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49 articles tagged "International affairs"
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March 27, 2005, 10:41 PM (GMT+02:00)
Amid rampant unemployment (est. 70%), repression, unbridled lawlessness, hunger, intimidation and an unchecked, untreated AIDS epidemic, Zimbabweans go to the polls Thursday, March 31. So secretive, brutal and repressive is the quarter-of-a-century old regime of President Robert Mugabe, 81, and his all-powerful ZANU PF party, that no one believes in ...
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March 4, 2005, 11:21 AM (GMT+02:00)
The last three years were very kind to investors in such emerging markets as Mexico, Turkey, South Africa, Brazil and others. High interest rates combined with soaring equity markets netted generous profits for these investors. But debkafile's financial analyst warns investors that a sharp sell-off may be round ...
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January 24, 2005, 1:34 PM (GMT+02:00)
Russian president Vladimir Putin and Syrian president Bashar Assad, who arrived in Moscow Monday, January 24, will sign a $70 million deal for the sale of 20 SA-18 Igla-S batteries mounted on Armored Personnel Carriers. debkafile's military sources now reveal that the Syrian missile sale is integral to ...
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January 5, 2005, 11:53 PM (GMT+02:00)
The US dollar steadied Wednesday, January 5, after its biggest surge since mid-2004 began to correct the year's end weak performance against the Japanese yen and the euro. Still, most big banks and investment houses are predicting its continuing slide in 2005 too. debkafile's financial expert is cautiously ...
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December 7, 2004, 10:47 PM (GMT+02:00)
The sinking dollar and the soaring US stock market will lead, according to our financial expert, to a sell-off of American government bonds and, as a result, an increase in long-term interest rates. What is the connection between the price of bonds and interest rates? And how do they affect ...
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August 3, 2004, 9:52 AM (GMT+02:00)
If all the existing negative factors persist into the winter, most analysts predict oil could go as high as $50 a barrel. How would the world economy be affected if oil price remained above $40? The real price of oil (adjusted for inflation) is still around half the level of ...
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May 22, 2004, 4:46 PM (GMT+02:00)
A shrinking elite of Arab rulers gathered for their delayed annual summit in Tunis Saturday, May 22, amid a shared sense that it might be their last. Out of 22 Arab League members, thirteen were represented by gloomy heads of state and three by prime ministers. The others sent junior ...
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January 28, 2004, 6:40 PM (GMT+02:00)
Two senior Egyptian cabinet members, foreign minister Ahmed Maher and minister of intelligence Gen. Omar Suleiman, arrived in Ramallah Tuesday, January 27. They called on Yasser Arafat and Palestinian prime minister Ahmed Qureia, who are not used these days to receiving visitors of such high rank. Their errand was to ...
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August 25, 2003, 1:00 PM (GMT+02:00)
The surprise scheme for stemming Palestinian violence came from an unexpected direction. Two powerful US senators, Richard Lugar (Rep-Indiana), chairman of the Senate foreign affairs committee and Dianne Feinstein (Dem.-California) mooted the same idea at the same moment in Wolf Blitzer's weekly Late Edition over CNN Sunday, August 24.
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May 15, 2003, 11:59 AM (GMT+02:00)
When European Union's foreign affairs executive, Javier Solana, turned up in Riyadh Wednesday, May 13, his purpose was not to condemn the al Qaeda suicide killers' horrendous triple attacks two days earlier on Riyadh compounds housing many European expatriates - or even to comfort the many European victims in hospital. ...
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March 11, 2003, 2:19 AM (GMT+02:00)
From midday Monday, March 10 - early morning in Washington, the odds shortened sharply for an early launch of the American war offensive against Iraq - according to debkafile's military sources. Some sources predicted it would go forward even before the crucial Security Council voting session on the ...
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November 14, 2002, 5:51 PM (GMT+02:00)
Thursday, November 14, Chinese President Jiang Zemin and five other leaders resigned their posts in a well-choreographed transfer of power to the "fourth generation" of leaders, as the Chinese Communist party Congress drew to a close in Beijing. Prime Minister Zhu Rongji and Party Number Two Li Peng also stepped ...
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October 21, 2002, 3:44 PM (GMT+02:00)
Addressing the French speaking nations' summit that opened in Beirut Friday October 18, the first to take place in an Arab capital, French President Jacques Chirac made an important point: The war on terrorism, he said, should be fought "without mercy", yet conducted "with respect for human rights and the ...
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October 13, 2002, 2:46 PM (GMT+02:00)
The Israeli prime minister, Ariel Sharon's visit to Washington on Monday, October 14, is officially described as being to coordinate the two countries' actions in the coming war against Iraq. However, certain voices, some coming from the Israeli foreign ministry too, are trying hard to force Sharon's talks in the ...
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October 2, 2002, 2:56 PM (GMT+02:00)
The British prime minister Tony Blair may have needed a Middle East slogan to get him through this week's Labor conference in Blackpool. But his simplistic message, delivered in a speech on October 1, drew derision in Jerusalem with a tinge of remembered bitterness over Britain's record in this region. ...
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August 12, 2002, 6:51 PM (GMT+02:00)
Israeli decision makers are divided over whether the newly elected Greek Orthodox Patriarch Irineos I genuinely means to exit the Palestinian loop or is putting on a manipulative act to win Israeli government recognition.
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July 21, 2002, 3:41 PM (GMT+02:00)
debkafile, with the help of its exclusive sources and analysts, is devoting to the subject a series of articles this week. The series consists of three articles which appears below. The first, detailing American moves. Subsequent articles will outline the ways in which Israel, the Palestinians and Arab ...
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July 1, 2002, 5:24 PM (GMT+02:00)
The international war crimes court was born in The Hague Monday, July 1 amid serious challenges to its authority. A few hours earlier, Sunday June 30, the United States announced its withdrawal from the international peacekeeping force in Bosnia unless the UN Security Council could, within 72 hours, produce safeguards ...
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June 16, 2002, 4:28 PM (GMT+02:00)
The Middle East statement/ communique/ address US President George W. Bush has promised this week has put the region on high suspense. Most of its prominent leaders have crossed the Atlantic to make sure of a word in the president's ear in good time. The Palestinians have registered their basic ...
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May 14, 2002, 5:29 PM (GMT+02:00)
Saturday and Sunday, May 11 and 12, Prince Abdullah, Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and Syrian president Bashar Assad met in the Sinai Red Sea resort of Sharm al-Sheikh, claiming they were ushering in direct Saudi involvement for the first time in the Palestinian problem. Oddly enough, given that agenda, the ...
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