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The Pariah: Syria Continues to Isolate Itself
The Arab League recently announced unprecedented economic sanctions against the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for its violent and sustained crackdown on protestors, a move aimed at severing trade and investment between Syria and the greater Arab world. This follows sanctions already in place by the European Union and the United States. The sanctions ...
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Pay to Stay Airport Fees
A planeload of passengers traveling from India to Britain found themselves stranded on a plane due to a new charge that, up until this month, was unheard of. This Thursday, Comtel Air, an Austrian-registered charter carrier, refused to take off from Amritsar, India until the passengers chipped in to pay 10,000 rupees, about $200, to ...