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Pernod Ricard's task now is to goose Absolut sales. The vodka has come a long way since production began in 1879 in the southern Swedish town of Ahus. It remained a local brand for a century until 1979, when Russia invaded Afghanistan. Many countries shunned Russian products, including vodka. Absolut saw its chance to go international, and helped by what has become a memorable advertising campaign, it has never looked back...
Odds-on favorites for diplomatic success are also in trouble. At talks in the Black Sea resort of Sochi this month, Russian President Vladimir Putin seemed open to a deal on missile defense, but the White House couldn't convince him that its proposed Europe-based system would not pose a threat to Russia. At home, Democrats emboldened by Bush's weak numbers and their own rising electoral prospects in November are loath to hand him a win, even on trade deals with allies like South Korea and Panama...
...after the People's Liberation Army invaded Tibet, Baiyaertu and several other Oroqen leaders negotiated the formation of the Oroqen Autonomous Banner, a type of administrative division that dates back to the Manchu, on a 23,000-sq.-mi. (60,000 sq km) corner of Inner Mongolia near the Russian border. "There were so many of them and so few of us," he says. "What could...
...even odds-on favorites for diplomatic success are in trouble. Russian President Vladimir Putin had seemed to want a deal to bookend his presidency, which ends May 7, but the divide on missile defense proved unbridgeable at talks in Sochi this month. At home, Democrats emboldened by Bush's weak numbers and their own rising electoral prospects in November are loath to hand Bush a win even on trade deals with South Korea and Panama, which as recently as last fall had seemed more achievable than the Colombia deal...
Relations between Russia and Britain remain chilly since the 2006 murder in London of Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko, but there are signs that China is warming to Brown. He speaks regularly to the Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, has offered to help facilitate dialogue with the Dalai Lama, and is also lobbying the Chinese to put pressure on Sudan to accept the deployment of peacekeepers in Darfur...