The C.I.A.’s station chief here met with President Hamid Karzai on Saturday, and the Afghan leader said he had been assured the agency would continue dropping off stacks of cash at his office despite a storm of criticism that has erupted since the payments were disclosed.
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It is likely the Russians will ask for some form of compensation for such an investment. A naval port in Cyprus for the Russian fleet and access to the country’s natural gas reserves are among the rewards Moscow might seek.
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The sacking of Bulgaria’s finance minister Simeon Djankov has done little to quell public anger over the cost of electricity.
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Anatoly Isaikin, the director of Rosoboronexport, said Russia sees no need to stop its arms trade with Syria as the trade isn’t prohibited by the United Nations. He dismissed Western criticism of Russian arms sales to Assad’s regime, saying his company has only delivered defensive weapons.
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Despite the 6.5% stock market rally over the last three months, a handful of billionaires are quietly dumping their American stocks . . . and fast.
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The inclusion in the House rules will allow a civil lawsuit, authorized by a bipartisan vote of the House in July 2012, to continue. Without the provisions, the Justice Department could have argued that its obligation to produce subpoenaed documents expired with the previous Congress.
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The inclusion in the House rules will allow a civil lawsuit, authorized by a bipartisan vote of the House in July 2012, to continue. Without the provisions, the Justice Department could have argued that its obligation to produce subpoenaed documents expired with the previous Congress.
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Another African mess is unfolding as the world watches. The Central African Republic’s government is completely dependent on foreign aid and NGO’s and has little or no influence over a large part of the nation anyway.
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A large number of Saudi people staged a demonstration in Qatif, Eastern Saudi Arabia, in defiance of the government’s new warning against protests.
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As anti-Japan protests continue, Toyota and Nissan have started cutting output in China because their dealerships can find hardly anyone to sell their products to.
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