Global Agenda articles from November 2006

Global Agenda archives from November 2006

Global warming, economic cooling? Economics of climate change.
November 1, 2006... A report on the economics of climate change is really about politics SIR NICHOLAS STERN, the head of the British Government Economic Service, has produced the world's first big report on the economics of climate change. But his 700-page...

News of the world.
November 1, 2006... Global broadcasters are popping up all over the place. But the new ones, like the English-language al-Jazeera channel, seem hungrier for influence than for profits THE world's hotel rooms, no matter how far-flung, must offer three minimum...

On leaving Los Angeles; A correspondent's diary from California; Our West Coast Editor, soon to depart, looks back.
November 1, 2006... Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday Our West Coast Editor, soon to depart, looks back Bill Clinton, with his rock-star charisma, came out to support Mr Gray (making the latter seem, by contrast, even greyer than his name). Arnold didn't need...

Watching from afar; Watching America from afar; How the world sees America's mid-term elections.
November 1, 2006... How the rest of the world sees America's mid-term elections THIS month has been especially violent in Iraq. The reason? Dick Cheney, America's vice-president, argued on Tuesday October 30th that Iraqi insurgents and al-Qaeda fighters are...

Blood feud in Bangladesh; Political feuding in Bangladesh; Warring politicians put democracy in danger.
November 1, 2006... Warring politicians endanger the country THE map of the Muslim world is littered with places for Western policymakers to worry about. Bangladesh is becoming one of the most alarming of the lot. At the weekend its young democracy descended...

Iran's plans; Iran's plans for Hamas; The prospects for a prisoner exchange in the Middle East.
November 1, 2006... The prospects for a prisoner exchange in the Middle East A LENGTHY meeting in Damascus on October 29th between the Iranian foreign minister, Manoushehr Mottaki, and the leaders of Hamas and Islamic Jihad may herald the conclusion of a deal...

News of the world.
November 2, 2006... New broadcasters, like the English-language al-Jazeera channel, seem hungrier for influence than for profits THE world's hotel rooms, no matter how far-flung, must offer three minimum comforts: a firm mattress, a well-stocked minibar and...

The language of ?eksp?rs; The diversity of Europe's alphabets; Europe is full of distinctive characters.
November 2, 2006... Europe is full of distinctive characters IT was a simple but difficult request. "Please find a thumbnail-sized symbol for eastern Europe." But what encapsulates the former captive nations? A broken hammer and sickle? That is not only...

On leaving Los Angeles; A correspondent's diary from California; Our West Coast Editor, soon to depart, looks back.
November 2, 2006... Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday Our West Coast Editor, soon to depart, looks back Thursday MY Los Angeles Times has changed its design. There are more, and bigger, colour photographs; the editorials, opinion pieces and...

Join the queue, says Spain; Spain politics: A pause for thought on immigration.
November 2, 2006... Now Spain discourages migrants from Romania and Bulgaria On October 31st, Miguel Angel Moratinos, Spain's foreign minister, announced that the country will impose a two-year restriction on Romanians and Bulgarians looking to work in the...

Time for the ground war.
November 2, 2006... Both parties' footsoldiers are preparing for the final push "HELLO! Great to see you again!" Joe Donnelly, the Democratic candidate for Indiana's second district, has never set eyes on your correspondent before. But when your eyes are...

The browser wars are back; A better-behaved Internet Explorer; Coming soon to a screen near you.
November 3, 2006... Coming soon to a screen near you AFTER five years of frustration, the 600m of us around the world who, out of sheer laziness, ignorance or corporate decree, find ourselves dependent upon Internet Explorer―the Microsoft web browser...

On leaving Los Angeles; A correspondent's diary from California; Our West Coast Editor, soon to depart, looks back.
November 3, 2006... Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday Our West Coast Editor, soon to depart, looks back Friday THERE was a glittering party the other night at the Getty Centre, that magnificent Richard Meier complex perched high above...

Mao magnified; Mao goes to Christie's; An iconic Warhol portrait may find an Asian buyer.
November 3, 2006... An iconic Warhol portrait may find an Asian buyer IN THE late 1960s Andy Warhol was making 16mm films near New York's Union Square with the offbeat people who hung around his favourite restaurant waiting to be discovered. By 1971 Bruno...

