US-Syria thaw could hasten Mid-East settlement
Finally, a breakthrough in hitherto strained
US-Syria relations ? This is the question raised by the news that US
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice had met Syrian Foreign Minister
Walid Moallem recently for talks on Iraq.
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US study finds billions of Iraqi oil missing -NYT
Billions of dollars' worth of Iraq's declared
oil production over the past four years is unaccounted for, possibly
having been siphoned off through corruption or smuggling, The New
York Times said on Saturday.
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