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...between two energy giants--Iran to the south and Russia to the north--allies and old U.S. foes whose reserves will last decades. The U.S. has three interests in Azerbaijan: securing energy, spreading democracy and fighting terrorism. Vafa Guluzadeh, a former adviser to President Heydar Aliyev, whose decade-long rule over Azerbaijan ended in 2003 when he maneuvered his son Ilham's succession, remembers translating a phone call from President Bill Clinton to his boss in 1994. "Clinton said, 'Mr President, we need to diversify the oil pipelines. We need a new route.' It was all a very strategic plan...
...immediate cause of the unrest is one of the few things the women have ever agreed on. After Bangladesh returned to democracy in 1991 following years of military rule, the two main political parties agreed that the incumbent party would step down a couple of months before every election and allow a neutral caretaker government to run the country and oversee the election commission until a new government was elected and sworn in. The system is an admission of the coddling Bangladesh's democracy needs just to survive but, with some hiccups, it had worked. Until...
...this term, but to Luntz it either makes your eyes glaze over or suggests a French pastry. He advises tort bashers to use the snappier "lawsuit abuse." Amnesty "Amnesty for illegals equals death for politicians," says Luntz. People don't want breaks for illegals. They want "border control" and "rule of law," he warns his clients...
Some elements of Schwarzenegger's plan are strikingly similar to the failed Clinton plan--most notably, a requirement that employers provide coverage for their workers. California's mandatory-coverage rule would apply to businesses with 10 or more employees and give them an option to put 4% of their payroll into a state fund instead...
...stew of cultures that bubbles away in my beloved Kuala Lumpur food courts is one of the last strongholds of Malaysia's multi-culti ideal. Half a century after the Southeast Asian nation broke free from British rule and formed a multiethnic state, national unity is being cleaved by race politics. The divisive mood was on display at the November party conference of Malaysia's biggest political party, the Malay-dominated UMNO, during which one delegate spoke of his willingness to ?bathe in blood? to defend the Malay ethnicity. Another held aloft a keris ceremonial dagger. The targets of this...