A boost on jobs; Good news on jobs in America; New figures show unemployment in America at its lowest level for five years.
November 3, 2006... New figures show unemployment in America at its lowest level for five years, giving Republicans something to cheer at last ONE imagines that Republican politicians and staffers have been doing a lot of praying over the past few weeks, as...

Africa and China.
November 3, 2006... African heads of state gather for a summit in China This week's summit in Beijing between the Chinese government and the leaders of more than 40 African countries has drawn attention to the increasingly important role that China's is now...

Race through the night; A correspondent's diary from Africa; A week in the travels of our Africa correspondent.
November 6, 2006... A week in the travels of our Africa correspondent Monday WE GET woken early by our youngest son. He's two. "Ostrich," he says, and he jumps up and down on my head. I look blearily out of the tent. A pink and yellow dawn. There is...

The Stern tendency; Economics is the ally of environmentalism; Markets can help clear the air.
November 6, 2006... Markets can help clear the air IT IS not a widely held view, but there is a lot to be said for economists. First, they like to pin down ideas with figures, and figures are often crucial for developing policy. Second, they like markets, and...

After the Saddam verdict.
November 6, 2006... The former dictator is told he will hang and Iraq's authorities brace themselves for Sunni anger GUILTY of mass murder: that Saddam Hussein certainly is. But what of the legal process that proclaimed him such, and sentenced him to death,...

Strains of corruption; The problems with corruption rankings; Experts assess the honesty of governments around the world.
November 6, 2006... Experts deliver their verdict on the honesty of governments around the world IT IS a common fate of analysts and pundits to enjoy knowledge without power; to be informed yet impotent. But once a year some students of world affairs see that...

A boost on jobs; Good news on jobs in America; Unemployment in America is at its lowest level for five years.
November 6, 2006... Unemployment in America is at its lowest level for five years ONE imagines that Republican politicians and staffers have been doing a lot of praying over the past few weeks, as polls suggest it is all-but-certain that the party will lose...

Stalemate in Cote d'Ivoire; Cote d'Ivoire politics: Stalemate; The UN is making another attempt to solve Cote d'Ivoire's political crisis. Don't expect a rapid breakthrough.
November 6, 2006... The UN is making another attempt to solve Cote d'Ivoire's political crisis. Don't expect a rapid breakthrough On November 1st the UN Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 1721, renewing the mandate of both the president, Laurent...

Race through the night; A correspondent's diary from Africa; A week in the travels of our East Africa correspondent.
November 7, 2006... A week in the travels of our East Africa correspondent Monday | Tuesday Tuesday NAIROBI used to be the green city under the sun. But the population has swelled seven-fold since Kenya's independence in 1963. Large parts of the...

Oxfam versus Starbucks; A charity falls out with a coffee chain; And the coffee chain may be right.
November 7, 2006... And, this time, Oxfam may be in the wrong A GROWING number of coffee drinkers seem to prefer their morning grande skinny latte without a foul-tasting double-shot of social injustice. Coffee has become a big testing ground for what it means...

Americans go to the polls.
November 7, 2006... How to watch the mid-term elections AMERICAN elections resemble a marathon culminating in a 100-metre dash. Unlike European campaigns of a few weeks, even a mid-term congressional election seems to take most of a year. The final few days...

The once and future leader; Nicaragua's election; Daniel Ortega looks set to become Nicaragua's president again.
November 7, 2006... Daniel Ortega looks set to become Nicaragua's president again IN ALL likelihood, Daniel Ortega will become Nicaragua's president once again. By Tuesday November 7th preliminary results from the poll on Sunday were indicating that he had won...

Trouble in Taiwan.
November 7, 2006... Corruption allegations put President Chen Shui-bian under pressure to step down On November 3rd prosecutors announced the indictment of Wu Shu-chen, the wife of Taiwan's president, Chen Shui-bian, on corruption charges relating to the...

Race through the night; A correspondent's diary from Africa; A week in the travels of our East Africa correspondent.
November 8, 2006... A week in the travels of our East Africa correspondent Monday | Tuesday| Wednesday Wednesday YOU hear a lot about the Reformation in the Church of Scotland. My dad is a Church of Scotland minister―a Presbyterian, to...

