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...year, some of the world's biggest energy companies, among them ExxonMobil and Royal Dutch Shell, are racing to lock up multibillion-dollar deals with officials in Baghdad that will allow them to exploit the country's giant oil fields. The deals will not only allow Big Oil to return to Iraq for the first time since Saddam nationalized the industry in 1972. By modernizing a production system wrecked by conflict and embargoes, Iraq's exports could also get a huge boost, putting the country's parlous economy on firmer footing and allowing Iraq to take its place...
...Fallen Wall I read your article asking "Why the Wall Came Down" [Nov. 9]. What a swizz, claiming Reagan did it! Surely it was the epochal election of a Polish Pope, the most charismatic in centuries, and his triumphant return to Poland, that widened earlier cracks in the wall. Margaret Thatcher was the first Western leader to recognise Gorbachev as "someone we can do business with" while Washington policymakers stalled. Paddy McGarvey, CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND...
About two-thirds of the building’s residents should be able to return to their rooms by the middle of next week, Kenny said. Others who live in more severely affected parts of the building will not be able to return until January, after repair work is completed...
...Somali said his brother was killed simply for selling phone cards to Ethiopian troops. Although Somalia is a majority Muslim nation, its faith has traditionally been far more moderate; the repressive al-Shabab is viewed by most Somalis with disapproval and fear. (Read "Battling the Somali Pirates: The Return of the Islamists...
...primary concern among American security officials is that al-Shabab fighters with American passports could one day return and carry out terrorist acts within the United States. There is no evidence of any such plot to date, though the group has apparently expanded beyond its Somali base. In August, four Australian men with alleged al-Shabab connections were arrested and charged with plotting a gun attack on a military barracks near Sydney. The group has made clear that it views the United States as a potential adversary. After al-Shabab was added to America's list of terrorist nations...