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...been six months since my last visit, the longest I have been away from Iraq in the past 5 years. When last I was here, the U.S. military's "surge" was at its halfway point, and it was too early to tell if it was having any real impact. Since then, I've been following the statistics of hope - the declining frequency of U.S. and Iraqi casualties, the reduced rate of insurgent attacks and suicide bombings. By the numbers, the surge has been a success. But I'm suspicious of statistics...
...evening, I visit the main commercial district: the oft-bombed Karrada. It straddles two broad avenues - Karrada In and Karrada Out - lined with shops selling everything from color TVs and furniture to vegetables and fruit. The two avenues are separated in some places by a single city block, and one is easily confused for the other. Now they seem worlds apart. Karrada In is buzzing: several new kebab restaurants have sprung up, and many shops have expanded. Karrada Out is the opposite, dark and empty, with most of the shops shuttered. Why? One explanation is that many of the businessmen...
...Delhi faces a dilemma. While it is keen to protect its growing political and commercial ties with Beijing-during a January visit to China by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said the two countries should be "cooperative partners instead of competitive opponents"-India must also be mindful of the fact that its democratic credentials are one of its major points of difference with China, a difference Indian diplomats are often keen to play up. For Tibetan activists and human rights campaigners, the Indian crackdown seems uncharacteristically heavy-handed. "The Indian police should immediately release the marchers...
...next appearance, though, is on the cover of the March issue of the Venezuelan edition of Playboy, although she has declined an invitation to visit Caracas to promote the spread. "I don't know if Chavez would be pleased," she says. "Can you imagine Chavez or Antonini Wilson looking at the pictures of me naked? I'm sure they'll be surprised, I just hope they...
...difficult to change their position without consulting fellow OPEC members - who would surely reject the idea - says Greg Priddy, energy analyst for the Eurasia Group in Washington. "It would be a real loss of face if all of a sudden they would reverse course unilaterally," he says. Cheney's visit to Riyadh might be too late, says Priddy, adding about U.S. officials: "If they were going to ask [for increased oil production] they should have asked a month...