The old leader returns; Nicaragua's election; Daniel Ortega will be Nicaragua's president again.
November 8, 2006... Daniel Ortega will be Nicaragua's president again ONCE again Daniel Ortega will become Nicaragua's president. By Wednesday November 8th results from the poll on Sunday showed he had won by enough to avoid a second-round run-off election in...

China lays on the charm; China courts allies in Africa and Asia; The soft power of a hard government.
November 8, 2006... The soft power of hard government ALTHOUGH China's government shuns the term, it is rather taken with the idea of a "Beijing consensus". In the space of a week it has entertained more than one-quarter of the world's leaders in two separate...

Democrats triumph.
November 8, 2006... The House is taken, and the Senate may fall. The result is a sharp reprimand for George Bush, who has replaced Donald Rumsfeld as defence secretary SOME had predicted a mere Democratic ripple, others a high tide. In fact an unexpected...

Approval for Vietnam; Vietnam economy: WTO accession approved; Vietnam's bid to join the WTO has succeeded, but membership will not necessarily result in an export bonanza.
November 8, 2006... The emerging economy is poised, finally, to become the WTO's 150th member Vietnam shortly is set to join the World Trade Organisation (WTO), after the WTO's General Council on November 7th approved the country's accession. Membership of...

Race through the night; A correspondent's diary from Africa; A week in the travels of our East Africa correspondent.
November 9, 2006... A week in the travels of our East Africa correspondent Monday | Tuesday| Wednesday | Thursday Thursday I AM on a plane to New York, chasing the dawn into the North Atlantic. I flew from Nairobi over Mount Kenya's jagged peaks all...

Democrats triumph.
November 9, 2006... Congress falls and Donald Rumsfeld is replaced SO THE Democrats have done unexpectedly well. They have captured the House of Representatives, and comfortably so. More surprisingly, as the last results were tallied, the party seems to have...

Blowing in different directions? Turkey's souring relationship with the EU; The European Commission issues a report on Turkey's prospects of joining the EU.
November 9, 2006... The European Commission is unenthusiastic about Turkey ALL this year analysts have given warning that Turkey's membership negotiations with the European Union are being blown off course. Yet only in the past few weeks have people taken...

Cultural learnings of Kazakhstan; A film makes fun of Kazakhstan; If you can't beat Borat, then borrow his brand.
November 9, 2006... If you can't beat Borat, then borrow his brand WHY should anyone care about the Kazaks? Or should that be Kazakhs? It is hard to get excited about a country that can't decide even how to spell its own name. So please greet Borat, the latest...

The backseat driver gets his way; Volkswagen's boss quits; Bernd Pischetsrieder quits as boss of Volkswagen.(Volkswagen AG)
November 9, 2006... Bernd Pischetsrieder quits Europe's biggest carmaker WHAT on earth is going on at Volkswagen? Profits will be up by 50% this year and the share price is riding high--yet on Tuesday November 7th Bernd Pischetsrieder, the chief executive of...

The Democrats' plans; What the Democrats do now; Old-timers offer little in terms of policy.
November 9, 2006... Old-timers will run the House of Representatives. It is unclear whether they have a coherent agenda IF YOU think the Democrats' triumph will bring fresh young faces pushing a well-honed agenda, think again. Unlike the Republican upstarts...

Tajikistan's iron man; Surprise, Tajikistan's iron man is re-elected; Few outsiders will complain about a flawed election.
November 9, 2006... Outsiders care more about stability than democracy Imomali Rahmonov was re-elected for a third term as president of Tajikistan on November 6th. The election was far from being "free and fair", but criticism from the West will be muted at...

Race through the night; A correspondent's diary from Africa; A week in the travels of our East Africa correspondent.(Diary entry)
November 10, 2006... A week in the travels of our East Africa correspondent Monday | Tuesday| Wednesday | Thursday | Friday Friday LAST notes from my plane journey to New York, as I continue to chew over Al Gore's film, "An Inconvenient Truth". Gore...

Sony plays a dangerous game; Sony bets big on a videogamer; From Betamax to Blu-ray. by way of PS3.
November 10, 2006... From Betamax to Blu-ray by way of PS3 ANYONE who has spent time in Japan peeking into corporate laboratories and quizzing company engineers comes away with profound respect for one electronics firm above all. Sony sets itself apart by...

