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...owned by the Dutch and the British, so it is unlikely that they will be enthusiastic about sanctions." On November 20, the EU rejected earlier calls by Sweden and Germany for oil sanctions, instead limiting itself to a ban on arms sales, stopping development aid and imposing tighter visa restrictions for Nigerian government officials...
Earlier this year, China was outraged when the U.S. granted a visa to Lee Teng-hui, the President of Taiwan, to attend his reunion at Cornell University. China feared that this might be the first step toward recognizing Taiwan, but equally important, Christopher had given his word to the Chinese Foreign Minister just a short time earlier that the visa would not be granted (Clinton changed course because of congressional pressure). Months of difficulties with China followed this incident. Russians also are feeling let down by America. They had an unrealistic notion of riding to prosperity with the West...
Following a tour as Jerusalem bureau chief, McGeary worked in New York City from 1988 to 1995, editing the World section and letting her visa collection languish. That should soon change. Her new mandate, says executive editor Jose Ferrer, is as a "writer-analyst-reporter," parachuting in on big stories, anticipating news in longer researched pieces and writing foreign-affairs analysis out of New York. The New York layovers will be brief and infrequent if McGeary has her way. "Reporting has always been the soul of journalism," she says, "the thing I've loved the best. To be there...
...danger zone of Jewish history" and the second with "the funhouse of America." In 1972 Halevi protested the Soviet restriction of Jewish emigration by throwing chicken blood at a touring troupe of Ukrainian dancers. He was also part of a group tossed out of Moscow for demonstrating at a visa office...
...visit to New York lasted five days, the maximum Castro could get on his U.S. visa. He joked that he will not return until Giuliani fixes the potholes in the road from the airport. But the briefness of the trip probably worked to Castro's benefit. He flew off with the press still curious and businessmen eager to head to Havana. As another show-biz adage has it: always leave them wanting more...