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Stephen Kinzer
Beset: Iran, Turkey, and America's Future
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The author of Overthrow and All the Shah's Men provides a provoc...
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When it comes to the airline industry, Gunnar Eklund's credo might just as well be "been there, done that." Over a career that has spanned 34 years, Gunnar has served-and lived-in such diverse countries as Liberia, Iran and Pakistan. Since 1985 he makes his home in the USA where this Swede is as American as they come. Gunnar started out in Stockholm, working for Scandinavian Airlines. After a two year's hiatus in Monrovia, Liberia (where he met his Guyana-born wife, Claudette), he was, after about two years in Stockholm, sent on to Teheran, Iran where he covered sales for Iran and Afghanistan. He arrived there in 1978, just a few weeks prior to the Ayatollah Khomeini's auspicious return from exile in France. Things were getting hot for westerners and Gunnar remembers one particular inci...
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...Both sides employed it in the Iraq-Iran war between 1980 and 1988. . Falklands Milestone ....
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When it comes to the airline industry, Gunnar Eklund's credo might just as well be "been there, done that." Over a career that has spanned 34 years, Gunnar has served -- and lived -- in such diverse countries as Liberia, Iran and Pakistan. Since 1985 he makes his home in the USA where this Swede is as American as they come. Gunnar started out in Stockholm, working for Scandinavian Airlines. After a two year's hiatus in Monrovia, Liberia (where he met his Guyana-born wife, Claudette), he was, after about two years in Stockholm, sent on to Teheran, Iran where he covered sales for Iran and Afghanistan. He arrived there in 1978, just a few weeks prior to the Ayatollah Khomeini's auspicious return from exile in France. Things were getting hot for westerners and Gunnar remembers one particula...
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Located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Veritas is an award-winning design firm backed by a team that includes more than 40 qualified professionals and over 60 support staff. Although it began as an architectural practice, Veritas now offers a full range of design services. The firm opened its first overseas representative office in Dubai in September 2005. Meanwhile, macroeconomic factors were at work. The booming South-east Asian economy made Malaysian businesses feel invincible on the global stage and they started exploring international markets. In 2004, Veritas was appointed as architects for major developments in Iran and Pakistan, and they have recently been invited for projects in India and Indonesia. There is also a proposal to policy-makers: please respect the creative output of yo...
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..., or the southern route through Turkey and Iran. . Theoretically, it is possible to reach Mongolia...
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The 19th-century Kurdish poet Nali describes exile as 'a dark place', 'prison', 'tragedy' and 'treason'. On the other hand, Nali portrays Kurdistan as...
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... Swiss contract for natural gas supplies from Iran to see whether it violates American sanctions agai...
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... Turkey, to which he had fled from his native Iran. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees in Turkey g...
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...No doubt fresh news will emerge at the forthcoming Paris Air Show, but... to monitor ballistic missile launches in Iran. France and Germany are considering leasing Heron ...