APS Diplomat News Service articles from March 2005

APS Diplomat News Service archives from March 2005

Lebanon Rises Against Syrian Domination; Egypt Opens Up To Other Presidential Bids.
March 7, 2005... *** The White House Calls Beirut's Uprising 'Cedar Revolution'; The Assad Regime Is Afraid That A Quick Withdrawal Will Mean It Is Too Weak To Survive A Revolt Inside Syria; Will This Be A Repeat To What Happened To Yugoslavia? - If So Can...

Southern Sudanese Promote Oil P/L & Projects Bypassing The North.
March 14, 2005... *** Violence In Darfur Continues And The Peace With The South Is In Danger *** Bashar Assad On March 12 Got The UN's Tough Ultimatum That, If He Failed To Leave Lebanon Completely & 'Very Quickly', He May Face From The Security Council...

Iran-Saudi Price Pact Helped OPEC Ride A High Wave; Now Taking A Difference Course.(Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries)
March 21, 2005... *** OPEC No Longer Can Control Oil Pricing; It Has Two Options: Either To Curb Output When The Price Of Its Basket Of Seven Crude Oils Falls Below $35/Barrel (Meaning Below $25 In Late '02 US Dollars), Or To Produce At Capacity When Its Basket...

Egypt - 'Free For All' Will Bring The Muslim Brotherhood To Power; 'Kifaya' Won't Win.
March 28, 2005... *** The Nuclear Spat Boosts The Anti-US Camp In Iran; Ali Larijani Is Endorsed As The Conservative Man For President; But Rafsanjani, Calling For A Dialogue With The US And Pragmatism, Wants To Run In The June Polls And He Seems To Be Prepared...