After Israel's bloody blunder; After the deaths at Beit Hanoun.
November 10, 2006... The accidental killing of 19 Palestinian civilians in Beit Hanoun will have political, as well as human, costs EHUD OLMERT, Israel's prime minister, has described an artillery strike that killed 19 people on Wednesday November 8th as a...

The Democrats' plans; What the Democrats do now; Old-timers offer little in terms of policy.
November 10, 2006... Old-timers will run the House, but their agenda is not clear IF YOU think the Democrats' triumph will bring fresh young faces pushing a well-honed agenda, think again. Unlike the Republican upstarts who stormed to power in 1994 with their...

A peace deal in Nepal.
November 10, 2006... Hopes for an end to conflict in the mountain kingdom Nepal's Maoist rebels and the ruling alliance of seven political parties have reached a breakthrough agreement that paves the way for the Maoists' participation in an interim government,...

The poetry of crisis; The Peter Nahum collection on sale; Art from the years of the gathering storm.
November 10, 2006... Painting from the years of the gathering storm "ONE day I laid five or six pictures against the wall of my gallery. I had an instant flash of realisation." This was the start of what Peter Nahum called his adventure. He recognised what...

Five years on; Afghanistan five years after the Taliban were ousted.
November 13, 2006... What has been achieved in Afghanistan since the Taliban were ousted from Kabul? PESSIMISM is something of an Afghan tradition. Yet the gloom that blankets Kabul ahead of the first snows of winter is as acute as it has been since the...

Pump fiction; California blocks an oil tax; The right move for the wrong reason.
November 13, 2006... The right outcome for the wrong reason IN A busy week for American electoral news, the failure of Proposition 87 on the California state ballot received less attention than it deserved. Voters were asked whether oil and gas produced in the...

Over here and over there; An Israel-America diary; Our Jerusalem correspondent's notes from New York.
November 13, 2006... Our Jerusalem correspondent looks at ties with America Monday AFTER several days immersed in the infinite and baffling diversity of New York it is strange to return to Israel, another of the world's great melting pots, and to realise...

China's economy.
November 13, 2006... China wants higher-quality foreign investment China's top economic planning agency has released a blueprint on foreign direct investment (FDI). The document, which outlines the broad policy intentions of the government for the next five...

Board games; Board games in Germany; Despite a change of boss, Deutsche Telekom's problems will persist.
November 13, 2006... Despite a change of boss, Deutsche Telekom's problems will persist AFTER a succession of bad results, Kai-Uwe Ricke has fallen foul of both shareholders and workers at Deutsche Telekom. His departure was announced late on Sunday November...

Over here and over there; An Israel-America diary; Our Jerusalem correspondent's notes from New York.
November 14, 2006... Monday | Tuesday Our Jerusalem correspondent looks at ties with America Tuesday I IMAGINE Ehud Olmert's Washington visit this week will be a prickly session. Rumour has it the Americans didn't really want the Israeli prime...

Board games; Board games in Germany; Despite a change of boss, Deutsche Telekom's problems will persist.
November 14, 2006... Changing boss will not solve Deutsche Telekom's problems AFTER a succession of bad results, Kai-Uwe Ricke has fallen foul of both shareholders and workers at Deutsche Telekom. His departure was announced late on Sunday November 12th and...

Life at the top; More bosses get the boot; Life at the top is nasty, brutish and short.
November 14, 2006... Not poor―but increasingly nasty, brutish and short ANOTHER Monday morning, another couple of top bosses off to the dole queue―or, let's be realistic, the golf course. In Germany, where only last week the boss of Volkswagen was...

Divided Lebanon.
November 14, 2006... Confrontation between rival political groups is likely The Lebanese prime minister, Fouad Siniora, has called the bluff of his political opponents by mustering his resignation-depleted cabinet to approve a UN draft statute for the...

Down a gear; European economies slow; And the economic outlook becomes less certain.
November 14, 2006... Weaker growth figures suggest the euro area's economic outlook is becoming less certain OH, THE fickleness of figures. Until a few days ago, most economists who watch the euro area thought that its GDP had grown by perhaps 0.7% in the...

Over here and over there; An Israel-America diary; Our Jerusalem correspondent's notes from New York.
November 15, 2006... Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday Our Jerusalem correspondent looks at ties with America Wednesday EVEN for Israel's strongest supporters in the Jewish diaspora, one thing rankles. Israel often presumes to be not only the centre of the...

