Pay to Play: European banks and Iranian sanctions
International banks wishing to do business in America or transact in dollars have to choose whether to comply with U.S. laws or close business that crosses American interests. | |
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Russia Reform Monitor: No. 1794
First Muslim television channel launched;
Punk group becomes symbol of anti-regime protest
South Asia Security Monitor: No. 299
China Reform Monitor: No. 985
Taiwan reassures Japan: No cooperation with China on territorial disputes;
China finishes new railway line to Southeast Asia
Jack, Ina, And The Lessons Of History
Jaap Polak walks gingerly these days, leaning on a cane or holding the rail as he climbs the stairs to his second-floor room at The Sparhawk, a comfortable waterfront resort in the southern Maine town of Ogunquit. That's where, for more than half a century, he and his wife, Ina Soep, have spent a few weeks in August -- and that's where I first got to know this couple and learned their remarkable story.