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...Many considered Hafez a master of the double game, a man who could have American diplomats queuing up for talks even as Syria sponsored global acts of terror. Bashar began to irritate Washington within months of taking office--in early 2001 he reneged on a quiet understanding to shut down a pipeline pumping illicit oil out of Iraq...
...court. "We are David against Goliath. Our politicians had to support us everywhere. In Africa, for example, if we got into a war between Socialists and Gaullists, we wouldn't know where to go. A certain number of French politicians were capable of destabilizing Elf. We had to shut them up or make sure they were with us." To what extent Elf broke French law with its slush fund is unclear. At the time, party-funding rules were loose and paying bribes to foreign officials was legal; indeed, companies could deduct them from their taxes. (That has since changed...
...disaster at the plant, when one of four reactors exploded, killing 31 workers and spewing radiation over much of Europe in the world's worst nuclear accident. TIMEeurope.com: Ukraine in TIME Strike Two ZIMBABWE The government raised minimum wages and set new transportation fares after 70% of businesses shut down in a massive three-day strike organized by Zimbabwe's Congress of Trade Unions. The strike was called after the government tripled the cost of fuel because of a shortage. As commuter and bus fares doubled, workers faced having to spend up to two-thirds of their income on transportation...
...after eight innings, the Eagles brought in closer Ryan Morgan to try to shut the door on the Crimson...
...Shut up!” says the other, perhaps to both...