Down a gear; European economies slow; And the economic outlook becomes less certain.
November 15, 2006... Weaker growth for the euro area OH, THE fickleness of figures. Until a few days ago, most economists who watch the euro area thought that its GDP had grown by perhaps 0.7% in the third quarter of the year. By the zone's modest standards,...

Once more into the noodle bowl; APEC meets in Hanoi; But why do they bother?
November 15, 2006... APEC talks much and does little GATHERINGS of world leaders have a depressing tendency to promise much and deliver little. In these two respects the annual summits of APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation) lead the field. Next weekend...

Noboa set for victory in Ecuador.
November 15, 2006... A billionaire businessman looks set to be president With less than two weeks to go before Ecuador's runoff presidential election on November 26th, billionaire businessman Alvaro Noboa appears poised to clinch an easy victory. His lead over...

On a knife edge; Congo on a knife edge; Will violence greet Joseph Kabila's return to power?
November 15, 2006... Violence threatens Congo as it becomes clear that the president, Joseph Kabila, will be returned to power IT STARTED with burning tyres and rocks thrown by protesters. Then gun battles erupted between rival soldiers using heavy machine...

Over here and over there; An Israel-America diary; Our Jerusalem correspondent's notes from New York.
November 16, 2006... Our Jerusalem correspondent looks at ties with America Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday Thursday I HAVE always found Washington, DC, a bit weird. It seems to run on invisible tracks, like a computer game--a sort of life-size...

Congo on a knife edge.
November 16, 2006... Violence threatens as President Kabila is re-elected IT STARTED with burning tyres and rocks thrown by protesters. Then gun battles erupted between rival soldiers using heavy machine guns, mortars and rockets. The fighting at the weekend in...

The sorrows of Belarus; The uncertain future of Belarus; A government in exile, a country in a mess.
November 16, 2006... A government in exile, a country in a mess THE Belarusian National Rada, or council, seems preposterously peripheral. Via a tenuous chain of succession and inheritance it represents a Belarusian state that was founded in 1918 and existed...

Changing Algeria's constitution.
November 16, 2006... President Bouteflika wants a third term in office The Algerian president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, provided a robust rebuttal to the speculation about his health at a joint press conference with the visiting French interior minister, Nicolas...

The elephants learn to dance; America's improving airline industry; US Airways' bid for Delta is just one sign of recovery for America's airlines.
November 16, 2006... US Airways' bid for Delta is just one sign of airlines' recovery in America IN THE clearest indication yet that things are improving in America's creaking airline industry, US Airways launched an $8.7 billion hostile takeover of Delta on...

A visible crack; Have fine-art prices peaked? Some lesser works are struggling.
November 17, 2006... Despite record prices, the art market may be turning ALL Saints, All Souls, all sales. November has been the season of auction records. Sotheby's and Christie's have chalked up record volumes this month as well as record prices for...

Over here and over there; An Israel-America diary; Our Jerusalem correspondent's notes from New York.
November 17, 2006... Our Jerusalem correspondent looks at ties with America Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday Friday "WHERE did you disappear to?" Misha demanded as soon as he saw me. I told him I had been in the United States. He...

The elephants learn to dance; America's improving airline industry; US Airways' bid for Delta is just one sign of recovery for America's airlines.
November 17, 2006... Signs of recovery for an embattled industry IN THE clearest indication yet that things are improving in America's creaking airline industry, US Airways launched an $8.7 billion hostile takeover of Delta on November 15th. A friendly approach...

Back to basics; Spies go back to basics; In the spy business budgets and staff are more important than glamour and gadgets.
November 17, 2006... In spying budgets are more important than gadgets "JAMES BOND, as Ian Fleming originally conceived him, was based on reality." So says the website of MI6, the British foreign-intelligence service. Eager potential spies, seduced by the...

The big picture; High-definition television; Look now, buy later.
November 17, 2006... HDTV looks tempting now, but wait before buying EXPECT to be bombarded with reasons why, if you've not done so already, you should buy a high-definition television set during the coming holiday season. By the end of the festivities makers...

