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arian ally in the Middle East. Russians retort that U.S. policy toward Syria is all about changing the regime in Damascus, because it's allied with Tehran, and that the U.S. never tried to make Annan's peace initiative work. Each accuses the other of allowing violence in pursuit of larger geopolitical

ationalisation of YPF, the Spanish-owned oil company, in Argentina and First Quantum, the Canadian mining enterprise, in the Democratic Republic of Congo is testimony to this new era of resource strife between investors and host governments. The race for new resources has also opened frontiers, not l

an agreement announced Sunday that would allow the IAEA "to continue some monitoring of Iran's atomic program momentarily eased a standoff between Tehran and Western nations and may provide a narrow opening for diplomacy as the Biden administration attempts to restart negotiations with Iran." However,

t when park rangers opened fire." Attanasio "was hit in the abdomen and died several hours later at the U.N. hospital in the regional capital Goma, Congo's interior ministry said." Attanasio's bodyguard, Vittorio Iacovacci was also killed, as well as driver Mustapha Milambo. The AP (2/22, Kamale, Winf

Iran is subject to six different types of sanctions imposed since 1979. The first set of sanctions is related to the seizure of the US Embassy in Tehran and the holding of its diplomats hostage. Under the Algiers Accord of 1980, a mechanism was to be created to lift those sanctions. That did not hap

rn a realist; Obama is a convert. He has explained his reluctance to intervene forcefully in Syria by asking why he should act there and not in the Congo, where even more people have been killed -- a strangely rhetorical question from a man who has embraced the principle that states have a responsibi

ore arrests, Iran restored Internet access in large parts of the country after a weeklong shutdown aimed at nationwide protests. From the Journal: "Tehran's response to the unrest indicates its willingness to resort to deadly force to push back against what it sees as U.S. attempts to weaken and event

celled a planned 60th birthday party for Andrew in February and has downsized it to a small family gathering." -- A small plane crashed in eastern Congo, killing at least 27 people. From Reuters: "The propeller plane, which was operated by local company Busy Bee, crashed shortly after take-off en ro

ore arrests, Iran restored Internet access in large parts of the country after a weeklong shutdown aimed at nationwide protests. From the Journal: "Tehran's response to the unrest indicates its willingness to resort to deadly force to push back against what it sees as U.S. attempts to weaken and eventu

ancelled a planned 60th birthday party for Andrew in February and has downsized it to a small family gathering." — A small plane crashed in eastern Congo, killing at least 27 people. From Reuters: "The propeller plane, which was operated by local company Busy Bee, crashed shortly after take-off en ro

d the Lebanese Shiite resistance movement Hezbollah, Syria is viewed with great hostility by Israel and with wary suspicion by the United States. The Tehran-Damascus- Hezbollah axis -- of which Syria is the linchpin -- has long been seen by many leaders in the region as the lone bulwark against Israeli an

erguson of leaving out all of imperialism's nasty bits: the Black War in Australia, the German genocide in Namibia, the Belgian exterminations in the Congo, the Amritsar Massacre, the Bengal Famine, the Irish potato famine, and much else. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030054 --- PAGE BREAK --- 26 But that is the wea