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...everybody here," says Hossein Madani, an MEK spokesman and liaison to the Iraqi government. "There is an Iranian agenda that wants Ashraf residents out of Iraq." That may be, but government officials say the camp's closure is also in Iraq's national interest. "We do not want any friction with our neighbors," Rubaie says. The days when Iraq was used as a base to launch attacks against its neighbors, whether by the MEK along the eastern border with Iran, or by the Kurdish separatist PKK along the northern border with Turkey, are over, he says...
...economic czar seems to have the respect of Japan's powerful bureaucracy, which matters: longstanding friction between politicians and bureaucrats has become an obstacle to Japanese recovery. And with the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development expecting the Japanese economy to contract by 6.6% in 2009, Yosano will need all the friends, and help, he can get. Patience and strategic sense works for go; Japan's economic mess demands no less...
...company, Pretty Polly Productions, which then sends back a list of possible artists. With the list in hand, the CEB and the HCC work in conjunction to choose and book the artists; though the CEB controls the budget and thus technically has the last word, there is usually little friction between the two organizations.But narrowing down this list is still a tough process. Artists tend to significantly raise their prices if they know that they are the student’s choice, so direct polling is usually avoided. Instead, the CEB and the HCC have to ask for preferences...
...peace and prosperity for all." En route to Beijing she told reporters that she wouldn't allow discussions over key issues like the global economy, security and climate change to be sidetracked by talk about China's human rights record, a topic that has long been a source of friction between the two nations. Clinton herself gave a strident speech promoting human rights during a 1995 women's conference in Beijing. (Read "Will Beijing Respond to Clinton?s Diplomatic Wish List...
...blame - when it comes to discussions of the financial crisis. As China's manufacturing sector reels from the global drop in demand for its wares, trade will likely dominate all near-future discussions with the U.S., China's biggest trade partner, and could become the primary source of bilateral friction. In a January speech at Davos, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao lectured about the "inappropriate macroeconomic policies of some economies" with low rates of savings and high consumption - an "unsustainable model of development." In other words, the U.S. When outgoing U.S. Treasury Secretary Paulson was quoted as suggesting that China...