Brotherly love; Brazil and Venezuela; A growing bond between Brazil and Venezuela.
November 17, 2006... A growing bond between Brazil and Venezuela Brazil's newly re-elected president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, seems to be cementing his friendship with his Venezuelan counterpart. Less than a month before the December 3rd presidential...

An enduring legacy; Milton Friedman's legacy; Milton Friedman, one of the most influential economists of the 20th century, has died.
November 20, 2006... One of the most influential economists of the last century MILTON FRIEDMAN won the John Bates Clark Medal, awarded to an outstanding American economist under the age of 40, in 1951. Many consider it harder to win than a Nobel Prize. One of...

Son of Kyoto; A UN conference on climate change; Add your own joke here about hot air.
November 20, 2006... Add your own joke about hot air here THE United Nations conference on climate change, which closed on Friday in Nairobi, was distinguished mainly by its ineffectualness. Like many such events it had proclaimed a grand ambition: to design a...

On politics and populism; A Paris diary; Politics and other French pastimes.
November 20, 2006... Our Paris correspondent sees changes ahead Monday THE scale of Segolene Royal's triumph in the Socialist Party's presidential primary last week has left the political class reeling. What the French call le microcosme, which is the...

Bush's smooth-as-silk Asia summit.
November 20, 2006... Useful diplomacy, but little else, at the summit in Hanoi THIS time, George Bush was probably glad he did not avoid going to Vietnam. At the very least, the American president's visit, for the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC)...

Haiti on the mend?
November 20, 2006... The country is hardly stable, but the president is popular Despite an overall improvement in security, violent incidents in Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, continue to highlight the still-fragile nature of the stability that has largely...

An offer declined; The LSE rejects NASDAQ, again; The LSE rejects a $5.1 billion takeover bid from NASDAQ.
November 20, 2006... The London Stock Exchange rejects NASDAQ's [pounds sterling]2.7 billion ($5.1 billion) takeover bid SWOOPING when its prey's future looked ever so slightly uncertain, America's NASDAQ stockmarket made a new bid for the London Stock...

Middle-aged spread; When new media gets old; Yahoo! tries to age gracefully.
November 21, 2006... New media struggles to age gracefully INTERNET time ticks away fast. Only yesterday Yahoo! and AOL were new media upstarts threatening the very existence of traditional old media firms. As their share prices went through the roof, the...

Change of address; A Paris diary; Politics and other French pastimes.
November 21, 2006... Our Paris correspondent chooses her words carefully Monday | Tuesday | Such conventions are being challenged, though, by a combination of high-technology and teenage culture. Even in French the use of email legitimises a degree of...

An offer declined; The LSE rejects NASDAQ, again; The LSE rejects a $5.1 billion takeover bid from NASDAQ.
November 21, 2006... The LSE rejects NASDAQ, again SWOOPING when its prey's future looked ever so slightly uncertain, America's NASDAQ stockmarket made a new bid for the London Stock Exchange (LSE) on Monday November 20th, valuing it at about [pounds...

Good in parts; The fight against AIDS is making some progress; The latest AIDS report from the UN is a delicately balanced piece of propaganda.
November 21, 2006... The latest UNAIDS report suggests that hope about the future of the epidemic is not entirely misplaced "YOU can do it if you try." That is the message which UNAIDS and the World Health Organisation, the UN bodies charged with combating...

Most senior citizen; A Paris diary; Politics and other French pastimes.
November 22, 2006... Our Paris correspondent plays a parlour game Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday Yet in recent days the Chirac camp has been waging a fresh campaign to revive enthusiasm for its flagging champion. In the current issue of Paris-Match we are...

Good in parts; The fight against AIDS is making some progress; The latest AIDS report from the UN is a delicately balanced piece of propaganda.
November 22, 2006... The latest UNAIDS report suggests a little hope is justified "YOU can do it if you try." That is the message which UNAIDS and the World Health Organisation, the UN bodies charged with combating HIV, are pushing in the latest report on the...

Lighting a fire? Lighting a fire in Lebanon? The murder of an anti-Syrian minister in Lebanon could have wider geopolitical consequences.
November 22, 2006... The killing of Pierre Gemayel, a Lebanese minister hostile to Syria, may have broader geopolitical consequences JUST what will follow the murder of Pierre Gemayel, the 34-year-old, anti-Syrian, minister of industry from a leading Christian...