't be aggressive in Asia. And Asians can't be aggressive in Europe...
...Western diplomat, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Maliki's advisers appear split on the issue. Some of them appear to be urging Maliki to renew the Tawafiq partnership in an effort to stop already deep sectarian rifts from widening still further. Others close to the Prime Minister seem to think that the Sunni bloc is best let go, since virtually no political compromises ever seemed reachable with them. What Maliki himself is willing to consider will only be revealed if peace talks with Tawafiq falter. "We have a situation evolving right now that might lead to some fairly...